Busted Martial Artists

[SPJ]

Blank DVD costs martial arts instructor his job

This seems a bit harsh to be honest. This guy ran a seminar at his day job and got positive reviews from the participants. But it appears management was on the lookout for an excuse to get rid of him.

Looks like a totally OK self-defense-oriented New Zealand school:
http://www.imbcacademy.co.nz/contact.php

he may have a better luck

giving out seminars for yang tai cheeze 8 postures. a extrashort form since 2000s. shorter than 24 or 48 postures wushu forms from 1950s and 1970s.

or ba gua 8 basic palm exercise.

inhale and exhale

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instead of teaching sick people fighting with rubber knives--

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[rett]

instead of teaching sick people fighting with rubber knives--

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To be fair, he was teaching hospital personnel to defend themselves against attackers with knives.

[GeneChing]

I can't wrap my head around this one.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011Last Update: 3:55 PM PT
SpongeBob Artist Accused of 'Brutal' Attack
By MATT REYNOLDS


LOS ANGELES (CN) - A woman demands $5.5 million from Todd White, the former lead artist on "SpongeBob Squarepants," claiming he hired a bunch of thugs to attack and rob her, then took over her art gallery in Huntington Beach.
Margaret Howell, owner of The Gallery HB at the Hyatt Regency in Huntington Beach, says that White, "in a thankless fit of greed," hired at least four men to attack her so he could take control of the gallery that exhibits his work.
"Despite White's string of professional successes ... his true nature was revealed on the night of August 2, 2011, when he orchestrated a malicious and brutal assault and robbery against the very woman who helped him launch his career in studio art," Howell says in her Superior Court complaint.
Howell claims the hired thugs met her at the gallery and pretended they were interested in buying White's art.
She says that White's attorney Keith Davidson, and his "agent and martial arts sparring partner" Bryce Eddy were there too, along with other martial arts experts. "The other men were 'hired muscles,' martial arts experts retained by White or his representatives, whose purpose was to physically assault and intimidate Ms. Howell," the complaint states. Davidson and Eddy are both named as defendants. She says the identities of the other men "will be ascertained through discovery and a review of hotel security videos."
Howell says that at about 6 p.m. on Aug. 2, "these defendants, acting on White's behalf, entered the Gallery while Ms. Howell was alone. They forcibly shut down the Gallery, physically assaulted Ms. Howell, emotionally traumatized her, and wrongfully and unlawfully imprisoned her in her office for long hours by force. They threatened her with severe physical harm if she did not comply with their demands."
She claims that more men arrived, and that "over the course of the night, the intruders forcibly stole more than one million dollars' worth of White art that belonged to the Gallery and FACS [plaintiff Fine Art Consulting Services, which Howell owns]. Additionally, Eddy, Davidson, and the unknown assailants forcibly stole large quantities of original business documents from the gallery, including certificates of authenticity, customer lists, and sales and inventory records."
Howell says the men stole the confidential customer list so White could bypass her and sell his art directly to collectors.
"Because Howell has no desire to sell the gallery or reveal her customer list, White had to resort to nefarious means to achieve his objective," Howell claims.
She claims the final defendant, Peter M. Lavoie, an employee of the Gallery, downloaded and copied the customer without authorization. "Just weeks before the events of August 2-3, 2011, Lavoie abruptly terminated his employment with the Gallery. On information and belief, Lavoie is now employed by White and has provided him with the customer list," according to the complaint.
After rifling through her records and stealing art from the Gallery, Howell says, "the intruders learned that she had several hundred thousand dollars' worth of White artwork at her residence. By physical force, threat of severe bodily harm, and infliction of severe emotional trauma, the intruders forced Ms. Howell to take them back to her home, where they removed and stole this additional artwork belonging to the Gallery and FACS.
"Before leaving Ms. Howell at approximately 3:30 a.m. on the morning of August 3, defendants, including Davidson and Bryce, informed Ms. Howell that White was 'taking over' the Gallery and that she had until August 16 to vacate the premises. They instructed her that if she failed to comply, or if she reported the night's events to the police, she and her family would be physically harmed and that 'her life as she knew it would be over.'
"Later on August 3, White or one of his agents faxed a letter purporting to be from Ms. Howell to the Hyatt Regency, stating that Ms. Howell would be abandoning her lease, vacating the premises on or about August 16, 2011, and assigning the Gallery to White or one of his representative. Ms. Howell never authorized such letter, and signed it only out of fear for her life."
Howell says she reported the robbery to the Huntington Beach police on Aug. 3, "and sought medical attention for her injuries and hospitalization for her severe emotional distress."
She claims that for the past 2 weeks, "White and Bryce have been using plaintiffs' confidential customer lists to contact Gallery customers and make false statements and misrepresentations, including that Ms. Howell was abandoning the Gallery and that White was taking it over. In addition, Davison called Hyatt personnel making false representations of duplicate sales and improper record keeping on the part of Ms. Howell, the Gallery and FACS in an effort to disrupt plaintiffs' relationship with the Hyatt.
"In light of defendants' vicious, brutal and outrageous conduct, Ms. Howell lives in profound fear of her personal safety and that of her family. She has suffered physical injuries and massive emotional distress, her business relationships have been severely disrupted, and more than $1.5 million in artwork has been stolen from her two companies."
She seeks at least $5.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages, and an injunction prohibiting White from using the customer list.
After working on "SpongeBob Squarepants," White became official artist for the 2007 Grammy Awards and was commissioned to paint a memorial painting of Princess Diana.
Howell claims that defendant attorney Davidson is "presently on three years of post-suspension disciplinary probation with the State Bar of California."
Howell is represented by Jonathan Jenkins of Marina Del Rey.

[Dale Dugas]

This why we need a frivolous lawsuit law in the USA.

So toolbag and a s s hats like this will have to pay for the stupid lawsuits.

Dear lord, that lady is a nutbag.

A lawyer for the artist help beat her up?

She is smoking some serious formaldehyde weed.

Sounds like she wants to cash in on Spongebob.

[GeneChing]

...a cautionary tale perhaps...


It's actually not the 'black belt' that is so much of an issue as duan could be considered a belt of sorts. It's the 10. Traditionally, Chinese levels only go as high as 9.

Fake 10th black belt degree kung fu certification from China lawsuit?
Posted 2 days ago - Los Angeles, CA

Tags: Lawsuits

i filed a small claim against a martial arts school and won $3,500 (1/3 of what i paid). i had a suspicion that they have false degrees since i didn't learn anything and also from observing them fight. i found out that there is no governmental kung fu organization in China that awards black belts. i subpoenaed those document but they did not bring them to court, supposedly their lawyer advised them not to. i wrote to court and asked for those documents but they never enforced anything. can i still sue for fraud? will i need a lawyer since the case is simple if they simply don't have them or they are lying.

Attorney answers (1)
Pamela Koslyn

Pamela Koslyn
Contributor Level 10
Posted 2 days ago. This attorney is licensed in California.
If you already sued in Small Calims court and won, you're barred by a doctrine called "res judicata" from bring any other suit you've already brought (or could have brought) against the same party for the same harm based on the same facts. In other words, you don't get 2 bites at the apple using a different theory.

[rett]

It's actually not the 'black belt' that is so much of an issue as duan could be considered a belt of sorts. It's the 10. Traditionally, Chinese levels only go as high as 9.

Isn't there some Wing Chun guru who goes up to eleven? Anyhow, kind of funny that the person who answers is described like this:

Attorney answers (1)
Pamela Koslyn

Pamela Koslyn
Contributor Level 10

Back to topic, perhaps OP could file criminal fraud charges. AFAIK criminal and civil cases can be brought for one and the same crime.

[kristcaldwell]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml

[GeneChing]

Only five years?

Last updated: September 21, 2011
Wife-killer Bradley Jones may be released after three years
Katie Robertson and AAP
From: PerthNow
September 20, 2011 11:30AM

A PERTH martial arts expert who punched his wife in front of their children, then left her body to rot in a bedroom for two weeks after finding her dead, has been jailed for five years.

Bradley Wayne Jones, 35, appeared in the Supreme Court this morning to be sentenced for the assault that killed Saori Jones, 31.

Jones punched his wife in the head during an argument in December last year and she fell backwards, fracturing her skull.

The court was told a drunken Jones punched his estranged wife in the head in front of their two children, aged four and 10 months, after she admitted she was having an affair with the best man from their wedding.

Jones placed his wife in the bedroom, where she later died, and did not seek medical help for her.

Police found her body in Jones’ Yokine home on December 23, 2010.

Jones and his children had continued to live in the home for nearly two weeks while Mrs Jones’ body was in the bedroom.

The Kalgoorlie-born man has been in custody since December 23 and pleaded guilty to the assault.

A post-mortem examination of Mrs Jones showed she had sustained a fracture to the left side of her skull, but her body was so badly decomposed the cause of death could not be determined.

During sentencing, Justice Lindy Jenkins said she Jones had been ``trained in the use of physical violence''.

She Jones alcohol addiction had contributed to the offence.

“The circumstances of this offence mean it is very serious,” she said.

“You admitted you hit your wife very hard.

“You assaulted her while your young children were in the house.

“You showed a manifest disregard for her.”

Justice Jenkins said Jones had deprived his children of a mother.

“By your senseless drunken actions your wife’s life has been taken from her,” she said.

Justice Jenkins sentenced Jones to five years in prison, backdated to December 23.

He will be eligible for parole after serving three years.

[Lucas]

possibly only 3 years if he gets early parole. while i dont agree with punching and killing your wife, and leaving her dead body to rot...i dont agree with adultery either....he should have punched the best man and killed him instead, and just divorced the wife. He could have even pleaded temp insanity.

[kristcaldwell]

looks like he killed his cellmate:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44867359

[Brule]

Maybe mild compared to other stories in this thread....

http://www.thestar.com/sports/articl...-club-beatings

[David Jamieson]

hmmmn, that sumo stuff is outta control!

[BakShaolinEC]

wtf is wrong with some people?

[GeneChing]

For more on Sumo corruption, check out Freakonomics.

Ex-coach of Azeri wushu squad arrested for Armenian policeman's murder
October 19, 2011 - 16:24 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Double Wushu-sanda world and European champion, former head coach of Azerbaijani national team Janpolad Budagov was detained in Moscow on murder charges.

According to investigators, during a fight in August 2011, Budagov, aged 40, stabbed a 25-year-old Armenian-born Samara policeman Samvel Mehrabov to death.

When detained, Budagov pleaded guilty to murder and was put under arrest.

According to earlier reports, Budagov was wanted on charges of hooliganism with a criminal case launched against him. At the time the ex-coach was reported to be in Russia

[TaichiMantis]

Gene, do you know this school?

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19116302

By Chris De Benedetti
Fremont Argus

Posted: 10/14/2011 04:53:07 PM PDT
Updated: 10/14/2011 07:56:54 PM PDT


FREMONT — A 48-year-old kung fu instructor pleaded not guilty Friday to three felony child molest charges at the Fremont Hall of Justice, authorities said.

Wenyuan Sun, owner of a martial arts school at 39171 Farwell Drive, was arrested Sept. 23 at an airport in Houston, Texas, Detective Bill Veteran said.

Sun was wanted in connection with accusations that he molested two female minors who were students at his martial arts school, Veteran.

Police issued warrants for his arrest Aug. 10, he said.

Authorities said Sun left the country after he became aware that police were investigating accusations about him.

Police did not say where he traveled before his arrest.

He is scheduled to appear in court again Nov. 10.

He is being held on $750,000 bail at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, authorities said.

Police are being assisted in the investigation by the U.S. Marshals Service and U.S. Customs.

Anyone with information about this case may contact police at 510-790-6954