"Professor" Alan Thornton "10th Dan" awarded an MBE

He seems to be nothing but a mouthboxer.

Created a system that no one knows about.

Has not any known schools nor public student base to back up his claims of being a known teacher. Membership in pay for play Sokey Dokey clubs all over.

Seems he has been caught in his lies. Lies always come back to bite you in the rear end. WOMA and other associations he is in are well known for containing more of his ilk, lying conning mouthboxers who are not what they claim to be. Seems people want to be a martial arts master without actually really mastering a martial arts.

And on top of this he is crying about maybe having it revoked due to his made up silliness? Seems like someone needs to grow more testicular fortitude.

 

Lol whut? Is this not measured in money? That's the only kind of recognition that matters here in the States. Not money you give usually, but money you take from others.

You're just mad you can't tax our tea anymore.

 

BTW, shouldn't it be spelled Ser? As in Ser Jamie Lannister.

 

Blame George R R Martin for that.

Americans.

 

Die, rebel scum!

 

This erroneous award may not seem like a big deal to some but it is to me.

My late father was awarded the MBE for his 40 years (legitimate) service to Aikido which was one of the proudest days of his life.
This chancer just serves to demean us all and cast doubt on such dedicated individuals as my old man.

I have therefore asked the committee to investigate.

 

Seems out lying mouthboxer has been outed and the journalists are moving in for the kill.

I have a feeling his MBE will be taken away as it his background is like swiss cheese and full of big holes...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...E-investigation-reveals-just-tip-iceberg.html

 

Can of worms indeed!

A part of me feels sorry that he's in the position he's in now, what with all this negative media being pushed around him. I would hate to be him right now. What his friends and family must think of him...

Another (bigger) part of me thinks he entirely deserves it for being so dishonest in the first place and he deserves every bit of attention he's getting.

 

Basically this.

I don't like it when people are hounded as a general rule of thumb because (to me) there's a sense of verbal vigilantism. Which is not something I can really support ever.

At the exact same time I can't really offer him any sympathy or empathy because he put himself in this situation through years of what appears to be utter dishonesty.

 

Has he done anything to harm anyone? If he's bought a load of meaningless (and yes, a martial arts grade is ultimately meaningless) titles and awards and not used them to defraud anyone or harm anyone, then who are we to condemn him for inflating his own ego?

He doesn't teach, so he's not using the titles and awards to trick students
He isn't selling books or DVDs, so he's not using his titles as marketing for such products
He isn't making media appearances, so he's not using his titles to position himself as a martial arts spokesman.

His worst crime appears to be duping the honours committee. And? They're human - they probably get duped all the time.

He's done nothing to justify the campaign against him in the media or on this site.

 

Not if doing so means character assassination in the rags. Far more damage is being done by this misguided crusade than by Alan Thornton.

 

Really? Maybe if it was a private endeavor, with the ultimate certification/award/honor in question being completely pretend and not significant to the larger public at all.

You guys are too soft for me. I think this guy should get crushed and everyone who allowed this to happen should get crushed as well. Shame them to hell. It's different when it's a government awarded honor that the larger public acknowledges. You shouldn't make things up like this, and you shouldn't allow people in positions to award/certify these things to not do in depth checks on people they are certifying. Not on this level. This guy isn't even a clever con artist from what I'm reading. I mean hell, the majority of MAP can look at the credentials and go "pfffft." How hard would it have been to go down to some karate dojo and ask about it if you're a certifying official?

Willful negligence and incompetence (usually just laziness), along with a guy making malarky up and getting a state sanctioned award for it? Screw all of them, I hope they burn. It's a disgrace.

 

Who has he harmed? Has one of his former students (assuming he has ever had any) spoken out against him? Has he ever earned a penny as a result of his exaggerations? What has he done to deserve having his face plastered over the Daily Mail and The Telegraph day after day?

This situation could have been dealt with quietly and the man could keep at least some of his dignity, but no, some butt hurt 'martial artist' decided to feed the guy to the press instead.