Alain Burrese, Master Alain Burrese Bogus Martial Arts Seminars and Bogus Martial Arts Videos! Montana

I can relate to everything that this complaint states. Alain Burrese appears to have mental issues. When he doesn't get his way or someone goes against him...his response is always to defame that person as much as possible. He has a track record of doing just that with many people, including myself. Alain Burrese is a wanna-be martial artist,  motivational speaker, and writer. The problem that Alain has is he has no wisdom to impart to anyone. He is not motivational at all....and his martial arts credentials are fraudulent. In short....Alain Burrese is a fake and a sham.

Google this guy and you will find dozens of complaints. Pull his complete background information and you will find that he has been sued for defamation of character and fired from his position as a lawyer. He has a law degree but works part time as a rent a cop for concerts, and ballgames. He claims to be a world renown martial artist but basically no one in the martial arts world has ever heard of him. He is plain and simply a FRAUD with possible mental issues!

I see many of Burrese's friends coming on here and trying to save his reputation for him. Don't you people care that he is a fraud? I don't know....maybe you don't know about the stuff that Burrese has really done behind closed doors. I do! I was a victim of this man! He puts on a nice front but that is not the real Alain Burrese. The real Alain Burrese is vindictive, hateful, deceitful, conniving, and just plain a liar and a fraud! I know because he has done the same things to me.

I also see that many are trying to divert attention from Alain Burrese's own actions by placing blame on other people. SHAME! It is well known that Burrese has multiple fake accounts and uses them to attack people for his own gain. I would be willing to be that most of these rebuttals are in fact Alain Burrese himself. He has done that kind of thing before and I have seen it!

Alain Burrese, you have been caught redhanded and outed for the entire martial arts community. Your followers have jumped ship and you can't even get anyone to like your shabby memes on Facebook (this could be simply because they suck, but that is another issue)....you lost your following because you are a fraud and a fake. How many fake names and fake accounts do you really have Alain? How many websites and social media pages? Do you think that by having more, people will somehow forget what you have done and who you really are? What kind of lawyer are you? Oh I forgot.....you don't practice law because you were fired. You should seek help Alain!!

To Whom It May Concern:

Please ignore those who would assassinate Master Alain Burrese's character.  I have known him for years, and I know and have trained with many people in his organization.  The poster is head of a rival school that is defaming Master Burrese deliberately and with malice aforethought.  There are easily disputable factual errors in the complainant's report.  

Although I have never met the poster, based on his philosophical and factual mistakes, it is apparent the poster does not have significant familiarity with the martial arts.  I say this as a teacher and practitioner of 50 years.

Master Burrese is a legitimate Army veteran, an excellent man and instructor, and a talented practitioner.  His motives are above reproach and he is not commercially focused.  I know the poster feels aggrieved due to a personal matter, but libeling a man on a public website is self-help and unacceptably combative.  I stand up for Master Burrese.  I am happy to answer questions.  You are welcome to email me for confirmation.

Yours in the Martial Arts,
Chris Blanton, Kyoshi 

Soke, Iwayaryu Jujitsu
Menkyo Kaiden, Kodenkan Institute
Development Director, United States Judo Association
1994 US National Representative, US Martial Arts a*s'n

6th Degree, Kodokan Judo
6th Degree, USJA Jujitsu
6th Degree, Tenshin Shin'yo-ryu Jujitsu
6th Degree, Kito-ryu Jujitsu
6th Degree, Int'l Black Belt Federation

Alain Burrese is NOT a good instructor or any other kind of instructor! If he is a good instructor show me where he teaches! I called him for lessons and he hung up on me! He claimed he taught only private lessons and when I said that would be fine he got very nervous and started stammering around. Then he HUNG UP on me for no reason!

This leads me to believe all of the negative stuff written about him. What great instructor would hang up on a potential student? He is a FAKE!

 This completely sounds like a case of petty jealousy and someone who is writing pointed accusations without doing their research first. FYI..... it calls your credibility into question, far more than the person you're accusing. I'll let this article speak for me, as well. http://themartialist.net/alain-burrese-the-nicest-guy-in-the-industry-continues-to-teach/

Speaking from personal experiences, I have seen Alain in action and know him personally. I have seen his hard work and excellent leadership skills. He takes the up most pride in everything he teaches and much much more. I have looked into those that have talked down about him, and they do not have much to show for themselves. Nor do some things tally up correctly. Why is that exactly? I am a realist, and call it how I see it. If I thought Alain Burrese was a fraud I wouldn't have anything to do with him. I believe those negative statements made on Alain Burrese's behalf, are from those that don't have an understanding of truth. They have created some lunatic hatred towards Alain Burrese. Most times these sort of people have affairs of their own that are unhealthy. It can be anything from self doubts, low self-esteem, acceptance, importance, good image, attention, loneliness, etc. There are many reasons for such behaviors. However I do not understand why making a hardworking individual and very skilled person out to be some double dealing human being is remotely OK? It is very cheap jack and shoddy of those who harbor such delusional "truths" of Alain Burrese. If this is what those of you are seeking, is some way to hurt one's honest reputation, try to quash it at the same time, then honesty you would have better luck telling people you invented the sentence. Nobody is taking the stinky cheese from the trap. You boys should just move on. Pick up the the pieces and use your time in a productive manner. Alain Burrese will not perish under your foul feet. He is true, means well, and only wants the best for his students, and those who practice his teachings. I have a question for those who want nothing more than to tear Alain Burrese's highly recommended reputation down. You said in an article that there are Korean Masters saying that Alain Burrese's ranks aka Fifth Don is fraudulent, if this is true then you and these Korean Masters wouldn't mind stepping forward and saying all of your names and reasons with proof of why right? Honestly and quiet frankly it would be a waste of everyone's time and yours to do so because this in it's self isn't realistic nor true. I stand behind Alain Burrese and his teachings 110%. If you are looking to get a rise out of him and all that know him personally you have failed. Please move on to something else!

A flood of anonymous reports, including fabricated accounts of supposed misdeeds by Alain Burrese, have been produced by two specific individuals who have spread similar complaints across multiple anonymous websites. The supposed seminar incident recounted in the original report is false -- it never happened. The behavior described in the complaint is also false. It never happened. Alain Burrese is a good man who does not deserve to be treated this way. Fortunately for him, his reputation -- his REAL reputation -- is as good as he is, and there are many people in the martial arts community who see this kind of bogus complaint for what it is.

So "Tammy," do Bohdi Sanders and Richard hackworth know that you are plagarizing the "review/report" that they have been feverishly posting all over the internet this week? 

Bohdi...Richard...when will the two of you stop behaving like children and just own up to your own martial arts pe**nis envy and personal fakery and fraud? Don't you have anything better to do? Like work on your wedding vows? So have the two of you set the date yet?

I have personally known Alain for a long time. He'd a good Hapkidoist and a good guy. He's sincere in what he is trying to do. He's not trying to set himself up like some sort of grand poo-bah or sell people worthless carp. The true authors of this supposed review are Bohdi Sanders and Richard Hackworth, who have been posting versions of this all over the internet this week as they pursue some sort of weird vendetta...unfortunately, sites like this have no way of vetting for this sort of thing. Oh well...if you want to know what's actually going on, I suggest going to Bullshido.net and searching for Bohdi and Hackworth in their archives...you might be entertained by what you find there...

I have seen some of the same things with this guy - Alain Burrese. Isn't it funny how when someone reports another person for wrong doing the accused person attacks his accuser. This seems to be a common practice to take the spotlight off of yourself by placing it on someone else.

I have personally seen Alain Burrese do some dishonest and underhanded things. I have witnessed him blatantly lie about other people and victiously attack other people. He emailed me false information about someone in a attempt to discredit someone who I have a lot of respect for. He even made me doubt the other person for a few minutes...until I did my research and found out the truth. Alain Burrese lied!

Burrese's email to me made me have doubts about him too. I researched Burrese also and found that he has made some claims that he later changed when he was questioned about their validity. He claimed to be a sniper instructor but when he was questioned about it he changed his story to being "an assistant to the sniper instructor"!

I also found that his claims about his martial arts experience in Korea are very iffy too. My research showed that he may have fabricated his martial arts claims in Korea. From his personal actions that were nothing less than libelous against a someone whose credentials DID check out, to the changing stories that he posts about his past experience - I have no respect for Alain Burrese and no reason to believe anything he says.

What I do believe-I do believe that "John" is one of Alain Burreses fake names that he goes by though.

My advice is stay away from Alain Burrese! He is not to be trusted in anyway. There are many good martial arts instructors who are honest. Find one of them. Burrese is NOT ONE OF THEM!

The report written here about Alain Burrese was written by Hapkido "grand master" Richard Hackworth of Florida (who has had a number of Rip-Off Reports posted about him). Richard Hackworth has NEVER attended a seminar, clinic, or class taught by Alain Burrese. Alain Burrese lives in Montana and has never led a seminar in Florida (though he has participated in the KMAF camp in Florida, which Hackworth has NEVER attended). The events described never happened. Everything said in this report is an utter and complete fabrication.

Richard Hackworth is the author of this smear piece posted on one of his myriad blogs: freemartialartsarticles.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/paperback-bad-a*s-the-alain-burrese-story-part-1-of-6/ Please note the similarities in this article to details in this post. The coincidences make Hackworth's authorship obvious and clear, and his motives and intentions are quite clear as well.

Hackworth is a well known fraud in the legitimate martial arts world, who is best known for selling countfeit rank certificates to instructors and students, for being stripped of rank and thrown out of the Korea Hapkido Federation (arguably the largest and most prestigious in the world) as a result of the fake certificate scandal, and for awarding himself titles and high dan ranks through a spider-web of online martial arts "organizations" he has created himself. All of this is well documented and easy to find online.

Hackworth simply has no credibility and this entirely fabricated "report" should be taken as what it is...the ramblings of a very disturbed person with an ax to grind.