oom yung doe. what is this?

[White Warlock]

I hate when arts take advantage of uninformed people.

People taking advantage of other people. Is and always will be a reality, thus the call for, "caveat emptor."

[Infrazael]

Look at some of these claims, noted by the local Seattle News network, King 5.

Please, Oom Yung Doe is FRAUD. It is supposed to be a combination system between 8 different ones, notably karate, hapkido, tai chi, shaolin kung fu, etc, etc. . . .

Their so-called "Grandmaster" was jailed in California for tax evasion.

They charge an insane amount of money for their classes.

I personally know of 4 different people that are ex-Oom Yung Doe practitioners.

http://www.king5.com/localnews/specialassignments/stories/NW_021605INKoomyungdoeJK.b55fbaa5.html

The following information taken FROM this news article. You will be able to read the entire article with the URL, but I find that to be the most important information.

Our investigation reveals Oom Yung Doe's roots are planted in a criminal past through a man named Robert Sawinski, a part owner of the Seattle-area chain.

Sawinski is one of a dozen instructors of the martial art - then known in Chicago as Chung Moo Qwan - that served federal prison sentences in the mid 1990s.

In news reports and in court, Chicago prosecutors alleged that the nationwide schools had a cult-like atmosphere as they made the case that founder, John C. Kim, skimmed millions of dollars of profits in a tax evasion case.

Several students told us that today's version of Kim's martial art isn't cult-like, but it does aggressively push students for more money.