Soon Bitch..... Soon

I don’t forgive, and I don’t forget.

Time always collects what people think they’ve gotten away with.

Karma remembers longer than you imagine.

Soon, the consequences of your actions will speak louder than your lies ever did.

The Measure of Accountability

Accountability is more than a word—it’s a reflection of moral courage. When we wrong someone, whether intentionally or not, the honorable response is to admit it, make amends, and move forward with honesty. Unfortunately, those who prefer to double down on their falsehoods often reveal far more about themselves than about the people they target.

Truth requires no embellishment and time eventually exposes the dishonest. Silence, in the face of wrongdoing, is not peace—it is complicity. While some hope that ignoring the damage they caused will make the matter fade away, justice has a way of catching up. 

I am that Justice. 

To this day, neither Bret Gordon, Daniel Duplantis, nor any of the parties associated with their actions have made any effort to retract, correct, or otherwise acknowledge the false and damaging claims they previously published or circulated. No apology, clarification, or expression of remorse has been offered, either publicly or privately, despite being fully aware of their attempt to harm my reputation, my professional standing, and the well-being of those Gordon and his proxies targeted, including a former student and  his 13 year old daughter. 

Gordon's and Duplantis's concentrated act of disseminating false information to third parties was the final straw. 

Make no mistake actual crimes were committed. 

Their silence for these acts is not an apology—it is an act of cowardice and a deliberate refusal to take responsibility for their unlawful and unethical conduct. Such inaction further underscores the absence of integrity and accountability that has characterized this matter from the beginning.

This continued refusal to accept responsibility or to take steps toward corrective action reflects a disregard for truth and ethical conduct. Accordingly, the absence of any attempt to resolve or repair this matter left no alternative but to pursue all appropriate remedies, both legal and administrative, to their full and final conclusion. 

The actions taken to date, and those that will follow, are a direct response to the crimes that were committed not only against me but my former student and his daughter. The proceedings that have been set in motion shall continue until the record has been fully corrected, their actions addressed publicly, accountability achieved, jail and civil actions.

Predators in a Gi: Why Ninjer Killer Exists

Ninjer Killer is dedicated to the exposure and obliteration of ALL martial arts fraud. Martial arts frauds and fake instructors are conmen who pose an inherent danger to their students and the broader martial arts community. These types have no place in the martial arts community and should be exposed and run out of the martial arts and thrown in prison. Ninjer Killer exists for this very reason.

The martial arts world has long been plagued by frauds—men who invent ranks, fabricate lineages, and crown themselves masters. They hide behind titles, belts, uniforms, and impressive-sounding organizations to create the illusion of authority. To the untrained eye they appear legitimate. To the unsuspecting student they appear worthy of trust. Too often, that trust is exploited.

This has nothing to do with martial arts politics. It isn't about guarding egos or claiming the moral high ground. This is about danger. This is about real peril. The raw, lurking peril of frauds who infest the martial arts. They are a singular breed of malevolence, shadows masquerading as masters.

Fraudulent instructors frequently build environments where intimidation, manipulation, and abuse thrive. They craft lairs where intimidation festers, manipulation coils, and abuse hungers unchecked. Across the years, their toxic domains have spawned horrors producing disturbing patterns—grooming of minors, sexual exploitation, threats against critics, harassment of innocent people, death threats, bounties placed on individuals who speak out, and even threats against children.

Some of these individuals go even further, attempting to shield themselves behind a carefully constructed image of morality. They present themselves as men of faith, claiming Christian values, using religious language, and portraying themselves as upright leaders within their communities. But the appearance of morality is not the same as character. In many cases, that image becomes just another tool used to gain trust and disarm suspicion. These are not harmless eccentrics. They are predators wearing belts.

When someone falsely claims mastery, they gain power over students who believe they are learning from a legitimate teacher. That power can be abused. Silence allows that abuse to continue.

Ninjer Killer rejects that silence.

This blog investigates claims, examines evidence, and exposes deception wherever it appears. Titles, certificates, invented histories, and manufactured reputations will be challenged. False authority will be stripped away. Fraud will be documented for the world to see. And in some cases as some have found out actions both civil and criminal will be taken.

The goal is simple: truth and exposure of all frauds. To those frauds I say; think of NinjerKiller as a vigilante, your worst nightmare, a creature that will not stop hunting.

Martial arts should not serve as a mask for conmen and predators and that is what frauds are. 

CLOWN SHOW.....REALLY?

Setting aside - for now- the two G bounty placed on my and my student’s head and threats leveled at my student's 13 year old daughter by Steven Hatfield's student Bret Gordon (a fact that can be verified with a phone call to the Ohatchee Police Dept in Alabama).  Hatfield's silence on these serious issues speak volumes. He is aware just indifferent. However, he did speak out several months ago, but not against what his student had done. 

In September, Steven Hatfield made a Facebook post titled, “Every Clown Deserves a Circus" (pictured). The post wasn’t just someone being funny or trash talking. Hatfield engaged in a reputational attack and in this case context matters.

 Hatfield’s post did not appear in a vacuum. Around the same time, Gordon, Hatfield's student published a defamatory social media post claiming falsely that I had a criminal record of violence. Another person also engaged in making the exact same allegations to a martial arts organization in an coordinated attempt to smear my name.

​All of this happened within the same general window. The themes were identical: attack my credibility. Multiple synchronized attacks with matching narratives scream campaign. Hatfield’s “circus” post functioned as a segment of that campaign—strategically timed and very visible. 

For years, Hatfield and Gordon have screamed that there was a "conspiracy" against them—pure projection, as proof of an orchestrated campaign against me now stands exposed. 

Clown Show Huh? Let me put this into perspective—over 40+ years of verified martial arts history and 30+ years of passed criminal background checks to obtain and maintain coaching and teaching credentials. Hatfield's attacks on this record from behind a screen won't stand. The “clown show” he bragged “must go on” will, in fact, continue—but on my terms, as others he is affiliated with are already finding out. 

The Lies, The Defamation, The bounty and the Coward Behind Them

For 5 years, Bret Gordon has engaged in a persistent pattern of false accusations, personal attacks, and reputational harassment directed at me. Over this period of time Gordon has publicly accused me of fabricating my martial arts ranks and lineages, asserting that my instructors were either non‑existent individuals or fraudulent creations. He further alleged that I manufactured and issued myself fake coaching credentials and black belt certificates, in an attempt to directly attack my integrity and professional qualifications as a martial arts coach. 

My background is well documented and publicly verifiable, including my ranks, coaching history, and decades of instructional work in multiple disciplines. Over more than 30 years, I have continuously passed the mandatory background checks required to obtain and maintain my ranks and coaching credentials, with no disqualifying findings at any point. During that time, I have held coaching credentials in judo, karate, wrestling, and boxing, each of which required formal vetting before I was allowed to work with students and athletes.

Despite over 30 years of verifiable documentation—including consistent mandatory background checks for coaching credentials—Bret Gordon repeatedly lied about my background, maliciously fabricated falsehoods about my ranks and instructors. This escalated with his latest baseless attack: falsely claiming that I have a criminal record of violence." His post remained online for only about a day before he immediately took it down. Gordon presumed this smear would go unnoticed. It did not. 

Let me make this absolutely clear: Every word Gordon has written about me, from the beginning was an absolute lie. Not one word he EVER wrote about me was even remotely the truth. Gordon's actions were not the result of a misunderstanding or misinterpretation — they were deliberate. He was fully aware that my martial arts background was legitimate and he intentionally fabricated false information and disseminated it online. 

In 2020, Bret Gordon published a defamatory article attacking my martial arts background entitled Pot Meet Kettle link; https://web.archive.org/web/20201204194651/http://www.join-usama.com/blog/pot-meet-kettle In his article, Gordon falsely claimed that an expired 1998 coaching credential was fake, using it as the foundation of a fabricated narrative about my background. He intentionally omitted proof of my current, verified ranks and coaching credentials. Despite these facts being publicly available, Gordon also falsely claimed that my original instructor, Terry Tucker, was a fictitious person. He further alleged that I forged signatures and fabricated my own certificates. 

That assertion was easily disproven. https://theninjerkiller.blogspot.com/2025/01/more-proof-of-extent-that-bret-gordon.html

As shown in the Winter Haven News Chief article from 1997 (above) and on the Winter Haven Judo Club blog, Terry Tucker was clearly identified as my instructor, with myself listed as his assistant instructor. The city-run program had existed since the early 1970s under Sensei Ro — another legitimate instructor Gordon falsely claimed was fabricated.

Sensei Tucker awarding me shodan, the very certificate Gordon claimed that I forged and fabricated

When confronted with clear, uncontested evidence, Gordon refused to meaningfully correct his defamatory article. Even after acknowledging that Terry Tucker is a real person, he deliberately stopped short of admitting that Tucker was in fact my judo instructor. 

Gordon likewise misrepresented my sandan rank, falsely implying that I had only recently “obtained” or effectively purchased it in 2020, even going so far as to issue a hollow “congratulation,” as if my legitimacy required validation from someone who will not even step onto the mats. In reality, my sandan rank had already been fully validated and recognized two years earlier, in 2018.

Gordon also targeted my Kenpo lineage, spreading false statements about another of my instructors, Sam Lonewolf. Bret Gordon also stated that Sam Lonewolf was never a black belt under the Tracey Kenpo system. 

3rd from bottom - Sam Lonewolf  - Tracy Kenpo 

 

In 2022, the Lonewolf family contacted Gordon directly, informing him that his statements about Sam Lonewolf were false and requesting a retraction—which he declined to issue. Subsequently, one of Gordon’s own cited sources, Gary Lee, was exposed for falsely claiming to have inherited Lonewolf’s system and for fabricating a tenth dan rank certificate. This revelation prompted the family to further investigate Lee’s assertions. Lee later emailed the Lonewolf family an apology, admitting he had never met or trained under Sam Lonewolf. Only after this did Gordon make a limited correction to his material concerning Lonewolf.

In his 2023 he wrote another defamatory article Pot Meet Kettle, Part 2, Gordon continued to omit key facts that proved my legitimacy. He claimed my godan (5th dan) judo rank was fake and he admonished two high ranking judoka for promoting me to it, despite my having over 30 years of documented training exceeding all national standards. He falsely minimized or distorted his earlier claims, downplaying his original accusations of fabricated ranks and fictitious instructors, perpetuating his pattern of defamation rather than issuing proper public retractions or apologies. 

Shortly after his 2023 hit piece "Pot Meet Kettle 2"—and after four years of relentlessly smearing me and my instructors as "fakes," "frauds," and "non-existent"—Bret Gordon slithered into the inbox of one of my Judo instructors (email pictured above), begging to be promoted to 2nd degree black belt. He was swiftly turned away. This desperate, hypocritical ploy made it extremely personal for me—Gordon, with zero proven Judo ability, arrogantly assumed rank from my battle-tested instructors was some cheap, easily obtained handout. It proves he knew damn well we were 100% legitimate all along—despite his defamatory lies—and that he knowingly crossed the line by harassing my people before groveling for rank. Gordon dreams of playing in my league, but he'll never measure up.

In June 2025, Dallas Wittgenfeld posted online offering $2,000 for information leading to "Gerald Graysmith"—a name he crossed out with a red X and replaced with "DEAD MAN" in bold letters, clearly implying he wanted Gerald Graysmith killed. In the same post, Wittgenfeld named me as a "person of interest," positioning me as the primary target he wanted hunted.

This brazen online threat explicitly called for violence against me and my student, sealing the pattern of Gordon's proxy-directed terror. These actions, taken in conjunction with one another, further cemented Gordon's involvement and orchestration of the entire campaign.

Gordon was then identified by law enforcement as the orchestrator of multiple threats—including a death threat against a 13-year-old girl, the daughter of my student Randy Engle—after recruiting accomplices Dallas Wittgenfeld and Adam Mickinley to carry out a campaign of stalking and harassment. The Ohatchee Police Department investigated and confirmed that due to Gordon's hatred of me he and his accomplices targeted my student and his daughter as a way to get at me. 

The summer of 2025, a "Casper McFadden"—claiming to be a licensed private investigator, investigative reporter, and Ph.D. holder—contacted my Judo instructors to probe my ranks and claimed I had committed crimes. He specifically inquired about promoting me to godan and alleged a lack of verification for my ranks. He attempted to pressure them to say defamation and derogatory things about me and to take my Judo rank. 

State and federal databases revealed no such Casper McFadden as a licensed Private Investigator. Only someone desperate to paint me as a fraud would stoop to such tactics. https://theninjerkiller.blogspot.com/2025/08/casper-friendly-ghost.html

Then Bret Gordon contacted one of my Judo instructors in a brazen attempt to convince him to strip me of my rank—a striking coincidence, given the identical inquiries from the "mysterious Casper licensed private dick" alias. Gordon even had the gall to ask that instructor to promote him. It takes a rare level of audacity to savage someone's credibility for years, then grovel to the very people you ridiculed for validation.

When his attempts at getting my Godan rank taken away from me failed, Gordon escalated his five-year campaign of slander and defamation by posting on his Facebook page, in September 2025, that I had been convicted of violent crimes and that I have a criminal history—a “record of violence.” These statements were entirely false and were published with clear malice, calculated to paint me as dangerous and unfit to teach or coach, and to damage my livelihood and standing in the community. 

At the same time that Gordon posted his now-deleted post (pictured left), one of his black belts stepped in to carry out smear campaign as well. A supposed Captain and Chaplain in the U.S. Air Force chose to misuse his position by contacting a martial arts organization—ironically, the very one that had already banned Gordon—and accusing me of having a criminal record for violence. He simply parroted the same baseless claim Gordon had just pushed online. What Gordon posted and what the chaplain executed was no coincidence—it was a coordinated attack, timed and aligned to maximize the damage. See the link: https://theninjerkiller.blogspot.com/2026/01/false-allegations-and-defamatory-attacks.html

The motive was and is obvious: the captain's actions were nothing more than retaliation, payback for Gordon’s ban and rejection from that organization. To be perfectly clear, I have never met this so called captain in the Air force, never spoken to him, and never interacted with him in any capacity, online or otherwise. Yet, like his instructor, this "captain" chose to deliberately lie and pass along expunged information in an act of hatred and retaliation to attempt to destroy my credibility once it became undeniable that Gordon was behind the threats directed at my former student and his daughter by the Ohatchee Police dept. 

For years, Gordon has screamed about conspiracies closing in on him, casting himself as the victim each time he was caught in his lies. But now the truth stands bare: he carefully constructed the real web of deceit, manipulation, and threats—and unleashed a group of people squarely at me.

False Allegations and Defamatory Attacks

Certain individuals, operating under aliases and through intermediaries, have deliberately disseminated false and defamatory statements about me to various instructors, organizations, and other parties. Among the fabrications being circulated is the claim that I have a criminal history involving violence.  This allegation is entirely false.

I have consistently passed all criminal background checks for the past forty years, most recently in October 2025, confirming a completely clean and verified record. Despite these facts, the spread of misinformation continues—fueled by individuals using false identities and fabricated credentials, including one claiming to be a licensed private investigator and investigative journalist with a Ph.D.

Let me make this absolutely clear: any person or group responsible for publishing, distributing, or endorsing false or defamatory statements about me will be pursued through appropriate legal channels for libel, slander, and defamation. In short, those involved are going to face legal action. Those involved with this know who they are.

Moreover, some of the same individuals have been linked to serious threats made against a former student of mine and his family. Bounties were allegedly placed on both my head and those of my student. These actions constitute criminal behavior, and the involved parties are going to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

I have formally contacted all instructors and organizations with whom I am affiliated—and several with whom I am not—requesting written confirmation from anyone approached or provided with false information about my background.

All individuals responsible for this campaign of defamation, harassment, or intimidation will be held fully accountable through every legal and professional avenue available to me.

AND YET ANOTHER LIE

Last year,  Bret Gordon joined National Karate Juijitsu Federation (NKJF) and was abruptly asked to leave this organization by the owner and then president of the NKJF Steven Johnson. The reason given was that Gordon was not able to prove his martial arts background. About two weeks ago Gordon posted on his online blog boasting that he had been "reinstated" in the NKJF, the National Karate Jiujitsu Federation. https://bretgordon.weebly.com/blog/nkjf-reinstatement#/ He posted a letter from the new President off the NKJF proudly asserting his reinstatement.

On the heels of my exposing how he lied about Jack Stern, Yusaki Hatashi, the daitoryu and that he covered up the multiple acts of rape of a convicted pedophile, Gordon approached the NKJF again joined and became the state representative.  Gordon wasted no time in using this "reinstatement" as his vindication to proclaim that everything that was written about him were lies.

Just a few days ago the current President and the board of ethics committee permanently banned Gordon. The letter, dated the 12th, is very clear on what they found and the grounds of his lifetime expulsion. 

So if Gordon was cleared as he had initially claimed, then why was he banned for life? 

Looking at the expulsion letter the NKJF obviously looked deeper into Gordon's claims. It appears that just few weeks after his "reinstatement", the NKJF uncovered that Gordon wasn't forthcoming with the truth to get his reinstatement. I find it interesting that a court outcome was mentioned in the letter. I have to ask if Gordon told the NKJF that he won his case against Dumas? He has stated that before. However, there is not a single record or official document of Gordon winning ANY court case.

According to Gordon's post on his blog on the 14th, he wrote that he "stepped down". However his stepping down doesn't appear to be the case. 

 

According to a statement issued by Mr. Johnson Gordon's Lifetime expulsion took place two days prior to his blog post (pictured left). Gordon no doubt knew he was going had been permanently banned.  Johnson also mentions that other NKJF members who were affiliated with Gordon and his instructor later resigned voluntarily. 

 A lifetime expulsion or lifetime ban from a martial arts organization is a very serious consequence and is typically reserved for the most serious offenses. These typically include, serious misconduct or criminal behavior. Ethical or moral misconduct such as abuse of students, sexual misconduct, financial exploitation, violence outside the dojo and or criminal activity or behavior. Fraudulent Claims or Rank Misrepresentation such as claiming ranks never earned, self-promoting without recognition, falsifying lineage or selling fake certificates. The NKJF Expulsion letter speaks for itself.

Lastly, an expelled instructor's students’ ranks may no longer be recognized. They could be told their belts don’t “count” anymore, especially if they continue under the banned instructor. Other schools or organizations may not only follow suit with the ban but also question the legitimacy of a student's rank and lineage if it’s tied to an expelled teacher.

UPDATE 9/17/25 :

Recently after this article was posted, Gordon recorded himself burning a certificate, that he received from the NKJF, outside of his dojo. He then published the footage on his social media page. This calculated act of destruction and self-promotion amplifies the perception of behavior that is both disturbing and unhinged. 

It is important to note that Mr. Gordon’s conflict with the organization arose after the discovery of misrepresentations in the information that he himself had submitted to the NKJF for consideration. Instead o actually proving his background he burned the NKJF certificate, after claiming he stepped down. Gordon claims the expulsion was a retaliation. 

It is my understanding that one of the persons on the NKJF ethics committee contacted the Ohatchee Police dept and verified that Gordon was indeed personally involved with the online harassment and threats toward my student Randy Engle and his then 13 year old daughter. These threats included Randy being told that they would "skin his daughter alive, peel her like a grape in front of him". 

The board member's discussion with the Ohatchee police dept. was what determined Gordon's lifetime expulsion. 

It is also my understanding that only a single board member was dismissive of what the Police had to say about what Gordon had done and that particular board member resigned from the NKJF. Interestingly enough this board member had received his black belt ranks via Gordon. 

Gordon's own actions and misbehaviors are what garnered him his expulsion. PERIOD. 

Contact information for anyone who wishes to verify with Ohatchee Police dept: Ohatchee Police Department, 7801 Al-77, Ohatchee, AL 36271 Phone: (256) 892-3156.  Alan Kelly - Chief of Police Ohatchee Police Dept. Phone: 256-689-0349. Cassie Harp - Magistrate Ohatchee Municipal Court. Phone: 256-892-1691 

Lastly, members of the NKJF have apologized to me and for any pain that this may have caused my student, his family and myself.  There was absolutely no reason for them to apologize to me. None. I will say that those heartfelt apologies exhibited the moral character that every martial artist should have. 

Update 10/9/25

Not 24 hours after the founder of the NKJF, Steven Johnson, recognized my ranks in Judo and Karate, Gordon attempted to slander me again, and posted on his own social media page that I was a convicted felon. Telling yet another lie. 

For more than thirty years I have kept coaching credentials in judo, wrestling and boxing among others, all of which i have had to undergo criminal background checks annually. Most recently went through two more background checks. One for judo referee certification earlier this year and another for Karate coach just a week ago.