Jack Albert “Papasan” Stern was quick to tell you he was a tenth degree black belt in judo and that his son was a Olympic Judo medalist in the 1987 Olympics. To hear Stern's coat tail riders tell it, Stern supposedly held some sort of legendary status, the likes of which the judo/yudo and hapkido communities has ever seen. The problem is..... it is all a big gigantic…..LIE. It wasn't true back in 1996 and it isn't true now. Stern wasn’t a ranked martial artist not in Judo/Yudo or hapkido and he never trained overseas.
Jack Stern had been exposed as a fraud back in 1996, it was indeed quite the story back then. https://theninjerkiller.blogspot.com/2024/01/jack-stern-great-pretender.html
Stern had been convicted of making false military claims to garner military benefits that he wasn't entitled to. Stern upon his arrest admitted to the Broward County detectives amidst his uncontrollable sobbing that he held no judo/yudo or hapkido ranks. He also stated that he had lied about everything. He said he didn't do it to hurt anyone but because he just didn't want people to think he was a loser.
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| Stern's supposed Korean Yudo Association Member Card |
With the information already being verified that Stern held no ranks in Judo or Hapkido, a few months ago I reached out to The Korean Judo/Yudo Association anyway. It took some time but one of their researchers went through their records in the computer system as well as dug through boxes and boxes of old records.
Originally Stern was claiming to be a part of and ranked
through the Korean Yudo Hapkido Association. However, according to Broward
County Law enforcement this organization didn’t exist it didnt extend beyond Stern’s own front
door. It was something he had just made up.
This of course was a good place to start when I made inquiries directly to Korea. Fortunately for me that a spokes person took great interest in the information I was providing them. He even thought it quite comical when I mentioned they called Stern "Papasan".
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All can garner what they want from the above email.
No records of Stern in Korea. Its not surprising..... Stern did admit in open court in 1996 that he had no training. At this point I think it is pertinent to mention that Stern was banned from the 3 major judo orgs. He had attempted to join The United States Judo Association and the United States Judo Federation, but was banned for submitting fake Korean documentation as proof of rank. This has now even been verified directly by various Korean Organizations.
https://www.usjf.com/membership-expelled-and-suspended-list/
https://www.usja.net/suspended
It appears Stern held no ranks, not even a kyu rank in anything what so ever. It isn't surprising at all that there are no records of Stern ever having trained in Japan or Korea in judo/yudo or Hapkido. Stern has long since pass away, however, the evidence against any claims of Stern training in Korea, Japan etc, regardless of who is making them, is overwhelming...and exposing Stern, at this point honestly feels like beating a dead horse.
https://theninjerkiller.blogspot.com/2023/09/kodokan-fraud-in-florida-pt-2-lineage.html
https://theninjerkiller.blogspot.com/2023/12/jack-sterns-lineage-details-are.html
