My opinion
Posted by Diane E on Monday, March 14, 2011
It is my opinion without having ever met the man, Rick Tew is a modern day snake oil salesman, a common charlatan otherwise he wouldn't be so bold as to be calling others with credentials and verifiable history frauds, said in order to hawk his DVD's and services in magazines, online and anywhere he can make a buck... especially, when he has no legitimate teaching credentials to speak of that I am aware of.
Here is the truth of the matter and what generally goes unsaid. Rick Tew lashes out against Frank Dux because he turned down Tew's bribe of $50,000 to sell Tew an instructor certificate promoting himself above all others. Tew has no instructor certificate in Dux ryu where I earned mine through hard work! His jealousy I was picked over him to enter an instructor course is why he lashes out against me.
That bad behavior and other unethical acts resulted in RICK TEW being thrown out of our system in disgrace and that is why his name doesn't appear in our online registry. He is persona non gratis.
But that doesn't stop TEW from profiting himself by stealing and teaching Frank Dux curriculum, taking credit for hanshi Dux proprietary teachings. Tew claiming a water down version of them as his own. In my opinion, given what I saw in Black belt and Tews DVD's, the teachings are executed with a very poor understanding which is understandable as he failed to complete his training.
If you are parent like me then you recognize lashing out is what anyone can expect from a spoiled child who feels entitled, who doesn't get their way. Well Rick Tew has shown himself to be that kind of child in terms of Martial Arts, while an adult in age in terms of martial arts maturity anyone speaking ill of others as he does is juvenile. It does not reflect the actions of a true Martial Art master, and I might ad that are truly hard to come by. Which Rick claims he is but is not... since humility and respect for others is what true martial art teachers teach AND LEAD OTHERS BY EXAMPLE... Rick Tew talks of this but does he live it... NO... because he really doesn't understand what he is teaching because he never completed his training in Dux ryu,
It is common knowledge for the right price most anyone can buy a black belt and certificate online and teach. If you have the money to advertise you can even manage to get featured in Black Belt magazine... its why you don't see most of the great masters in that rag, except on a rare occasion, since most want nothing to do with the commercialization of martial arts and of course, lend credibility to and support Black Belt magazines racism… Thats right they are selective in who they feature. This was made known by the Amsterdam News, in 2010. Just do a google image search and ask yourself how come there doesn't exist a single Black Man or Woman on the cover after what ...the magazine being fifty years in business.
In my opinion and many others really familiar with ongoing corruption in martial arts this why you wont see articles on people like Hanshi Frank Dux or myself for the same reasons I mentioned.
Think about it, Hanshi Dux sets 16 world records, retires undefeated and has a movie made on his life that is 20 years later still being shown on TV, a cult classic, Bloodsport, that motivates millions to try martial arts but not a single mention appears of him after 1980 with his winning the Kumite, NOT a positive word after the magazine decided to back his business competitor who claims to be solely legitimate when a simple fact check reveals those claims are fraudulent. Fraudulent claims Black belt uses to sell their stars books/DVDS that are contrary to historical fact and the government authorities that can confirm or deny the claims. Consumer fraud that is taking place facilitated by the magazine and people like Tew calling legitimate competitors to them frauds and denying the accused equal opportunity to respond.
My best guess we can expect to see more of TEW of being promoted as some kind of expert…with the sales of more of his DVD's profiting Black Belts owners whether through sales or ads. A magazine the Amsterdam News dare expose as corrupt, whose owners publish the magazine stars DVD's, Books, etc, under different publishing names to conceal their magazines conflict of interest. Again I am no attorney but this what some of us might call a racket or consumer fraud.
Don't look to the federal trade commission to straighten this mess out they don't have the budget or inclination I am told… so its buyer beware and up to us as martial artists to pass the word along. Who knows it might shame them into changing their ways if enough of us stop buying the magazine or DVDs and books of those engaging in trade libel, like Rick Tew.
TEW and others falsely accuse Frank Dux of getting rich off his claims. Here are the real facts you dont hear about!
To learn Dux Ryu you cant go out and buy a DVD you have to prove your character and worthiness, first... just like it was with the Shaolin Temple before communism, who didn't just take anyone... like with the ancient Shaolin this is the same reason why there are so few of us but the whole martial art world knows our name... Dux Ryu... and it certainly isn't from being featured in magazines like Black Belt.
Our name is made known by having real world accomplishments... like Frank Dux teachings becoming a cornerstone in military and police tactics... named a contributing author for US Navy SEAL Specwar manual K431-0097 as listed in US Navy College library as google search reveals and is also made available online as part of court proceedings in the libel and slander case of frank dux vs soldier of fortune magazine. SOF magazine and their swift boat pals from the pownetwork.org, another scam, these valor vultures as they are called by ripoffreport and scamsham, libeled and slandered Frank Dux when Dux was their business competitor and just like Rick TEW does me.
But when you can't compete fairly with others what choice is left him must be his thinking, otherwise he wouldn't be spreading lies and inventing things that didn't happen, with Hanshi Dux or me.
The trade libel TEW carries out against Frank Dux and myself betrays these are the acts of a desperate person who doesn't have the real stuff to back up their claims. Certainly, not when compared to Frank Dux or myself...
In my opinion Rick Tew did this because he is a coward, made confident by the fact he knows from being around Hanshi Dux, Tew knows he doesn't believe in talking ill of others even in his own defense and we follow his example. We who are Dux Ryu have traditionally turned the other cheek and that is why we have kept silent for so long.
But in light of new developments we will no longer be silent. Brought to Hanshi Dux attention a person actually lost their life due to allegedly being mis-trained and misled by RICK TEW... A LIFE LOST!
Think about that... is that reason good enough for us to come forward to answer the false allegations... call Rick Tew out on the carpet as a fraud and intellectually property thief? I happen to think so... and we know you do too, as every martial art teacher has experienced a bad apple who when held accountable doesn't correct the wrong but lashes out and dishonors their teacher trying to sprout seeds that will bare rotten fruit... if it bares fruit at all.
So who is the real Fraud here... not Dux, Not me, but Rick Tew who tried to bribe his way to be properly credentialed?
The reason I believe this is true is because I personal saw the emails Rick Tew sent Hanshi Frank Dux and Hanshi Dux response and was changed by it. Here he is, Hanshi Dux turned $50,000 bribe down to fly across the country and live on my couch in a trailer that had no heat and he asked nothing in return knowing I had nothing to give but my eagerness and hard work, a young man living in a trailer and a baby on the way.
Frank Dux is not some independently wealthy man but he is richer than anyone I met in his martial spirit. Someone who risked our relationship to show me right from wrong, who put me on the path to having a self-fulfilled, loving happy life. Giving of himself, always selflessly, so that I and others may have a skillful livelihood and legacy we can be proud of. A legacy people like Rick Tew would like to tarnish out of spite and jealousy.
I witnessed firsthand Frank Dux is a man of actions not words... it is why I feel inspired to act now to speak out... so please, pass my message along as it is made in the spirit and study of true martial arts, righting injustices that includes erasing harmful lies invented by others trying to climb over others to get ahead, like Rick Tew.
Thank You, This is Kevin Cain.
Here is the truth of the matter and what generally goes unsaid. Rick Tew lashes out against Frank Dux because he turned down Tew's bribe of $50,000 to sell Tew an instructor certificate promoting himself above all others. Tew has no instructor certificate in Dux ryu where I earned mine through hard work! His jealousy I was picked over him to enter an instructor course is why he lashes out against me.
That bad behavior and other unethical acts resulted in RICK TEW being thrown out of our system in disgrace and that is why his name doesn't appear in our online registry. He is persona non gratis.
But that doesn't stop TEW from profiting himself by stealing and teaching Frank Dux curriculum, taking credit for hanshi Dux proprietary teachings. Tew claiming a water down version of them as his own. In my opinion, given what I saw in Black belt and Tews DVD's, the teachings are executed with a very poor understanding which is understandable as he failed to complete his training.
If you are parent like me then you recognize lashing out is what anyone can expect from a spoiled child who feels entitled, who doesn't get their way. Well Rick Tew has shown himself to be that kind of child in terms of Martial Arts, while an adult in age in terms of martial arts maturity anyone speaking ill of others as he does is juvenile. It does not reflect the actions of a true Martial Art master, and I might ad that are truly hard to come by. Which Rick claims he is but is not... since humility and respect for others is what true martial art teachers teach AND LEAD OTHERS BY EXAMPLE... Rick Tew talks of this but does he live it... NO... because he really doesn't understand what he is teaching because he never completed his training in Dux ryu,
It is common knowledge for the right price most anyone can buy a black belt and certificate online and teach. If you have the money to advertise you can even manage to get featured in Black Belt magazine... its why you don't see most of the great masters in that rag, except on a rare occasion, since most want nothing to do with the commercialization of martial arts and of course, lend credibility to and support Black Belt magazines racism… Thats right they are selective in who they feature. This was made known by the Amsterdam News, in 2010. Just do a google image search and ask yourself how come there doesn't exist a single Black Man or Woman on the cover after what ...the magazine being fifty years in business.
In my opinion and many others really familiar with ongoing corruption in martial arts this why you wont see articles on people like Hanshi Frank Dux or myself for the same reasons I mentioned.
Think about it, Hanshi Dux sets 16 world records, retires undefeated and has a movie made on his life that is 20 years later still being shown on TV, a cult classic, Bloodsport, that motivates millions to try martial arts but not a single mention appears of him after 1980 with his winning the Kumite, NOT a positive word after the magazine decided to back his business competitor who claims to be solely legitimate when a simple fact check reveals those claims are fraudulent. Fraudulent claims Black belt uses to sell their stars books/DVDS that are contrary to historical fact and the government authorities that can confirm or deny the claims. Consumer fraud that is taking place facilitated by the magazine and people like Tew calling legitimate competitors to them frauds and denying the accused equal opportunity to respond.
My best guess we can expect to see more of TEW of being promoted as some kind of expert…with the sales of more of his DVD's profiting Black Belts owners whether through sales or ads. A magazine the Amsterdam News dare expose as corrupt, whose owners publish the magazine stars DVD's, Books, etc, under different publishing names to conceal their magazines conflict of interest. Again I am no attorney but this what some of us might call a racket or consumer fraud.
Don't look to the federal trade commission to straighten this mess out they don't have the budget or inclination I am told… so its buyer beware and up to us as martial artists to pass the word along. Who knows it might shame them into changing their ways if enough of us stop buying the magazine or DVDs and books of those engaging in trade libel, like Rick Tew.
TEW and others falsely accuse Frank Dux of getting rich off his claims. Here are the real facts you dont hear about!
To learn Dux Ryu you cant go out and buy a DVD you have to prove your character and worthiness, first... just like it was with the Shaolin Temple before communism, who didn't just take anyone... like with the ancient Shaolin this is the same reason why there are so few of us but the whole martial art world knows our name... Dux Ryu... and it certainly isn't from being featured in magazines like Black Belt.
Our name is made known by having real world accomplishments... like Frank Dux teachings becoming a cornerstone in military and police tactics... named a contributing author for US Navy SEAL Specwar manual K431-0097 as listed in US Navy College library as google search reveals and is also made available online as part of court proceedings in the libel and slander case of frank dux vs soldier of fortune magazine. SOF magazine and their swift boat pals from the pownetwork.org, another scam, these valor vultures as they are called by ripoffreport and scamsham, libeled and slandered Frank Dux when Dux was their business competitor and just like Rick TEW does me.
But when you can't compete fairly with others what choice is left him must be his thinking, otherwise he wouldn't be spreading lies and inventing things that didn't happen, with Hanshi Dux or me.
The trade libel TEW carries out against Frank Dux and myself betrays these are the acts of a desperate person who doesn't have the real stuff to back up their claims. Certainly, not when compared to Frank Dux or myself...
In my opinion Rick Tew did this because he is a coward, made confident by the fact he knows from being around Hanshi Dux, Tew knows he doesn't believe in talking ill of others even in his own defense and we follow his example. We who are Dux Ryu have traditionally turned the other cheek and that is why we have kept silent for so long.
But in light of new developments we will no longer be silent. Brought to Hanshi Dux attention a person actually lost their life due to allegedly being mis-trained and misled by RICK TEW... A LIFE LOST!
Think about that... is that reason good enough for us to come forward to answer the false allegations... call Rick Tew out on the carpet as a fraud and intellectually property thief? I happen to think so... and we know you do too, as every martial art teacher has experienced a bad apple who when held accountable doesn't correct the wrong but lashes out and dishonors their teacher trying to sprout seeds that will bare rotten fruit... if it bares fruit at all.
So who is the real Fraud here... not Dux, Not me, but Rick Tew who tried to bribe his way to be properly credentialed?
The reason I believe this is true is because I personal saw the emails Rick Tew sent Hanshi Frank Dux and Hanshi Dux response and was changed by it. Here he is, Hanshi Dux turned $50,000 bribe down to fly across the country and live on my couch in a trailer that had no heat and he asked nothing in return knowing I had nothing to give but my eagerness and hard work, a young man living in a trailer and a baby on the way.
Frank Dux is not some independently wealthy man but he is richer than anyone I met in his martial spirit. Someone who risked our relationship to show me right from wrong, who put me on the path to having a self-fulfilled, loving happy life. Giving of himself, always selflessly, so that I and others may have a skillful livelihood and legacy we can be proud of. A legacy people like Rick Tew would like to tarnish out of spite and jealousy.
I witnessed firsthand Frank Dux is a man of actions not words... it is why I feel inspired to act now to speak out... so please, pass my message along as it is made in the spirit and study of true martial arts, righting injustices that includes erasing harmful lies invented by others trying to climb over others to get ahead, like Rick Tew.
Thank You, This is Kevin Cain.
The Cain Family
