An open letter to the martial arts community from Ryan Hall

[Sam Sales]

In closing, I will stay true to classic form (familiar to those of you who have had to
suffer through me teaching a class) and repeat myself: the martial arts
experience, as well as life in general, is not some sort of zero sum, winner take
all game. It is not me versus you wherein I get mine while the getting is good
and justify my actions by convincing myself that you would have done the same
to me were you given the chance. It is about attempting to live rightly, growing
as a person, treating others as you would hope to be treated. It’s me versus me
in my struggle to be a better, stronger person—the kind of person who can help
others along their path the same way that good people have helped me on mine.
Never, ever, let anyone convince you otherwise.
Proud to be a part of the 97%,
Ryan Hall

http://livingthemartialarts.com/wp-c...ommunity-2.pdf


Have to say, very well written indeed. :-)

[Johnnie McIntyre]

Wow...I have to say...that has made me change my perspective on LI!

[Cody Kietzman]

None of this is LI fault. Personal responsibility lies on those who committed to action. This is like blaming the guy who sold me a knife because I stabbed someone.

[David Rosado]

None of this is LI fault. Personal responsibility lies on those who committed to action. This is like blaming the guy who sold me a knife because I stabbed someone.

That's overlooking his involvement in the gangbang (rape) of a 17 year old.

[Cody Kietzman]

That's overlooking his involvement in the gangbang (rape) of a 17 year old.

That is a different thing altogether that occurred years ago. LI should be grls accountable for his actions then, not for the actions of others now. I seriously doubt he has a " how to rape class on sat"

[Eric Perez]

actually he does

That is a different thing altogether that occurred years ago. LI should be grls accountable for his actions then, not for the actions of others now. I seriously doubt he has a " how to rape class on sat"

[bobby rivers]

actually he does

I'm injured right now, and this hurt post hurt like hell.

Damn you Eric..

[Aaron Gustaveson]

actually he does

maybe this will be funny in awhile. . . . for now it made me cringe, too soon.

[Cody Kietzman]

actually he does

Well shit I got nothing....

[Mike Nall]

That is a different thing altogether that occurred years ago. LI should be grls accountable for his actions then, not for the actions of others now. I seriously doubt he has a " how to rape class on sat"

I don't think you're familiar with what happened. I'll post some sources so you can check the evidence yourself.

The 1989 victim in the gang rape case testified that Lloyd Irvin raped her while another man named Gatling was orally sodomizing her. Lloyd Irvin used the defense that he wanted to have sex with her, but that he was impotent. The jury did not convict him, because they weren't sure that the victim could be sure Lloyd penetrated her since the room was so dark and her vision was impaired from the oral sodomy. Everyone else that was charged was sent to prison, although there were likely several other men that participated that were never charged, the victim said it was 7-10 men, and I believe 5 went to prison. Even if Lloyd did not rape her, he himself testified that he would have had he been able to get erect. This brings us to Ryan Hall's point about a person convicted of attempted 1st degree murder is no better than someone convicted, the only difference is that the gun jammed.

For those that would imply that that it was consensual group sex, well, the physician thought differently, as did 4 separate juries that looked at the case. The woman was threatened to be thrown off the balcony, and she had bruises on her face and a busted lip from being punched.

This might not have even been discovered, but the day after the arrests Lloyd uploaded all these old rape prevention seminar testimonials. People thought it was to profit off of the tragedy on New Year's Eve. it was worse. He was trying to manipulate the Google rankings with SEO so that people would not find his old case.

Check out http://www.lloydirvinrapeexposed.com/

Also here are some old articles.

http://articles.dailypress.com/1990-...rape-case-girl

http://articles.dailypress.com/1991-...arrant-charged

http://articles.dailypress.com/1990-...en-young-woman

http://articles.dailypress.com/1990-...e-case-two-men

http://articles.dailypress.com/1991-...ton-university

http://articles.dailypress.com/1991-...orm-room-trial