Anyone know why charles mattera left villaris? Were they friends at one point? Was it money? Did they have a big fight over it?
i'm not sure of the exact details but Charles Mattera left when he was a 6th degree black belt and practically self promoted himself after his "training" in china to a 10th degree black belt. same goes w/ demascos on the east coast branch. as far as i'm aware, he was a former student of GM Villari.
As I understand it the Hells Angels have played a big role in some areas to further advance Kenpo and it's a common art for them to learn, study and use due to it's extreme brutality.
I heard Mattera was offered half the schools when he left villaris on the east coast for moving out there. What happened after that only Mattera and Villari know that.
LOL! background checks? Are you serious? That wouldn't happen. Why else would they let child molestors and drug dealers run dojos...