Why is child abuse so common at martial arts schools in America?
1. No Background checks required by law.
2. Sex offenders are legally able to, and do, open and run, martial arts schools.
3. No Outside supervision over the business.
4. Business is masquerading as a 'school', but has no state regulation.
5. No checks and balances, as real schools have.
6. No periodic interviews with students. Tragically, without interviews some abuse cases went on for decades and many of the cases were at least 2 or 3 years of trauma.
7. Martial Arts Schools have after school programs, where they pick kids up from real schools, even though no background checks were performed.
8. Martial Arts Schools holding 'ninja sleep over nights' are one of the biggest red flags possible.
9. Martial Arts Schools that have vans to transport kids, even though no background checks were performed.
10. Martial Arts Teachers that text message your child.
11. Martial Arts Teachers that have dinner or go to movies with students.
12. Martial Arts tournaments or tourism destinations, that require travel and especially hotel rooms.
2. Sex offenders are legally able to, and do, open and run, martial arts schools.
3. No Outside supervision over the business.
4. Business is masquerading as a 'school', but has no state regulation.
5. No checks and balances, as real schools have.
6. No periodic interviews with students. Tragically, without interviews some abuse cases went on for decades and many of the cases were at least 2 or 3 years of trauma.
7. Martial Arts Schools have after school programs, where they pick kids up from real schools, even though no background checks were performed.
8. Martial Arts Schools holding 'ninja sleep over nights' are one of the biggest red flags possible.
9. Martial Arts Schools that have vans to transport kids, even though no background checks were performed.
10. Martial Arts Teachers that text message your child.
11. Martial Arts Teachers that have dinner or go to movies with students.
12. Martial Arts tournaments or tourism destinations, that require travel and especially hotel rooms.
What is the root cause of the abuse of power?
1. Titles such as Master and Grand Master.
2. Absolute Trust demanded from day one.
3. Many victims say they formed relationship like 'second father'.
4. Bowing to 'master', property, altar, and to their idols.
5. Dominant submissive relationship from day one.
6. Intimidation factor, prevents many victims from coming forward.
7. 88% of child victims don't come forward, but in martial arts, that percent it is likely higher due to the intimidation factor.
8. Absolute power over the cult leads to absolute abuse over the cult members.
9. Many martial arts teachers go to Online Sales Seminars, to learn Sales Tricks, to position themselves into trust relationships with the children, by trying to deceive parents with SALES PHRASES such as: respect, discipline, and confidence, which in reality, can NOT be purchased.
10. Martial Arts is an ancient system of control, where the student is always expected to be subservient to their 'master'. The cult of course labels it 'being humble', but in reality, that is called being submissive to a cult and their warped ideologies, which led to DECADES of kids being sexually abused in the United States of America.
2. Absolute Trust demanded from day one.
3. Many victims say they formed relationship like 'second father'.
4. Bowing to 'master', property, altar, and to their idols.
5. Dominant submissive relationship from day one.
6. Intimidation factor, prevents many victims from coming forward.
7. 88% of child victims don't come forward, but in martial arts, that percent it is likely higher due to the intimidation factor.
8. Absolute power over the cult leads to absolute abuse over the cult members.
9. Many martial arts teachers go to Online Sales Seminars, to learn Sales Tricks, to position themselves into trust relationships with the children, by trying to deceive parents with SALES PHRASES such as: respect, discipline, and confidence, which in reality, can NOT be purchased.
10. Martial Arts is an ancient system of control, where the student is always expected to be subservient to their 'master'. The cult of course labels it 'being humble', but in reality, that is called being submissive to a cult and their warped ideologies, which led to DECADES of kids being sexually abused in the United States of America.