I cant believe there are people who can actually believe the founder of the mc dojo franchise is a legit 12th degree. i studied at a fred villari school and found it to be a joke. the self defense techs were useless and the forms had nothing to do with shoalin. i have trained in shoalin kung fu and the forms were no where near the same. i have been involved in martial arts arts for over 30 years and have earned 2 black belts in two systems and various colored belts in some others.