AIKI FOR JUDO? DONT YOU THINK YOU AT LEAST GOT TO KNOW JUDO?

Bret Gordon’s stupidity like his lying mouth knows no bounds. At this point, he would be better admitting he just made up Yousucka Whackmeoff or whatever the fuck this imaginary instructor's name is. Gordon shouldn't have purposely lied about me in a attempt to defame and slander me when he offers up such total bullshit about his background.

A picture of someone standing or sitting with some dude in blue jeans and a tee shirt doesn't make the dude a martial artist much less an instructor. A group picture with someone at a seminar doesn't make one a student. Going to 10 seminars taught by the same instructor doesn't make you that instructor's student. It certainly isnt representative of formally training with an instructor. 

Very Dubious, obviously exaggerated and unverifiable claims just brings more scrutiny. There is no fabrication you can come up with to get around it.  

Forget the word salad of making connections that aren't really there. Gordon has been called out about by different groups of martial artists....simply because he has no formal training in 99 percent of what he has claimed to have a rank in.  The ONLY verifiable training Gordon seems to have had has been a kiddie Jr black belt. Then daddy bought him a 4th degree black belt from an organization known to sell black belt ranks to a monkey, a dog and a few other farm animals...if you had the money to pay them. 

At the end of the day presenting a certificate out of the blue with no real formal training is worthless be it from a rank mill or a legitimate organization.  

The only thing worse is Gordon's own videos which offer zero proof of any real skill whatsoever. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6Njqj2503eY

I would think that you would have to actually know judo and aiki and be able to throw someone bigger than you or at least your size, not someone you outweigh by 150 lbs. Throwing someone is a whole biomechanical process. Moving with someone, a kid, who isnt half your size isn't something to be proud of or attempt to showcase much less put up on YouTube. I would be embarrassed to get a small person to do judo on in class much less video something like this. I typically get people my size or bigger......but I'm a judoka.....Gordon however, doesn't have the judo skill set of a white belt judoka. 

In the video Gordon could not have made himself look worse. He broke his own posture just to get a grip on a much smaller person. He was leaning forward, standing still legged and way to high. When he reached in to get his grip he was so far extended that he was bending over at the waist and his head was out in front of his feet. A real Judoka would have busted Gordon's fat ass. Judo white belts know better than to break their posture like that. 

No wonder he wont randori or scrimmage against yours truly. 

A video of him with someone much much smaller than he is, made in haste and desperation trying to safe face and prove something.  As far as Uki otoshi?  Didnt see it. What I saw a guy hit Gordon with a trip Gordon stumbled and pulled the guy. who looks to be a teenager down to the mat which any three hundred pound, shit ass could do to someone who might weigh 150 pounds. That requires all the skill of his 300 lb ass accidently falling on the little dude.

Bret out weighs me by almost hundred pounds but you don't see him looking in my direction to get the mats with.

As far as this Aiki skillset, yeah the one he supposed got from Yasasucka Whackmeoff, the Kodokai has spoken out against Gordon.  Gordon has spent years claiming a dubious connection to daito ryu and the kodokai.  He has presented endless theories and  speculation. He has never offered any real proof of any of his claims. Gordon doesn't have any proof to offer. Today people ask for proof and that is not a crime. When you cant prove your claims. It is not defamation or slander for someone to say you're not legitimate. 

This video contains no proof of anything other than Gordon doesn't understand the fundamental principles of grip fighting, kuzushi, entering in for a throw or throwing. 

It would behoove Gordon just to admit he picked up some techniques here and there from a handful of people that he really didnt train with, and based on that is trying to make up a system. Treat it like boxing or wrestling, offer no ranking in it and then shut his meat sucker. 

To Daito Ryu or Not To Daito Ryu....That is the Question.

If you are afraid to scrimmage you are afraid to compete. If you are afraid to get on the mats you are afraid to fight in the streets.....it is all connected. You cant claim to be a fighter or be about them streets if you have an unwillingness to prove what you can actually do. That is how things are JUDGED. 

Those who are formidable on the mats are formidable on the streets and all facets of life as well. There is no battle field, physical or otherwise, where they are afraid to be. They do not run from anything. That's how they are JUDGED. This is how I am judged, I stand on my own. This how my system of Judo is judged, it stands on its own. 

In a recent video regarding his home brew of Aiki Jutusu Bret Gordon had some things to say. His statements will be highlighted in yellow followed by my commentary: 

“I have only ever asked to be JUDGED on the quality of our training and the information that we present. No one has ever denied our understanding or our execution of Aiki.”  

Gordon specifically said he wants to be JUDGE by his under standing and what he does on the mats with his AIKI…..fair enough.....

Lets start with Gordon pussed out of a scrimmage against yours truly. 

Gordon isn't any fucking good. 

Despite a myriad of articles about fighting with aiki, he shit his pants at the mere thought of getting on the mats with me. I ensured that I would use nothing but judo and let Gordon know he could use what ever style he wanted…he could strike, he could hit, he could even bring his instructor and I would scrimmage them both at the same time. He ran away screaming both sets of double or maybe triple chins flapping in the breeze. 

Gordon cant, wont and is too scared to back up what he claims.

Daito ryu's own Takeda Sōkaku was known for his first hand combat experience, acquiring skills in street fights across Japan. He traveled extensively, defeating all challengers, even including some high-ranking judoka and experienced fighters from various arts......it seems I have more in common with aikijujutsu than Gordon actually does. Unlike him, I am not claiming to know something that I don't. I don't have to. I and my method of judo stand on its own two feet. 

“The only argument against us is where we've learned it.”

Gordon cant prove where it comes from so yes its indeed questionable and unverifiable basically false until proven otherwise. Yet being unable of proving his own back ground he defamed legit instructors like myself. 

Like it or not the "I have proof but am not allowed to share it...because "Non Disclosure", leaves Gordon’s historical accuracy leaning heavier on the fabrication and fallacy side like an STD. 

He inherited the system, the system is his to do with what he will.....but he doesn't own it and cant really talk about it. 

I wont get into or MENTION his previous so called evidence of pictures that he claimed were of Jack Stern and someone named Sirbaugh who then as it seems to turned out to be someone named Hal Sharpe and Lawrence Sieberlich.

“So to that to that I say um if we have no legitimate connection to the kodakai or to diato ryu then that would mean that we somehow taught ourselves Aiki and the deepest secrets of Diato Ryu. For those who insist that these things can only be learned through direct hands-on instruction that would make us the greatest martial arts geniuses in history!”

Really? A martial arts genius? A major flaw in that logic...Gordon cant actually back up what he claims and is too chicken shit to get on the mats with yours truly.

Gordon cant muster up the courage to utilize these secrets against me in a scrimmage to put his skillset to the test. Gordon would have people believe that he has extensive training and knowledge of secret fighting techniques. The problem is if there were any such thing then Gordon wouldn't have an issue getting on the mats with......yours truly. 

I certainly wont mention that even though he had issues getting on the mats with me, he didnt have those issues bravely harassing my student and his 13 year old daughter multiple times in Alabama. To the point he could be arrested if he is dumb enough to do it again. 

Honestly, Gordon is no fighter in any sense of the word nor is he capable of defending himself with these aiki fighting secrets he supposedly has. If Gordon got into a fight in an alley somewhere he would get his ass kicked…..so much for Gordon's candy ass bullshit.  

“I mean if we have no legitimate connection to Daito ryu then these skills were learned through osmosis or maybe you know the real issue isn't our lineage. Maybe the real issue is that we can't be controlled and we don't kiss the rings of the Daito Ryu godfathers and unlike others we share these secrets freely.”

Gordon goes to great lengths of Word Salad absurdity to claim a lineage to the Kodokai....he has proof but he isn't compelled to share it.....he can't because NDA....and.......copyright. That's just rich coming from a guy who challenged people to come to his dojo to see his proof. However now he cant even talk about it or share it......and Gordon is literally the proverbial mug shot poster boy for committing copyright infringement. 

Finding himself under scrutiny now from the Kodokai,  he reverts to "he doesn't kiss the ring of the Daito Ryu godfathers. 

 The attitude here suggests Gordon doesn't need the kodokai. Okay. Then why mention the Daito-ryu, specifically the kodokai or a connection to them at all?

His own argument now seems to be; don't  listen to the fabricated bullshit that flies out of his mouth, because it is what he says it is but it's susceptible to change... Judge him by his effectiveness on the mats.....but don't ask him to get on the mats to actually prove it…..followed by the caveat that if he dropped Yutashi Whackmeoff's real name it would shake the pillars of kodokai itself and it's legacy would crumble. Take his word as gospel.....because he knows more "secrets" about the Kodokai and aikijujutsu than the Japanese do.  

The Kodokai has nothing to loose or gain from debunking Gordon, they don't need anyone like a Bret Gordon, Gordon on the other hand needs them. 

Gordon's made up system can not stand on its own merits. He needs the mystique of a mysterious and dubious, potentially possible connection, to a Japanese tradition for.....credibility. 

Gordon needs a word salad "implied" air of legitimacy because he is incapable of proving himself as being capable or effective with his techniques. 

If he was so confident in his ability and knowledge as he insists, he wouldn't have a problem with a scrimmage against a 60 year old judoka like myself. 

But he balks at the mere suggestion of it, cowers from it. 

Proof is in the pudding it always has been. This is why Gordon and his colleagues are afraid of me. I am in my 60s and I still prove what I can do everyday on the mats against multiple disciplines..... always sticking to my method of Judo. It stands forthright on its own merits. Unlike Gordon, my style of judo was tested proven and effective, on the mats, on the street, it withstood scrutiny from peers, AND it withstood the many, many lies and defamation attempts from Bret Gordon and others of his ilk. 

 “So instead of listening to speculation or giving credence to statements issued by those who have something to lose by acknowledging our legitimacy watch what we do.”

Speculation? Really? In Japan, such blatant martial arts misrepresentation is a criminal offense. In Japan, fraud and even attempted fraud is punishable by time in prison, with a potential sentence of up to 10 years of imprisonment with work/hard labor. Penal Code Article 246.

It’s an egregious act to the Japanese culture.

At the end of the day the mother fucking Kodokai Hombu called Gordon out on his claims. Sitting down looking like a swirly fat lump of shit with a head, Gordon's response was to make up a more grandiose fabrication in his little scripted video. 

I find it highly unlikely that spokes persons for the Kodokai Hombu are lying about Bret Gordon. I am certain all one would have to do is email the USA Kodokai headquarters at  uskodokai@yahoo.com to verify Mr. Quintana's statement in his letter. 

"There is no connection between Bret Gordon and the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization either here in the USA or in Japan. Any claims he is making regarding such a connection are entirely false.

The Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization keeps strict records of it's members. There is and has never been a "Hasaka Yutashi" who trained in the Kodokai organization either here in the USA or in Japan. There is no basis for him to claim that his organization is based on or connected with the Kodokai in any way shape or form, much like the claim he mentions about Yoshinkan aikido.

Furthermore, Gordon should should specifically state that his organization has no historical ties, lineage or affiliation with the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization. Additionally the individual depicted in the photograph included in his book has never held any rank or title within the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization in either the USA or Japan. I hope this clarification is helpful. Please feel free to reach if any further information is needed." - Sincerely, Donald Quintana

If Gordon had actual proof of some sort of mysterious documented lineage to the Daito Ryu, he would have the recognition he claims he is worthy of, instead of being relegated showing off shit rank from rank mills....

BUT.... he says he has and knows all the secrets. Gordon wants people to believe he is the sole keeper of such a secret system from some mysterious japanese figure.....of which he has to protect......under any and all circumstances......even from the Japanese themselves.

He could tell you... but...he would have to kill you? Reminds me of Simon, the name of the used car salesman in the movie, True Lies, who lied about being a spy just so he could get laid. He ended up pissing his pants, more than once if memory serves correctly and admitting that he was so pathetic that he was just "navel lint". 

So, in the words of Gordon....

"Judge for yourself whether or not what we do really comes from daito ryu and judge for yourself whether or not it's real Aiki.”

The Kodokai certainly isn't buying it and are more than likely far from being done with addressing Gordon's claims. He will be heavily scrutinized by the Kodokai Hombu even more. 

ABOUT THOSE DAITO RYU AMERICAN YOSHINKAN AIKI WHATS IT CLAIMS.......

I am going to keep this one short and sweet.

24 hours after I posted my article pertaining to Bret Gordon's Daito ryu connection claims (READ HERE) that included a statement and letter from the Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu kodokai.....

"There is no connection between Bret Gordon and the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization either here in the USA or in Japan. Any claims he is making regarding such a connection are entirely false.

The Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization keeps strict records of it's members. There is and has never been a "Hasaka Yutashi" who trained in the Kodokai organization either here in the USA or in Japan. There is no basis for him to claim that his organization is based on or connected with the Kodokai in any way shape or form, much like the claim he mentions about Yoshinkan aikido.

Furthermore, Gordon should should specifically state that his organization has no historical ties, lineage or affiliation with the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization. Additionally the individual depicted in the photograph included in his book has never held any rank or title within the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization in either the USA or Japan.

I hope this clarification is helpful. Please feel free to reach if any further information is needed."

Sincerely, Donald Quintana 

Letter from Donald Quintana Kodokai Secretary of General Affairs

It appears now that the former General Secretary from the Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu Kodokai organization has also spoken out about Gordon's spurious claims and blatant misrepresentation of Daito Ryu connections.

Gordon has spent years making claim after claim of extensive training in various styles martial arts the longest of which being claimed Daito-ryu connections to his American Yoshinkan Aiki Jujutsu. He has also gone to great lengths to protect his fallacies. When asked to verify these claims...He has threatened to show up at people's dojos, called people out and even threatened some with an attorney and potential legal action. 

There is certainly no need to fear or heed any threat of any kind from the likes of Gordon. It's all been rendered IMPOTENT....FRIVOLOUS.....A JOKE. This certainly extends to those around him....students and colleagues in the martial arts. 

Much like getting sprayed by a skunk the stench remains long after the skunk leaves, Gordon's  false claims and unethical behavior are a stench that will cling to Gordon and even those who trained with him for a long, long time.

Gordon, as stated in my last article, is a 30 something year old white guy playing at being Japanese. Being a MASTER appropriator of Japanese cultural you would think Gordon would know that in Japan, such purposeful martial arts falsehoods and blatant misrepresentations is a criminal offense. In Japan, fraud and even attempted fraud is punishable by time in prison, with a potential sentence of up to 10 years of imprisonment with work. Penal Code Article 246.....It’s not some civil matter that comes with a slap on the wrist. It is an egregious act to the Japanese culture.

Only Gordon and Gordon alone is responsible for all his misrepresentation and the extent to which it effects those around him.

Despite being just forty minutes away Gordon avoided getting the mats with me like the plague. Instead, he went to great lengths to harass and intimidate one of my students and his 13 year old daughter who live out of state. 

Those who have been around Gordon for years have indeed supported this behavior, via through direct action, verbal support or silence, they relegated themselves as accomplices to his actions. Every single one of these people owe my student, his daughter, my instructors and myself written apologies.

Lastly, if other schools don't want these people in their dojo or other organizations don't want to accept them or recognize their ranks, those institutions certainly have good cause for those decisions. They can all certainly thank Gordon for the ostracization. 

The Gift that Keeps on Giving

Well I thought I had done my last article on the likes of Bret Gordon but it appears more claims of his have since been debunked. Gordon's claims are the gift that keeps on giving. But this will indeed be the last word on Gordon.......

Every word Gordon wrote about me and my instructors online has been nothing more than lies...every word. All written intentionally for the sole purpose to slander and defame me and my instructors. Gordon, along with others also harassed and doxxed a student of mine and 13 year old threatened his daughter. He even tried to reach out to one of my Judo instructors for a promotion in judo. 

I hope this has long lasting effect on him and those around him. I hope my name haunts him for the rest of his life. 

I was watching a Charles Bronson movie called Death Hunt over the week end. In the movie there was a character referred to as Buffalo woman. Buffalo woman was a short fat homely woman who took care of a small unit of Royal Canadian Mounties. She cooked and cleaned the bunkhouse, and would keep the men warm during those lonely cold Canadian nights and of course the men, in particularly Sundog Brown, would break him off a piece of and rock Buffalo woman's fat juicy ass, all night long, when the need arose. 

At all of 5' 5" short and a soft and mushy 300lbs, rocking a set of titties that need the support of a D size bra, Gordon became my bitch the second he ran his lying meat sucker and defamed me and my instructors. Gordon's lies and attempted defamation and slander of me has truly indeed backfired and blown up in his face. Gordon's own embellishments and lies expertly maneuvered him to the place he is now......bitch. 

Gordon has admitted on his blog that his troubles in the martial arts community started when he wrote his defamatory article about me. Every single one of his own claims have been exposed as out right 8 year old fantasy and childlike fabrication. 

In 2018, Gordon claimed to have Black belt rank in daitoryu aiki jutsu.

"Beginning his martial arts journey at the age of 4, Kaiso Bret Gordon has studied and attained Dan ranking in numerous martial arts disciplines (including Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu, Goju-Ryu Karatedo, Kempo Jujutsu, Taekwondo among others.)”    https://web.archive.org/web/20180702025205/http://www.triomartialarts.com/sensei-bret-gordon.html 

I wont get into what I think of kiddie black belt ranks but Gordon has made aikijujutsu claims for almost ten years. The back story on his aikijujutsu has changed multiple times over those years. Supposedly, at some point, the Daito Ryu stuff was passed through someone named Sirbaugh before Sirbaugh it might have been someone named J. Paul. Paul and Sirbaugh have disappeared and the back story has changed more since. 

Somewhere among his claims was a 10^th soke of a system that was supposedly concocted by a mysterious dude who was playing a dude disguised as another dude, who changed his name to a Japanese sounding name that isn't a real Japanese name. He may or may not have been Japanese because Gordon isn’t allowed to say. This mysterious dude developed his system which is Daito Ryu because he trained in it under a direct descendant of Daito Ryu but is actually not Daito Ryu, because he changed his name years ago and what he handed down was different from Daito Ryu.

Gordon posted up a disclaimer that his history is accurate but its subject to change because he, a self proclaimed living historian, who didn’t graduate high school, knows everything about the martial arts but doesn’t know alot about the history of his own system. However he reserves the right to take certain liberties with the history until it he has to change it…..for any reason. But don’t worry the changes are indeed correct because everything was correct when he originally wrote it.... but it had to be changed....because it was debunked, but it is now the truth....but as it stands....there is chance it could be changed again....because there is no need to prove or verify his "evidence" to anyone....not even to  a court of law....which makes it the truth. Because it cant be proven to be false until it is. So he cant be held accountable for any of the changes he makes up when he is debunked.....because every word is true....because you have his word....but its subject to change.....because.....you know.......detractors!

The absurdity of Gordon's claims is enough to make your head hurt....His own inability to keep his mouth shut has made Gordon the biggest joke in the martial arts community.  

At some point after his 2018 Daito Ryu Dan black belt rank claim....it disappeared. Later in 2022 Gordon in one of his articles changed his story and claimed he never claimed rank in daitoryu https://web.archive.org/web/20221116184117/http://www.join-usama.com/blog/bret-gordon-is-not

His 10th soke claims disappeared. 

However, his Daito ryu but not Daito Ryu back story appears to be something that is ever evolving. Starting with a mysterious Japanese dude, whose name has changed a couple of times and who may or may not be Japanese, handing this system that is related Daito Ryu but not, over to a step daddy. Then the story changed to a grand daddy and now it's apparently changed again to a step grand daddy.  

It's all a proverbial and purposeful word salad of unverified claims from a fat middle aged white guy with bitch tits cosplaying as Japanese, sprinkled with a combination of Walter Mitty fantasy, a need to be a big shot and a mental 8 year old’s Japanese anime fueled imagination. All this from a guy with a menial job as a night time warehouse security guard who beats off to plastic covered martial arts rank certs and martial arts magazines. 

So, to quote Shakespeare .......

To Daito Ryu or not to Daito Ryu? That is the question.....

Enter the Kodokai 

Well, my dear fat womanly fair Horatio....What the fuck?

Gordon's claims and back story had become so outlandish and absurd over the years that the Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai finally had to release a statement on the matter. 

The Daito-Ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai is a branch of the traditional Japanese martial art Daito-Ryu Aiki-jujutsu. The Kodokai lineage stems from Horikawa Kodo, one of the notable disciples of Takeda Sokaku, who was instrumental in preserving and spreading the art.

The North American Headquarters of Daito-Ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai, established in the early 1970s in San Luis Obispo, California, is the oldest Daito-Ryu organization in the United States. The Kodokai branches are responsible for maintaining the integrity and authenticity of Daito-Ryu Aikijujutsu. 

The Kodokai provides as well as keeps meticulous records of the direct links to the teachings passed down through generations in Japan......

"There is no connection between Bret Gordon and the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization either here in the USA or in Japan. Any claims he is making regarding such a connection are entirely false. 

The Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization keeps strict records of it's members. There is and has never been a "Hasaka Yutashi" who trained in the Kodokai organization either here in the USA or in Japan. There is no basis for him to claim that his organization is based on or connected with the Kodokai in any way shape or form, much like the claim he mentions about Yoshinkan aikido. 

Furthermore, Gordon should should specifically state that his organization has no historical ties, lineage or affiliation with the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization. Additionally the individual depicted in the photograph included in his book has never held any rank or title within the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization in either the USA or Japan. 

I hope this clarification is helpful. Please feel free to rreach if any further information is needed."

Sincerely,

Donald Quintana

Jun Dairi Kyoju - Godan

Secretary of General Affairs

Fuku Hombu-cho

Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai

North American Hombu Dojo

San Luis Obispo, CA

So much for Hanshi Honey Baked not getting caught and debunked yet again. The mother fucking Maestro of Word Salad. all flabby 300lbs of him, is batting 1000...... at making himself and those around him look like total jokes and all around ass clowns. 

Gordon and his own mouth hold all the blame. 

Maybe he will make a video about how the Kodokai Hombu in Japan and it's representatives have lied. 

I bid Fini, Farewell and Adieu.......

May your father's loins moisten and his supple breasts lactate at such an unrivaled accomplishment and may he forever rub ointment on the hole that hurts the most. Merry mother fucking Christmas and Happy fucking Holidays to such a cowardly mother fucker and his troupe of pussy ass bitch boys.  I am sure some dude will grab one of your squishy D size bitch tits in public and make you feel all better about yourself. 

Bret Gordon’s Epic Failed Defamation Attempt

This will be my last article on the likes of Bret Gordon. Any future updates will be added to this article at the bottom and noteded as "UPDATE". No more time will be spent on articles regarding the likes of Gordon, Jack Stern or others of like ilk. 

Gordon attempted to defame and slander not just myself but all of my instructors. I am someone Gordon intentionally told lies about. The reason? A hatred of me because I am a trained and talented martial artist with a verifiable back ground. 

I am everything Gordon wishes he could be.   

"Barron Shepherd is known for his dynamic and aggressive style of Judo, characterized by his strong emphasis on powerful throwing techniques and fast transitions. He utilizes a blend of traditional Judo principles and modern adaptations, making him both a well-rounded and innovative fighter and judoka. His approach is often based on strong grips, quick attacks, effective entry and disruption to neutralize threats, which differ from traditional sport Judo techniques.

Shepherd approaches Judo with an emphasis on athleticism and adaptability. His teaching incorporates strategies that align with freestyle judo, competition and combat Judo/self-defense contexts. Overall, Barron Shepherd's style combines traditional Judo techniques with innovative adaptations for combat, sport and freestyle settings, making his approach both versatile and practical." 

In the past 5 years my style of judo has grown and it has become known for its progressiveness and effectiveness. It didn't get that way from talking shit online or defaming others. It got that way because I proved it on the mats. Others saw the effectiveness of my particular style of judo first hand. It is nothing to see me on the mats with different styles of grapplers. I have proved and can prove the effectiveness of what I do.  Through years of hard work, dedication and determination my dynamic and progressive style of judo has become a brand.....and it isn't stopping there. 

Comparatively, all that is presented by Gordon is a convoluted word salad of which Gordon claims to have inherited a system that was supposedly connected to Daito ryu but is not Daito ryu, because its different. 

According to Gordon the system comes from a mysterious dude who was playing a dude disguised as another dude, who changed his name to a Japanese sounding name that isn't a real Japanese name. 

Honestly, if Gordon's YouTube vid demos are any indication, this mysterious dude obviously couldn't fight worth a fuck.

However, Gordon would have people believe he has extensive training and knowledge of secret fighting techniques. The problem is there are no secret aiki techniques that are going to save you in the actual field of self defense and combat. If there were any such thing then Gordon shouldn't and wouldn't have an issue getting on the mats with......yours truly.  

And with such in his repertoire Gordon tried to defame myself and my instructors....instead of actually getting on the mats to randori with me. He was told he could use any of his styles that he claimed and I would stick to just judo. 

Daito ryu's  Takeda Sōkaku was known for his first hand combat experience, acquiring skills in street fights across Japan. He traveled extensively, defeating all challengers, even including some high-ranking judoka and experienced fighters from various arts.

Gordon, on the other hand, pisses his pants at the notion of getting on the mats with yours truly..

Gordon did claim he would get on the mats with anybody anytime. Apparently when it comes to me he obviously cant back his claims up......so much for his so called "extensive training". 

Gordon IS AFRAID OF ME on many levels. He has legit reasons to be afraid that go beyond just me.

 1.) His fear of exposure. Gordon simply cant fight or randori. Engaging in randori with me would expose his lack of skill and inability to apply any techniques he claims to know effectively. He relies on compliant demonstrations to maintain the illusion of expertise. His self aggrandizing must be protected at all costs....even through cowardly acts and not to mention the lies he told about me to save face. 

 2.) Gordon is insecure in his abilities. Gordon wont put anything he claims he can do against me on the mats. That tells me that he doesn't even believe his own methods and system actually work. He lacks any physical conditioning, he lacks technical proficiency and he lacks any real-world experience required to randori effectively. Gordon knows that he would be outperformed by myself. 

 3.) Avoidance of Accountability: Randori involves direct testing of martial arts techniques under pressure. Gordon avoids me because he knows his methods would fail, and it would undermine any credibility he thinks he has (or what's left of it).

In one of his articles, Gordon claimed that he could accomplish what I did. He isn't tough enough or even man enough to. He has certainly made it obvious he doesnt have the work ethic or dedication. 

Gordon's attempted defamation of me failed miserably and backfired. Unlike Gordon I can back everything I say up and it shows on the mats. He knows he can never measure up to an able and accomplished judoka like myself. 

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UPDATE  Just hours after making the post above I was forwarded the following: 

"There is no connection between Bret Gordon and the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization either here in the USA or in Japan. Any information or claims he is staking he is making up. The Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization keeps strict records of it's members. There is and has never been a "Hasaka Yutashi" who trained in the Kodo Kai organization either here in the USA or in Japan. There is no basis for him to claim that his organization is based on or connected with the Kodokai in any way shape or form, much like the claim he mentions about Yoshinkan aikido, He should also state that his organization is in no way descended from or has any connections with the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization. The photo he includes in his book is no one that has held any rank or title in the Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai organization in either the USA or Japan. Please see the attached letter (below) and let me know if there is anything I can further help with or that you may need."

Sincerely,

Donald Quintana

Jun Dairi Kyoju - Godan

Secretary of General Affairs

Fuku Hombu-cho

Daito ryu Aikijujutsu Kodokai

North American Hombu Dojo

San Luis Obispo, CA

Fighting with Aiki? Really?

The internet is full of bad self defense and martial arts videos. There is bad and there is worse.  Bret Gordon's fighting with aiki videos and articles definitely fit into the worse column. If Gordon is going to do these types of videos and articles, it actually helps if he would and could actually fight.

Gordon's bad articles and his even worse videos are glowing examples of WHAT NOT TO DO IN A FIGHT. 

Preplanned, Choreographed demos with a obedient and compliant uke doesn't prove effectiveness to any degree, definitely not in the streets. I won't get into Gordon's very questionable back ground. A 32 year old claiming to be a7th degree black belt is questionable enough. I wont address his lack of verified formal training beyond that of a junior black belt rank in Tae Kwon Do. 

What Gordon can do is pull martial arts rank certs magically out of his ass, out of thin air like a proverbial magician. Not that any of them are worth an actual fuck. 

AMERICAN YOSHINKAN AIKI RAVIOLI WITH MEATBALLS AND DONT FORGET THE CHEESE

Gordon's claims that he inherited a system, supposedly connected to Daito ryu, but not daito ryu, from a mysterious dude who was pretending to be a dude that was playing another dude, who changed his name to a Japanese sounding name that isn't a real Japanese name. AND if Gordon's youtube vid demos are any indication the dude obviously couldn't fight worth a fuck.

If one wants to make up his own system of aiki then be honest about it but don't claim it to be something it isn't. When it comes down to it, Gordon doesn't really train and it shows. He is extremely out of shape. He is squat and obese. At all of 5' 5" and weighing around 300lbs with more chins than an adult walrus, it's obvious that conditioning of any type is nowhere in Gordon's wheel house. Hell the fucker has issues finding his pecker. 

There is this prevailing thought among some that you don’t have to be in shape or fit when it comes to self-defense. The argument is that normally an attack doesn’t last long, it doesn’t last minutes, just seconds. Well newsflash......It only takes seconds to become depleted, run out of gas, if your aren’t in shape. 

Poor techniques, coupled with little training and no conditioning is only a formula for failure.

Gordon would have people believe he is the epitome of martial arts badassery. The problem is there are no secret aiki techniques that are going to save you. If there were any such thing then Gordon shouldn't and wouldn't have an issue getting on the mats with......yours truly. 

Most "trained" martial artists who have found themselves in street encounters or a bar fight find themselves overwhelmed by a untrained street thug or half drunk bar room brawler. That is the reality of the situation. The attacker controls the situation. He picks when he is going to ambush and attack you. He picks the level of violence used and what he is going to use. 

Gordon's videos are as detached from the reality of fighting as it gets. Nothing he does will actually work in a violent encounter in the street or in a actual sparring session or scrimmage on the mats. 

I honestly look at aiki arts like kata training...it only looks good if it's done well...but will it work in a street fight? Nope and certainly not putting that kind of faith in it. 

Teaching fighting without actually knowing how to fight is another formula for failure. 

If we look at  Gordon's aiki vids as a martial art and its fighting techniques, from defending ourselves from guns, knives, and other weapons, to self-defense with hands and classic street fights, it's all bullshit. I mean who on Earth would go and try something as he shows in his vids, and what attacker is gonna throw a straight and slow punch to attack someone? Or as in his aiki stopping a wrestling takedown performed in slow motion? Yeah a wrestler is really going to do that. 

What is telling is if you can't hold your own on the mats you certainly won't withstand a violent encounter or survive a street fight. Gordon wont put anything he claims he can do against me on the mats. That tells me that he doesn't even believe his own methods and system actually work.    

In actual aiki arts, like aikido or aiki jujutsu, maybe as few as 2 or 3 out of 100 plus techniques can be useful at all. 

As for what Gordon shows...it is not a real defense that you can actually use in real life to any degree of effectiveness. Gordon has obviously tried to pick up stuff here and there and has very limited training in it and it shows in his vids. I believe any connection to daito ryu Aiki jujutsu that Gordon tries to imply or claims to have are entirely false. He is more or less cosplaying and larping. If that is what you're into then knock yourself out but don't claim rank, don't claim to be able to fight or be about them streets.

Stick to drinking milkshakes and eating ice cream and pies. 

Us real instructors with real knowledge can handle the rest.

More Bullshit from a Coward

Last week my student and his family was yet harassed online again and arely a week after exposing Jack Stern as a martial arts fraud. I don't for one second believe this is a coincidence. 

Surely no one would be dumb enough to do something like this, again? Or put the same people up to it again? The history of this and who is behind it has already been established by the local authorities in Alabama and now in Florida. 

Neither I or my student know who this Dallas person is. What is known is that Bret Gordon has issue with me and he knows the people that are harassing my student and his family. Gordon acts like he never once wronged my instructor, my student or me. https://bretgordon.weebly.com/blog/re-frank-dux-dallas-wittgenfeld-et-al#/

A history of harassment via Bret Gordon and some colleagues of his has already been established. Gordon has even admitted to this harassment online. All the parties that were involved with the harassment have admitted to the Ohatchee Police dept to harassing my student in the past beginning in feb of 2023. It was determined that Bret Gordon and two others one named Adam and the other Dallas were involved.  Shitting in their pants at the prospect of getting arrested, they pointed fingers at each other. 

Back in Feb of 2023, Randy Engle a student of mine who lives in Alabama received a phone call from someone who said their name was "Dallas". The caller threatened to skin Randy's daughter alive, they were going to peel her like a grape. Randy, called the police to his residence and reported it to the Ohatchee police and filed a complaint. 

The following day, Gordon dropped the little girl’s name online less than 24 hours after Randy received a death threat toward his daughter. It seems both Gordon and the caller knew Randy's daughter's name and where she was that particular weekend. Randy called the police again when he became aware of the incident. 

The Ohatchee police, took the threats extremely seriously and a police officer contacted Gordon by phone. During the call with the Ohatchee Police, Gordon incriminated himself along with others involved with making the threats. The Police were able to determine that Gordon was indeed involved or behind the threat or at the least he knew who did it and why. The police have also identified someone named Adam and another named Dallas as the other parties involved.

The investigators came to the conclusion that the real reason Gordon had targeted Randy and his daughter was because Gordon holds a grudge against me. Police advised Gordon if Randy received any more calls, or threats from anyone, they would hold Gordon personally responsible and he would face more charges. The threats and harassing calls then stopped. 

Three months later, in May, Randy started receiving more threatening calls and harassment via social media, Gordon was once again contacted by the Ohatchee Police and Gordon again incriminated himself during the officer’s interview by actually naming the person helping him. Gordon also told the police that he had told “his people” (apparently pussy ass cowardly
fucks have side kicks) to leave Randy alone.

According to Randy, Gordon was then informed by the investigators of the Ohatchee Police Department that he is under an open criminal investigation and likely facing multiple felony charges. After Gordon’s phone call with the police the social media accounts that some of the threats emanated from started disappearing, taken down by its users, Gordon or the person(s) helping him. 

If anyone has questions or ANY information regarding this matter please feel free to contact the Ohatcheee Police Department, 7801 Al-77, Ohatchee, AL 36271  Phone: (256) 892-3156
https://www.facebook.com/OhatcheePolice

Last year Gordon drops Randy and his daughter names online again on his blog https://bretgordon.weebly.com/blog/who-is-gerald-greysmith#/ on the heels of this article Gordon was told by Ohatchee police dept and the Magistrate that Randy was not Gerald Smith as he tried to imply in his article and that if further instances occur a warrant will be issued for his arrest as he is looking at multiple felonies and two misdemeanor charges.  

Gordon knows Randy is not Gerald Smith and I don't believe in coincidences, Gordon retaliated after reading the articles about Jack Stern. I left no doubt in my articles that Stern, a person Gordon claim a lineage to was indeed a fraud proven by his own admission in court and court records. Not a week after dropping those articles proving Stern was a fraud. My student was harassed online and doxxed again on two more occasions just days apart.

Randy called the Orange City police dept. Multiple units of the Orange city PD showed up at the residence of Dallas. Dallas at first denied that he did anything and then he denied knowing Bret Gordon. Dallas was told that I was going to be contacted. Dallas quit denying that he knew Gordon at that point and stated that he did not want a problem with me. Dallas was then told he could be arrested if any more incidents take place. Randy then notified his local magistrate of the latest incident. Orange City Police also contacted the Ohatchee Police Dept. Don't believe me? Contact Ohatchee police department. 

These cowardly nut licking fuck shits aren't tough guys, they aren't ghetto.  I find it odd that neither Gordon or those he has put up to harassing my student actually have the sack to say shit to me personally. Instead they target a student of mine. 

So what I have to say is this ....

Tell ya what Gordon get all your little bitch boys together and I will get on the mats with all of you. If you're too fucking pussy to get on the mats then stop harassing and bothering anyone affiliated with me. I am sure that is plain enough for you and your band of idiots to understand or should I draw it in crayon.