Well, if you want, post it in here first, and I’ll have the Mrs. edit it for you before publishing.
My sifu always tells his students that they have nothing to prove.
However, he tempers that statement with,
“. . .in other words, don’t be a d*ck!”
He also, makes many statements against fighting. But,
his main instruction to students as far as any conflicts
are concerned has always been,
“If you have to fight, no make me shame!!”
If I told my sifu some people were talking sh*t about him,
first he’d kick my a** for letting them. Then, after beating
the info out of me, would come looking for those people.
Not to ‘prove’ anything, mind you. . .
just to point out a few ‘facts’ to those individuals, and to
show them that ‘errors in judgement’ do not go unpunished.
*-lol
Been following all the research you guys have put up on this
prescott guy. . .an ‘undercover’ investigation would be great,
y’know, like a new student. I’d toss in some cash for a body
to sign up, and spend some time documenting training, and,
just as inportantly, conversations and teachings from him.
In any case. . .go bury him.
`~/
I’ll put some feelers out next weekend to see if any of my old buds in that part of the world is up for it. That’s a good idea Meex.
Wendy Butler is moving on from the Electric City, but I think I know a few others who would be willing to help based on their friendship with my late brother.
That would be great because all my people are down in Wilkes Barre.
HB ~ I got no volunteers.
I’d like to send Geraldo Rivera over there.
I had a stomach virus over the holidays so I didn’t go down. Perhaps I should have gone down there and spread the wealth.
Emails from someone who has access to Ian’s School
Here are the emails from Alex.
Dale Dugas <DALEDUGAS192@COMCAST.NET>wrote:[indent]<STYLE>P.MsoNormal{font-family:‘Times New Roman’;font-size:12pt;}LI.MsoNormal{font-family:‘Times New Roman’;font-size:12pt;}DIV.MsoNormal{font-family:‘Times New Roman’;font-size:12pt;}A:link{color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}SPAN.MsoHyperlink{color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}A:visited{color:purple;text-decoration:underline;}SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed{color:purple;text-decoration:underline;}SPAN.EmailStyle17{color:windowtext;font-family:Arial;}DIV.Section1{page:Section1;}</STYLE>#1
Alex,
This is Dale. Would love to hear all about this Ian Prescott. Feel free to give me your opinion of his school.
Thanks,
Dale Dugas
[/indent]From: Alex Jones
#2 To: Dale Dugas
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: Hello from Boston
Dear Dale,
Finally got this problem fixed I think.
I grew up in the Scranton area and later moved to Tuscon, AZ. I am in the process of moving back to this area though. One of my friends that I went to school with as well as the same Tang Soo Do school, has become a student of this guy. He seems pretty open and friendly about everything, including what he teaches.
I am a first degree balck belt in Tang Soo Do and my friend Mike is a second degree. When I started reading the stuff on the Bullshido site, I asked him about ceritfication. He produced a letter of recommendation signed by a Paul Dillon, a Xing Yi quan certification signed by a Steve Tate, as well as a Wing Chun Instructors certificate signed by Shane Kutow.
I have been to his school several times and there seems to be a focus on realism with the application of techniques. Nothing that I have seen so far is out of the realm of reality and seems to be effective as well as there being a whole lot of sparring and application practice.
I keep seeing people on the Bullshido site say he can’t fight and has no skill, but what little I have seen, shows he has some kind of skill, although I don’t think he is a Master and no one ever makes reference to him as such. Everyone just calls him Ian.
I have not decided if I am going to study with him or not. I really like Tang Soo Do, but I kind of like what I have seen at his school as well. Have any of you guys met him before?? If he’s a fraud, he’s a pretty convincing one.
—Alex
Dale Dugas <Jooklumpai@hotmail.com> wrote:[indent]#3 A letter of recomendation? And he can teach Water Boxing of this letter of recomendation? Very fishy. I have seen his video clips of him performing various martial arts, and they were horrible. He calls himself a sifu, that is a tall order on top of that he claims to teach ALL of the internal arts. Most people have trouble teaching one.
I thank you for the info.
Dale
[indent]----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Jones
# 4 To: Dale Dugas
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Hello from Boston
Dale,
From what I remember, he can only teach the Foundation methods, Animal forms, and first 10 postures of the main form. That is practically a quote from what I remember.
—Alex
[/indent][/indent]
#5 Alex,
He advertises that he teaches Koga Ryu Ninjitsu as well. He seems to teach everything, and that smells fishy to us. Add that to his total avoidance of direct questions to him make him look like a total coward.
Dale
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Jones
#6 To: Dale Dugas
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: Hello from Boston
Dale,
Just got off the phone with Mike.
Apparently Derek, who I have met in the classes that I have been to teaches some of the curriculum as well. He teaches Bagua and the Koga stuff. I’ll have to check those classes out just to see what’s up.
Hope this helps.
—Alex
Dale Dugas <JOOKLUMPAI@HOTMAIL.COM>wrote:[indent]#7 How big is Ian. From what I gather he is a thin guy. Let me know. He has the bullshido meter running on fraud alert big time.
Dale
[/indent]
#8 Dale,
He is about 5’10" and I guess he weighs around 160-170. He’s a pretty solid guy. He makes it a point to make sure each student works with him for a bit in each class. He seems like he knows how to use his strength and weight effectively. Of course I have only been to a few classes. Mike says that he throws him around like a rag doll and Derek, who is about 5’11" and probably around 250 or so (built like a football player), gets tossed around a bit too, alothough when Ian and Derek go at it, there is equal amount I guess of the two of them hitting the floor.
—Alex
So as you can see Alex seems to be impressed with Ian and his ability to teach with very little info about who he learned these arts from. No mention of his Tai Ji training and who has given him the ability to teach that art. Funny he lists it as one of the arts that is taught at his school.
Take these emails with a grain of salt.
I have contacted Dr. Gary Torres who is the lineage holder of Ian’s supposed line of Hsing Yi. Hope to hear back from Dr. Torres in the near future.
Comments?
Later,
Dale
Any word from Torres yet?
Not as of yet. Might not get one
Im still web fu ing it
Ian and his spinelessness
Here is the email that I received this morning.
Dear. Mr Dugas,
I would like to inform you that all of your entires and those of your accomplices on the Bullshido. Net website have been turned over to my Lawyer. I would also like to inform you that all of your past correspondances with me have been turned over as well.
At this point you are facing a possible lawsuit for Slander, Libel, as well as Defamation of Character. If you continue in this direction, I will have NO choice but to push forth with an official lawsuit against you and your accomplices at Bullshido.net.
Have a nice day,
Ian Prescott
I posted this on the public forum as well.
What you think guys?
He’s a puss.
This is why we need to have factual basis for statements. Nail him down so he can’t go anywhere.
I’d like to know what he considers “libel”
I need someone to go through the public thread and pull out each allegation any of us made against Ian and post them in here. Anyone up for that task?
I will do it this weekend.
Proposed Response:
Dear Mr. Prescott:
I recieved your e-mail correspondence in which you accuse me of perpetuating “Slander, Libel, as well as Defamation of Character” against you. Please direct me to the material that you believe is slanderous, libelous and/or defames your character.
Feel free to answer me via e-mail or you may also use the Bullshido.net forum to clear up this misunderstanding. I eagerly await your response.
Thank you,
Dale Dugas
Thanks, I will email it to him.
Why do lawsuits always come up with alleged frauds.
Satori was ready to fight until, he found out knightmare was a punk kid.
He never used it as a weapon which made me respect him and lose respect for KM.
Rather than step up and be an adult and take responsibility for their actions, they know they are going to get their asses kicked something fierce. Hence they sniveling and crying and running to the esquire to file bogus lawsuits.
No biggie, just helps us paint a more complete picture of the pussy that Ian actually is.
I emailed that reply to him. no response as of yet. He must have shit his pants when he saw it.
The worst thing a fraud could do is file a lawsuit against one of us here. It’s like a fly coming to my web.
take a gander at what Ian is now offering through his school:
[size=4]The Instructors of Shen Lung Yi Martial Arts have streamlined the curriculum and organised it into the
Natural Response Combat Trainingsystem.
Natural Resonse Combat Training (NRCT) is a reality based system that takes internal martial arts training to the next level, which is being able to defend oneself effectively with what they have learned.
NRCT will teach you how to use your natural abilities that you currently posses in an effective manner as well as help you to cultivate new abilities that you will be able to use naturally.
90% Of The People Who Attend Martial Arts Or Self Defense Classes Will Not Be Able To Win Or Defend Themselves In A Street Fight Or As You May Call It A Real Self Defense Situation. 90% Of The People Who Teach Martial Arts Or Self Defense Teach What I Call Kiddy Karate Meaning Everything That They
Teach Is Useless In A Real Self Defense Situation.
This is a serious problem.
At Shen Lung Yi Martial Arts, you will learn to defend yourself in any self defense situation as well as be able to keep many confrontations from developing into a physical altercation.
Now taka gander at what Sifu Mike Patterson’s system:
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http://www.hsing-i.com/hsing-i_journal/RSPCT.html
Looks like Ian is stealing material and then renaming it for profit. Fucking douche.
Article is coming along and this will be mentioned as well.