McSensei!?

**User Name:** · Posted On: 3/12/2012 10:02am

Hey Dudes & Dudettes,

I hope this finds you well. I'm new around here, well when I say new, I'vebeen cruising around for a few weeks and I must say that I've been mightyimpressed with all your investigation work that goes into this great website.

Last year, 2011, I went along to a small martial arts centre I found onlineto check it out. I wanted to learn a bit of Shaolin Kung Fu but was reallyunimpressed with the whole place and particually the master instructor.

The master instructor didnt even bother to take the session, funny as therewas only about 4 of us, instead one of his "advanced" students ran methrough some basic stances etc... the whole place reeked amateur, so I neverwent back.

The Master at this centre is called "Brian Mckinney" and has quitea few claims which is boardering on the insane if you ask me. Here is hiswebsite which looks more like a shine to his ego than anything else: http://www.bigsky.uk.net/page31.html

And on further investigation, I found these rather hilarious youtube videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfI5iHcluAM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSyw6VxUAMM&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddr0wiPrlgI&feature=channel

He is also Sensei to this semi contact guy, who by the way doesn’t have anyyoutube videos of himself fighting or training kickboxing! Strange

http://www.leecharles.co.uk/

Oh dear! What do we think guys?

Or am I just a paranoid nut?

Regards,

User Name:

**Pharabus** · Posted On: 3/12/2012 10:21am

Has he made claims you believe are false or do you just hink he is crap? if it is the former what claims are you claiming are false? if the latter this should really be in YMAS

**bigstu31s** · Posted On: 3/12/2012 10:25am

He mus be a busy man to have founded all these

ASSOCIATIONS FOUNDED:
Founder - Chien Combat Circle G.B. - 1976
Founder – Women’s Self Defence Circle G.B. - 1977
Founder - Tai Chi Circle G.B. - 1978
Founder - Wirral Tai Chi Association - 1978
Founder - Zhan You Karate Association G.B. - 1978
Founder - Shaolin Kickboxing Association G.B. - 1978
Founder - Military Combat Association G.B. - 1978
Founder - Military Combat Association International - 1978
Founder - Close Quarter Combat Association G.B. - 1979
Founder - Liverpool Tai Chi Association - 1979
Founder - Chester Tai Chi Association - 1979
Founder - Lancashire Tai Chi Association - 1979
Founder - Chinese Wushu Research Institute G.B. - 1987
Founder - Shaolin Warrior Martial Arts Association G.B. - 1988
Founder - Transformers Martial Arts Academy G.B. - 1990
Founder - Seven Stars Martial Arts Association International - 1994
Founder - The Tai Chi Company Ltd. - 1994
Founder - White Crane Taijiquan G.B - 2004
Founder - White Tiger Wushu G.B. - 2004
Founder - White Tiger Kickboxing G.B. -2004
Founder - White Tiger Xtreme Combat G.B. - 2004
Founder - Heaven & Earth Qigong G.B. - 2004
Founder - British Unarmed Combat Association - 2010

**User Name:** · Posted On: 3/12/2012 11:04am

Being crap has everything to do with being false dont you think? So I am claiming both.

Just googled the British Unarmed Combat Association and there is nothing except for his website which has the British Unarmed Combat Association keyword.

**It is Fake** · Posted On: 3/12/2012 11:06am

Being crap has everything to do with being false dont you think?

Nope. There are people who have trained legit arts that suck as coaches or teachers and others are the exact opposite.

**User Name:** · Posted On: 3/12/2012 11:22am

Originally Posted by It is Fake

Nope. There are people who have trained legit arts that suck as coaches or teachers and others are the exact opposite.

See what you're saying mate but he sucks as a martial artist from what I see in the videos. If he had all the credentials he claims, wouldnt that make him half decent?

Wondering if anyone else has any info on this dude?

**Permalost** · Posted On: 3/12/2012 1:55pm

Originally Posted by User Name:

See what you're saying mate but he sucks as a martial artist from what I see in the videos. If he had all the credentials he claims, wouldnt that make him half decent?

Wondering if anyone else has any info on this dude?

I don't like the videos he's posted. I think that knife defense one shows a lot of really awful techniques. HOWEVER, in this particular subforum, we're in the realm of facts, not opinions. A good place to start doing some of your own fact-finding on the guy is to nail down what all of his claims are, and try to verify the ones you can, with the organizing bodies of the orgs that certified him. If they're all his own associations and there's no outside ones, show us that you've done the research that he's a self proclaimed martial arts guru.

**It is Fake** · Posted On: 3/12/2012 2:09pm

Originally Posted by User Name:

See what you're saying mate but he sucks as a martial artist from what I see in the videos. If he had all the credentials he claims, wouldnt that make him half decent?

Wondering if anyone else has any info on this dude?

Oh, I see they turned off the timed edit function. Here's the thing crappy videos alone are start, but not enough to say anything definitive. Oh and to answer your question nope.

**Eddie Hardon** · Posted On: 3/12/2012 4:37pm

Perhaps username might want to ask some questions of the gentleman in question photographed with Terry O'Neill. A genuine 6th Dan Fighting Black Belt...so if he (Mr O'Neill) is happy, then so should the OP.

Just a thought.

**User Name:** · Posted On: 3/12/2012 6:03pm

Originally Posted by Eddie Hardon

Perhaps username might want to ask some questions of the gentleman in question photographed with Terry O'Neill. A genuine 6th Dan Fighting Black Belt...so if he (Mr O'Neill) is happy, then so should the OP.

Just a thought.

Where is this photo in question?