JACK STERN'S LINEAGE: DETAILS ARE A MOTHERFUCKER

It’s just amazing the info one can garner when talking to the right people, like the police dept that investigated and arrested Jack "Papasan" Stern. All it took was a phone call. So if enquiring minds want to know the real skinny, it isn't hard to track down, try the Broward County Sheriff's department. 

I have decided that I am going to drop the details regarding the real Martial Arts background of Jack Stern over the course of a series of articles. I highly expect those who cling to Stern for some minuscule bit of legitimacy will hang on until all his records are made public at which point mentions of Stern will be removed from their websites. Sterns demeanor when arrested by the police was......lets say.....less than manly and certainly not warrior like. 

According to Steven Hatfield’s KonteiJudo.com website:

"Jack Stern started his Martial Arts career in 1947 while in the US Military in Chinhae, Korea, in Korean Yudo under Sensei Tae Ju Chung. After one year, Stern's unit was moved to Northern Luzon in the Philippines where he trained under Berabe Paragas in “Stick Fighting” for 2 years. Then he was transferred again, this time to Okinawa and Japan where he trained under O'Sensei Yamaguchi Gogen in Goju Ryu Karate for 8 months. In Japan, he also trained at the Kodokan under Mifune Kyuzo and earned his black belt in Judo, as well as trained in Kyokushinkai Karate under Grandmaster Mas Oyama at the main Hombu in Tokyo. In 1956, he was discharged from the military and stayed in Japan, living with the Otani Family while continuing his studies in the arts. In 1958 he returned to the states......."

However the claims mentioned on the Kontei judo site have been debunked by none other than Jack Stern himself straight from his own lips, in front of the cops, as he cried…… sobbing uncontrollably....LIKE A BITCH. 

Not too long ago, I made an inquiry with the Police department that handled the investigation and arrest of Jack Stern. A lady at the department that answered the phone knew who Stern was the second I mentioned his name and remembered him and the investigation quite vividly. Right away as she talked I preceded to take notes. 

Now mind you this all went down in 1996, 27 years ago, but it seems a lot of the local law enforcement personnel there still remember Stern. At the time of Stern’s arrest South Florida was and still is a hot bed for both judo and bjj which alot of south Florida law enforcement personnel were involved in back then.  So Stern is a name they can’t and won’t forget. After our brief conversation she was nice enough to put me through to investigations. As it turned out those involved with the investigation were more than happy to relay details regarding Papasan Jackie Stern. 

You see old Stern had been prancing around town like a peacock for ten years claiming to have been a war hero, Medal of Honor Winner and a master martial artist. Stern claimed to have been stabbed in the gut when he was hiding in the brush from an enemy patrol. He had to keep quiet when stabbed as not to give up his position to avoid detection (a scenario that Stern had actually gotten from a movie). 

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/jackie-stern-man-bought-wore-medal-honor-didnt-earn.html

According to the investigator, Stern was asked to come by the dept and share his war time experiences. Upon arrival Stern, not realizing he was going to be arrested, was shown military paperwork that investigators had garnered through the Freedom of Information Act regarding Stern’s actual service record. According to the investigator,  when Stern was presented with the FOIA paperwork he didn't even bother reading it. Instead he started crying uncontrollably.

Through his unrelenting sobbing and pleas not to be arrested Stern admitted that he had lied about everything. His first statements were that he had never been overseas, never even travelled overseas and that he was only retired a bread truck driver. Stern admitted to using the medal to obtain benefits not due to him. He also admitted that his martial art back ground was all a lie. He confessed that he didn't even possess a KYU rank in the styles judo/yudo that he claimed to teach. 

The investigator also said they didn’t really even have to interrogate Stern as he was so distraught and inconsolable about the possibility of going to jail. Pleading to go home, he willingly gave everything up, confessed that everything was a lie and a scam. The investigators were pissed at Stern for the fraud he had been committing and Stern knew that he was in deep shit. When the investigator asked Stern why he did it, Stern said that he didn’t know, that he was just stupid. Then, Stern still crying like a bitch boy, asked the investigators if he was going to be thrown in jail......uh yeah, dumbass. 

Stern kept crying like a bitch.

DETAILS CAN BE A MOTHER FUCKER

Other links for information regarding Jack Stern can be found here. 

DYNAMIC KAJUKENBO BY BARRON SHEPHERD

  

 

COMING FEB/MARCH 2024

 FOREWORD

 TRAVELLING THE PATH

 Colonel G.H. Bristol USMC (retired) Creator and  Developer of the MCMAP , the U.S. Marine Corps Martial Art Program.

 Martial artist travel along a path. Some find the beginning of that path in a dojo and remain for a lifetime. Others have a shorter experience and move on to other endeavors. Some remain with one discipline for their entire length of the path. Others travel multiple paths and experiment with that of weapons, grappling, striking, and other aspects of the combative spectrum.

But a few exponents choose a different walk. They absorb multiple aspects of well-established disciplines and patiently – yet relentlessly – fuse them into their own unique personal fighting philosophy. Barron Shepherd is one of those martial artists. A lifetime journey of dedicated training, learning, absorbing, fusing, and teaching – and training again.

A man of considerable physical capability and capacity, a keen eye for technique, and a humble yet disciplined pursuit, he has walked a long winding road in JUDO and KAJUKENBO – first as a student and now as a teacher and advocate for both. Those who know him agree that he seeks to find the best within the training continuum and then pass it along to others for their benefit.

Talking with him regarding his latest book "Dynamic Kajukenbo", he is – as always – passionate, well-informed, and trains himself and others in what has become a lifetime of learning and DOING. As you read and see the in-depth technical and explosive application of a martial discipline that is at its core a FIGHTING art, you will better know the author.

I know him, so I will give you a thought as you begin to read. The author is a man who can execute – at a high and lethal level – every technique and application he describes. He is a lifelong learner and exponent. But more importantly, he is a man who – to those he knows and trains – would answer the call to those oppressed of the beginner who desires to learn. That combination is at the heart of a fighting man with a pure love of what he does.

Get to know Barron Shepherd in this book. I believe that you will find it informative, motivating, and strikes at the heart of what martial arts is all about. - SEMPER FIDELIS! GH Bristol

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The original concept of Kajukenbo was to build a fighting system that worked in the street. Kajukenbo was NOT the peaceful way, nor was it the way of de-escalation.  Kajukenbo’s mindset was and is one of approaching or attacking violence with greater overwhelming violence. Hit first, hit fast, hit hard and finish the guy! Kajukenbo was never about the avoidance of violence. Engagement and destruction were the strategy and tactics of Kajukenbo.

1.) Both you and the attacker are in a right foot forward fighting stance. Your knees bent and your rear foot is slightly raised off the ground.  2.) The attacker shuffles forward and executes a lead round house punch. Pivot on the right foot counter clockwise toward nine o’clock and strike the attacker’s right arm with the boney area of both of your forearms.  3.) From the point of contact, bend the knees and drop into right hammer fist and left forearm strike knocking the attacker’s arm downward. 

4.) Immediately turn clockwise toward twelve o’clock and execute a right hammer fist to the attacker’s jaw or neck. Your left hand chambers at your right shoulder  5.) Pivot on the rear foot clockwise toward ten o’clock and deliver a straight left punch to the attacker’s jaw. You right hand chambers at the right side of the head.   6.) Pivot counter clockwise toward nine o’clock and strike the left side of the attacker’s jaw with an left outward hand sword turning his head to this right. 

7.) Dropping the hips, deliver a right hammer fist to the left side of the attacker’s jaw. The right left hand rechambers at your right shoulder.  8.) Pivot clockwise toward twelve o’clock and strike the front of the attacker’s right shoulder with a hard left open hand check and grab his shirt at the area struck.  9.) Pull with the attacker toward you as you shift your right foot back slightly and push off it to move toward eleven o’clock.

10.) When you drive of the left foot step your right foot to eleven o’clock and to the outside of the attacker’s right foot  11.) Pulling with your left hand bring your right knee forward and up in between your left leg and the outside of your opponent’s right leg. Swing your right leg downward and back without letting your right foot touch the ground. The back of your calf should make contact with the back of your opponent’s calf. Continue your pull with your left hand bringing your left elbow to your left hip.  Continue with the sweep taking your opponent’s leg upward. Sweep his leg high. While sweeping your opponent’s leg drive his shoulder downward to the ground by continuing to pull your left elbow to your left hip.   12.)  The attacker lands on his left side and is turned away from you. Keeping control of his right arm, immediately place your right knee and shin against the attacker’s ribs and back. 

13.) Drop your hips pivoting counter clockwise on the ball of your right foot and deliver a right straight punch downward to the side of the attacker’s head. Your left hand chambers at your right shoulder.  14.) Twisting your hips back clockwise immediately follow up with a open hand check or a left outward edge of hand strike to the attackers jaw or side of head.  As your left hand checks or strikes your right hand chambers.  15.) Pivot again counter clockwise on the ball of your right foot and drop your hips downward as you deliver a straight punch to the attackers jaw, rechambering your left hand at your right shoulder.

BARRON SHEPHERD JUDO: IPPON SEOI NAGE

NEW BOOK COMING IN 2024

Since it’s birth Judo has changed with the times. Even so, the essential nature of judo has remained the same. Judo was born out of innovation, the sport of Judo lends itself to specialization. 

Toshiko Koga perfected a variation of seio nage that required little in the way of gripping and got him consistently under his opponent’s hips. Koga’s powerhouse technique was the ippon-seoi-nage and he had an impressive range of seoi-nage variations.

There were four distinct variations of seoi-nage that Koga did. One type of morote-seoi-nage he had used since the early days of his competition career was the cross-grip morote-seoi-nage. The morote-seoi-nage he is most known for is the legendary one-handed morote-seoi-nage that he did on Chang Su Li of North Korea in the semifinal of the 1989 world championships. 

In the 1989 World Championships, he did yet another unusual form of seoi-nage. It happened in the final, against a left hander, Mike Swain of the USA. Instead of inserting his lead leg like he usually does, against Swain, he did an extremely wide split seoi-nage. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Koga would use a two on one lapel grip, grabbing his opponent’s right lapel with both hands. 

Firstly, Koga’s entry was ballistic. It was so quick and so powerful that even if he didn’t hit it cleanly, he could often get the score anyway. Koga’s seio nage wasn’t the traditional seoi nage. There were two things he did that made it more effective;   1.) His split step entry, and  2.) his use of the lapel grip rather than the more conventional sleeve grip. There was absolutely no question what Koga was going to do in 99% of his matches. He was going to secure his left-hand lapel grip, break your posture, and launch you skyward with his seoi nage. Koga's opposition knew what he was going to do and couldn’t do anything to stop it.

1.) Step your right foot forward at the top of the triangle. Your knees should be bent and your center of gravity low. Twist your upper body clockwise bring your left hand and shoulder to the front closer to your opponent. In a right vs. right situation your right shoulder should be more toward your rear and not out front and easily accessible for your opponent to grip and attack. You left hand is your attacking hand and your right hand is the defensive hand.  2.) From a right foot forward posture, punch in your grip with the left hand gripping at the area of the opponent’s armpit.  3.) The opponent attempts to reach over the top of your left arm with his right hand to get a grip on your lapel. Roll your elbow upward and block his arm to keep his hand from grasping your lapel. As you block with the elbow bend the knees to drop your hips lower (this creates a space for you to move into to execute a throw).

4.) Pull your opponent toward his front with the left hand keeping your elbow high. Simultaneously, step your left foot up to your right foot about a half of a step forward. As you step keep your knees bent. Your belt line should be lower than your opponent’s belt line.  5.) Step your left foot to the top of the triangle.  6.) Your right foot steps back all the way through the triangle between the opponent’s feet pivot on your left foot. As your right foot touches the mat, you should be on the ball of your right foot and the toes of both feet should be pointing in the direction of the apex of the triangle. Pinch the opponent’s right arm at his arm pit between your right forearm and bicep. Rotate the palm of the right hand toward your head (this creates a tighter clamp on the opponent’s arm). 

 7.)  Step back with your left foot thru the triangle between your opponent’s feet and next to your right foot (as you step back with the left foot  your opponent’s feet should start to raise up off the mat).  8.) Straighten your legs quickly and pop your hips upward into the opponent.  9.) Continue to pull and twist your torso to the left, taking your right elbow toward your left knee and drive the opponent to the ground.