As you probably know by now, I will be the first to talk about all the benefits, positive sides and fantastic people within the martial arts. Very few things gives me more pleasure than that!
I could probably have kept a well-informed blog just with talking about the up-sides and positive angles of being involved with judo, karate, aikido, taekwondo, jujutsu, kung fu, MMA and all the other, potentially, great arts of ours.
However, the way I see it, that wouldn't be all fair. Striving for an act of balance, I do find it vitally important to present the not-so-shiny within the martial arts community also. That way, you as a parent, student or reader can make up your own choices and appropriate response.
It really hurts each and every time I come across some of these bad seeds and tragic events, but I can't help but getting the word out anyhow.
August 20, liverpooldailypost.co.uk had an article about a 39-year-old British taekwondo instructor and former Olympian who was jailed for under-age sex with a 14-year-old student.
The martial arts champion had reportedly been training the young girl for about two-and-a-half years. Then, in July 2007 he molested the teenager following a lift home after a training session.
The facts only came to light when a school teacher became concerned after the girl wrote an essay describing the sexual relationship with the father-of-four.
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