We encounter this ALOT in martial arts today. Not so common with fighting arts like kickboxing, boxing, wrestling, bjj, sambo, ect (combat sports) but more so with traditional systems like karate, judo, taekwondo (especially that one) ect.
So how do you know your master is a faker?
There are many signs of this, but one of them (and probably the most obvious) is his age. If he is under 30 years old, yet claims to be an 8th dan or something like that, then he probably forged it. I mean, who really checks for authority anyways? The WTF doesn't go out of their way to expose someone who doesn't really have 8 dans. Neither does any organization for that matter. Everyone has the freedom to claim and say and do whatever the hell they want.
Another way of telling is by his skill. If he always reminisces the past with things like "I was a world champion" or "I used to be able to fight" or " I fought ____ " (yet there's no record of it) and the list goes on and on and on. Look, living in the past doesn't do anybody any service, neither does bragging false information. Living in the present, giving your students tips and advice and being a real legitimate teacher that knows good techniques is good.
Alot of my resentment toward traditional martial arts is this weird hierarchy of master rank. There's 1 degree, 2 degrees, 3 degrees..all the way up to 10. I've always thought being a blackbelt meant you were legit. However, alot of Masters argue (especially those with so called 8 degrees) that achieving more ranks means you're on your way to mastery and grandmastery. To me that sounds like someone is trying to make more $$$ considering how much more expensive testing in blackbelt is.
Bottom line, if your Master is an 8th degree, be skeptical of his ability first and don't fall for his story telling, you need proof and you need results in martial arts to be safe.
Have a great day,
Martial Arts Tutor
P.S I personally have had an experience like this where I found out my Taekwondo instructor forged his 8th degree and really has only a 4th (maybe 5th) degree. He also faked being a hapkido master because not only was he forged real organizations on his website (two different kinds on two different pages lol) there was evidence online that he never belonged to any organization but was going to make one himself...but we all know hapkido is basically aikido so its bullshit anyways.
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