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08/19/09(Wed)19:12:43 No.5146517Yes, the black belt was Mr. Dennis. The vid is on youtube. The head instructor was my sensei, Bobby Joe Blythe. I wasn't there but saw the video. He was high, not mentally handicapped. He had been in the shopping center all day causing trouble by trying to steal from women's purses and shoplift. He told the mechanics across the street he was going to go to the dojo and "get a job teaching" and was warned by the mechanics NOT to do it. He said God was his instructor and gave him his black belt. Everyone in the dojo took his presence as a challenge (old school thinking there). I don't like what happened and prefer not to get into that discussion because it would put me in an awkward position of having to defend the dojo but not agree with what was done. Besides, it happened in 1985. The dojo is no longer there (not for that reason), Mr. Dennis no longer teaches (not for that reason), and Sensei Blythe is retired. The only man who teaches still is Robert Zingg in West Virginia and he wasn't there when this happened. Mr. Zingg had the good sense to leave and start his own school in West VA. He would never do what was done. Hope that answers your questions. Good to hear from you!
BTW, the guy who was beat was in jail somewhere in southern VA. last time I heard anything about this (a couple months ago), according to what Sensei Blythe heard from law enforcement friends. Sensei is on FB too. |