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• Verify rank claims. Yea, right! Even if they wanted to verify rank, it is not economically possible. Verification by having people fill out forms, sent in copies of rank certificates, sent in recommendations, send in videos, etc. is all a waste of time since all of these may be easily forged by a teenager on the family computer. Checking with each organization to see if they in fact issued the rank and then checking to see if the organization itself is not fake takes a lot of time and money. Even though the cost of the rank application is exorbitant and a rip-off in itself, it is not nearly enough to cover the cost of any detailed verification. Some organizations claim their board of "experts" has the ability to recognize fake credentials. Counterfeit money fools banks, but "masters" have the ability to spot counterfeit rank. Another one of their extraordinary skills?

• Stay out of the "politics" of the martial arts. It is easy to stay out of something you are not in. When you are not connected to any legitimate organization, there are no politics to avoid. The only thing to avoid is the law.

• Do not pass judgment on the legitimacy of martial arts. Therefore, they will recognize anything that says it is a martial art, after they receive the money of course.

• Do not criticize other martial arts. Of course they do not criticize, if they did, they would not MAKE MONEY! When others criticize them for ripping-off the public, they say it is not in the spirit of the martial arts for others to be criticizing them. They think this "holier than thou" attitude makes them immune from criticism.

Military Background

From surfing the web for certificate mills, I have noticed that many of the mills are operated by current military, prior military, or retired military "masters." Many also claim PhD's from martial art organizations or from unaccredited online "universities." Why do so many of them have military backgrounds, I do not know; but it is certainly an embarrassment to other martial artists who are in or who have served in the military. It may be because their claimed military background is as fake as everything else.

Be Careful

Be careful with dealing with certificate mills. They are spiteful people who get very nasty when you question their tactics or their credentials. They will not provide you with answers or facts, they will only attack you for questioning their integrity. They are very protective of their money making operations.

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