He's doing the trusted method of deflect and double down. It's especially damning for him seeing as his dojo was primarily advertising to the younger crowd. I had kinda just assumed it was just for kids and teens when I lived by it. He probably doesn't want to admit the truth and risk damaging his reputation further. Even though he should. Bakersfield isn't the best city for finding a solid dojo and he's not helping the situation any. And I've been helping getting the word spread about him.
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@@McDojoLife On one of the messages you showed between Brian and Gary Bryan, flat out says And I quote “ I’ve always looked the other way” Now I’m really kind of wondering what he meant by that🤨 I don’t know if you saw that but it’s definitely in that message between those two at 8:10 Gary needs to say something to back Brian up because of his business and people on TikTok talking about it “Because I looked the other way for you!” Looked the other way during what is my question and that was never covered Look at the second to bottom paragraph on Brians side Maybe you seen it if not, Happy Easter egg for you😂 And yes, I know this is old but I just watched it so
Congratulations McDojo you know you've made it when one of the subjects of your exposé calls you "fake news". You're in the big time now. Answer 1: Nope Answer 2: Pants on fire
I work as a full time martial arts teacher in Finland. Most of our students are kids aged 5-16. Every single instructor, coach, teacher and assistant has had their background checked before we could set foot on the mats, even the instructors who only teach adults classes. Here it is required by law and I believe that in most civilized countries its the same way. Anyone running a Dojo should not let anyone teach at their school without a background check, thats a minimum. If you are not willing to demand that, you deserve getting your Dojo closed for not even trying to offer a safe space for ALL your students. Including women and kids.
Dude Antak NEEDS to address this to the parent’s of these poor kids. I know he’s 100% lying cause I have seen Gary and Brian training together on tik tok about a month or so before the first video. Thank you for making this public! Gary literally tried to get me to come from Michigan to train with them.
He is absolutely not being 100. He is more concerned with bottom lines and reputation. His rep is already in the shitter and the only way out is honest acknowledgment, sincere apology and a commitment to putting student safety above all else.
I think your 6 ideas of how to handle the situation are excellent. It won't completely fix the mistakes he made, but it will be a good start to undoing the damage he caused. However, I don't think he's being honest about everything. He's either trying to hide his incompetence or his complacency in this situation, and neither are good for him or his students. I have probably said thank you in the past for the hard work and diligence you put into your videos, but I will say it again. Thank you for all of the hard work and due diligence you have put into these videos and your attempts to keep the martial arts legit. I have learned a lot from your chanel and I look forward to the lessons you will have to offer in the future
This is mind blowing to me, In my youth I was targeted by a distant relative in the Australian Scouting movement, think cub scouts. This man was a trusted leader and educator of up to 30 young boys. He was caught and charged for rape and sexual assault. Jailed, released and re offended. I was one of the lucky ones who got out. Scouting organisation's in Aus are frequent haunts for predator's. My mother put me into Chee's Advanced Tae Kwon Do in the 80's, and I still practice many different martial arts today in my 50's. I was always of the thought that martial arts clubs are the safest place to enrol your children. The Instructors I have dealt with over the years regarding my own children, have always been of the highest calibre and integrity. This is horrifying to me that this stuff happens in organisations like the martial arts. Keep up the good work.
I had only one thought while I saw Mr. Antaks Video...."Why doen't he admit that his errors. Why doesn't he take responsibility? Why doesn't he just step forward and tell the whole truth? " Nobody will believe anything but that, because the evidence is crushing.....No! He is not at all handling this the way he should. And he is not acting like someone who should teach or in other form influence on children or even anybody. Mr. Antak has no honor and is a coward in my opinion.
Damn, Rob... I am so glad you covewr these scumbags, and how you explain and go about this. Thank you and bless you! I am still tripping that you are in Jax... I grew up there!!!
Guess he's trying to do damage control without owning up to his own mistakes, calling mcdojolife fake news is just hilarious, would be interesting to hear something from the parents who send there children there (hopefully not anymore)
Thank you for the hard work you do calling this stuff out. Working with children is responsibility that the industry needs to take seriously, and sex offenders need to be denied access!
Not only do I know Brian is not handling it the way it should be, but I'm beginning to wonder how long until Brian himself gets the same accusations against him. His an enabler that I feel most likely is still in contact with that POS.
I love how the gym owner says it’s unfortunate you made this TH-cam video….I thought he was gonna say it’s unfortunate he had a predator that he hired on his Dojo…
Social media, the new police department! This "outing" is a great way to deal with the issue. This beats the Sh&t out of those entrapment videos where they lure a guy online. You can destroy these people without using entrapment methods and you just proved it. The power of the social media sword is mighty, and you wield it well!
No chance he's been 100% honest about this. Even if he was just really dumb and couldn't remember everything, he should at bare minimum be able to prove when he knew and what he did about it. The fact that he hasn't even offered any evidence in his defense says everything.
He's not being honest. I think that he didn't do a background check and now the consequences of that are hitting him hard, but he is making things soooo much worse by not just being honest. At least that would show he still has integrity.
Homeboy really should have just threw Gary under the bus and said that he was fooled by him. And then just vow to always do extensive background checks from now on and profusely apologize for not.
Totally handled wrong, totally lying. Keep doing your thing bro, as an assistant at a bjj school your work is very flattering knowing these sickos ain’t safe 😂
Answer to QOTD: No, and No. He should not have lied at all, he should have been upfront with everything he knew. I also feel he is not being honest at all, and will continue to lie to cover this up. Attacking the news source (aka: McD Life) is just BS.
To me, the absolutely most terrifying point of this whole video was the tik tok message, where Brian states "I've always had your back I've always looked the other way"WTF?! You know what I NEVER want an instructor to do if a pedophile is around children? LOOK THE OTHER WAY!! Until he clears up what he meant by that, he is not worthy to run a dojo. For sure, shame on Gary for even putting himself in that situation. And for sure, shame on Brian for not doing a thourough back ground. But once it comes out, you have literally lost all credibility for continuing any contact with him. And expecting Gary to state something to clear Brians name is the stupidest thing I have ever heard! it is literally worse coming from Gary. WE ALREADY KNOW WE CAN'T TRUST THAT POS.!! How is he going to exonerate anyone? LMAO.
He absolutely did not handle the situation properly, for all of the reasons you mentioned. He's obviously not being honest in his responses. His vague answers, and blaming Rob for "fake news" makes that very apparent.
"we were informed of an unfortunate..." And you're waiting for him to say "situation" and bring up the sex offender working there. But then goes "unfortunate video by Mcdojo life" 😂. So wait, it's not unfortunate that a registered sex offender is using your school to access children, but it IS unfortunate that you got called out on it online???????
You can always trust a dude who uses the term "fake news". Also clearly the real shame here is that you made the video pointing out the guy was a sex offender, not the fact that the guy was a sex offender. And the questions, lol no and no.
Martial Arts requires honesty and integrity. If you are honest and have any integrity, you would have been a proactive mandated reporter, Mr. Brian Antak.
First of all, keep up the good work of exposing people like that. Not only did he not handle it the right way... he should have his school shut down for aiding and abetting a criminal.
He really needs to do a 7th thing apology with explanations and a plan of action to everyone around his business (I mean everybody because he failed them all). When he is saying what he has said then it is a 99.9% certainly he has not done so. He has handled it poorly (would give him an “F”) and his honesty is as low as the person he borrowed that “fake news” term from when that man talked about his affairs (can you give an F-?). Look I get it as even the worst persons can be affable and make friends and more even when their evil is exposed. Heck, maybe he is scared is a lawsuit or everyone leaving if he is honest. But that is really a shortsighted way of thinking . He opened a business that has the health and building up of young minds and bodies as a core tenant. The. very nature of this business puts the powerful and capable next to the relatively less powerful and vulnerable. He had to know. That even if he personally liked that guy he can’t have him near the kids - it is just as dangerous as putting one’s favorite model of claymore (land mine) mounted to the wall on a hook. Yeah nothing could happen but what if it did go off! To Brian if you ever read this (and at this point in the text I doubt you or anyone will) I want you to stop and think about something. If you go to a doctor you know they make sure the staff is healthy so you will not will not get sick. If you got sick nothing the Doctor said would matter to you in your fury. Brian, your dojo has sick people in it. We all know one and if you have one you may have more. You have to find those that are sick or not right to be near kids and get them out the door. They need help you can’t give and MUST not be employed near children. You have to check everyone of those that are around your kids. From the janitor to the instructors and anyone else under your roof. Brian you already messed up but the mark of a real man is how they recover and make it right! --- ((Small point- Don’t tell parents to ask kids if something happened with specificity (don’t use the guy’s name or picture). Just open up a conversation about how they feel about the place and going there and listen clearly. Kids even teens will talk if you give them a permission, time and an ear. There is some good advice available on line with sites with a simple google search and web address that end in “.edu” or “.gov” and a couple others. If they think there is something there, the parents should absolutely not over react or take it on themselves to investigate or talk with that SOB. Be calm bring in authorities or a mental health care worker with the right skills to move forward. Certainly we want the children (yeah teens you count here) to be protected and helped. There are resources out there - I recommend them.))
Hey Rob, do martial arts schools carry liability insurance? If so, do these policies generally exclude claims involving sexual misconduct by staff? If they don't, I would imagine the insurance companies would require background checks on all employees.
No he's being prideful to a fault. I f he would just admit he didn't do a background check and let it go It would go a lot better for him but his pride won't let him admit ignorance or that the situation was handled poorly as it was handled (as was said in Beverly hills cop 2) with Neolithic incompetence.
Brian is not quite at the point of gaslighting, but I feel that will be the next step if he decides not to come clean about the whole situation. He appears from an outside perspective to almost not really care about what kind of impact this could have on both the children and the parents for his inaction. Brian's responses to this situation from that video alone not only was delivered poorly, but half of it was nonsensical. Basically if Brian keeps trying to shirk his culpability in this situation and continues to deflect responsibility then I don't see why his school should not be shut down. As you said in part 1 the teacher has temporary guardianship of those children and as such they need to be provided a completely safe environment to learn in. If the children were at such risk then I hate to think that any student despite their age that attends that school could also be at risk of any future negligence on Brian's part. He either owns up to it or he should never teach again. Teachers of martial art schools have to hold themselves to the highest of standards to earn the trust of their students no matter the situation. Thanks for keeping us up to date on people like this Rob, you always help keep the faith that the martial arts community can always do better. Hopefully Brian will learn this after this video.
First, the mandatory answers to you questions: Brian is definitely not handling this situation the right way, and I don't feel he is being 100% honest. It's quite obvious that the exact opposite is true. -- Dear Rob, I just want to say that you are a genuine hero! Stay tenacious! The martial arts world needs you.
Honest or not he definitely didn't handle it the way he should have. Maybe for Part 3 Jocko can visit the him to discuss proper ownership of his mistakes
No, Brian is not handling it properly No, he has not been 100% truthful Personally, I believe he is as much a part of the problem as Gary. The enabler is just as bad as the perpetrator.
Unlike actual fake news establishments /legacy media like CNN ,msnbc, etc. Rob/ McDojo life brings complete information to best of his ability and thoroughly researches topics in an unbiased way. Unlike the above mentioned morons . Good on you Rob for doing real journalism 👏
You just gave him free business consulting to “get his credibility back” and he’s still angry… at you?? He should be sending you a fruit basket. Thank you yet again for protecting our kids
Is there some weird messed up law in America saying that if someone is working for you around children you are not allowed to do a background check? Asking because here in the UK not only do you need to pass a background check to work with children, but this also has to be accessible to anyone should they have concerns.
Although background checks have been possible for a long time, I would assume few of us used to do them "back in the day" for a Dojo or for any other job around kids. Even still, do people now really do background checks on potential employees that will work around children? What is the law?
Absolutely any martial arts studio I have ever done consulting for I make sure they understand how important that is. Safety of students should always come first
I do not believe that Brian is being completely honest, and I think his handling of the situation could have been much better. Great video, the editing once again was on point and hilarious
I don't think he knew. I don't think he did background checks and he was fooled. But like most people instead of owning up to what you do wrong, you try to avoid it and blame others. The problem with that is that until you own your mistakes, you can't fix them. There is zero excuse for allowing people that are not background checked around kids. Even with background checks you don't want adults around kids by themselves, have people in pairs or at least someone checking in. It is all of our responsibility to keep kids safe that are under our care.
Brian wrote this in the text message: “Gary you're going to have to something supporting me that I knew nothing about this I've always had your back l've always looked the other way they're b owe this s*** up all over Tiktok and now they're questioning that I didn't know about it.” The “I’ve always looked the other way” part is just one of many reason I personally believe he knew.
The part about not being alone with kids is super important. I volunteer at a youth camp every summer and this is something we stress to staff always. It protects everyone to have this policy. It protects the kid from any wrong doing on the part of an adult but also protects the adult from a false accusation. If a kid tells me you took them off somewhere alone and bad stuff happened, I have to take that seriously. Never being alone with a kid who isn't your own is the best policy.
He's not handling it well. I suppose the honest thing to do here would be to fess up that he hired a guy without doing a background check because he seemed like a nice/competent guy and he never thought that he might be a nonce. But that still makes him look pretty awful. Still, it's better to look like a dumbass in public than for people to think you actually knew and hired him anyway, I guess.
I own a social network marketing company (splash social marketing) and I get contracted all the time to be a digital spin doctor. He is not handling this the right way what so ever. You hit him and he's on the defense now and does not know how to defend himself in public relations.
Antak is complicit in harboring this dude, and should stop attacking everyone else. He seems to be willing to stir up the shit with everybody BUT the guy who's a threat to his students, and his (Antak's) business. Gee, I wonder why??? SMH
No i do not feel as though Brian is handling this situation the way he should have nor do i feel he is honest. If he is still teaching, his school should be shut down immediately.
This one is so easy. No and No. He had such an easy out by just tossing Gary under the proverbial bus. I guess his dojo doesn't teach how to own up to one's mistakes.
Question 1, NO Question 2,, NO Brian needs to just REBRAND. Call it Kiddy Diddler's Kempo. There's got to be a more devious reason he is trying to protect that guy and lie about stuff still. So yea I think any place he operates should be called Kiddy Diddler's Kempo.
The answer to both questions is No. It seems to me that he's trying very hard to deny responsibility and defend an indefensible position. Also, apart from the fact that he was mumbling throughout his video, how many times did he break eye contact with the camera? I'm sure he was looking down/away from the camera for most of the video.
Sadly, I would suggest that the overwhelming majority of martial arts schools don't do background checks. That's not to excuse Brian, but the issue is widespread.
He might be telling himself he's being honest while at the same time lying to himself. "I didn't post that" could mean he didn't personally post it, it's a business account he's responsible for but clearly not Taking responsibility for, or doesn't remember posting it. TLDR if he's not lying he's trying to do some mental gymnastics... poorly, and he just comes off shady.
He's doing the trusted method of deflect and double down. It's especially damning for him seeing as his dojo was primarily advertising to the younger crowd. I had kinda just assumed it was just for kids and teens when I lived by it. He probably doesn't want to admit the truth and risk damaging his reputation further. Even though he should. Bakersfield isn't the best city for finding a solid dojo and he's not helping the situation any. And I've been helping getting the word spread about him.
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Brian seems more concerned about his business than the safety of the kids, very dangerous.
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@user-kj4cu7ye9c pretty sure I already covered that when it happened
@@McDojoLife
On one of the messages you showed between Brian and Gary
Bryan, flat out says
And I quote
“ I’ve always looked the other way”
Now I’m really kind of wondering what he meant by that🤨
I don’t know if you saw that but it’s definitely in that message between those two at 8:10
Gary needs to say something to back Brian up because of his business and people on TikTok talking about it
“Because I looked the other way for you!”
Looked the other way during what is my question and that was never covered
Look at the second to bottom paragraph on Brians side
Maybe you seen it if not, Happy Easter egg for you😂
And yes, I know this is old but I just watched it so
Congratulations McDojo you know you've made it when one of the subjects of your exposé calls you "fake news". You're in the big time now.
Answer 1: Nope
Answer 2: Pants on fire
I work as a full time martial arts teacher in Finland. Most of our students are kids aged 5-16. Every single instructor, coach, teacher and assistant has had their background checked before we could set foot on the mats, even the instructors who only teach adults classes. Here it is required by law and I believe that in most civilized countries its the same way. Anyone running a Dojo should not let anyone teach at their school without a background check, thats a minimum. If you are not willing to demand that, you deserve getting your Dojo closed for not even trying to offer a safe space for ALL your students. Including women and kids.
Dude Antak NEEDS to address this to the parent’s of these poor kids. I know he’s 100% lying cause I have seen Gary and Brian training together on tik tok about a month or so before the first video. Thank you for making this public! Gary literally tried to get me to come from Michigan to train with them.
Excellent video. It's reassuring to know true investigative journalism isn't dead yet. Subscribed!
He is absolutely not being 100. He is more concerned with bottom lines and reputation. His rep is already in the shitter and the only way out is honest acknowledgment, sincere apology and a commitment to putting student safety above all else.
I think your 6 ideas of how to handle the situation are excellent. It won't completely fix the mistakes he made, but it will be a good start to undoing the damage he caused. However, I don't think he's being honest about everything. He's either trying to hide his incompetence or his complacency in this situation, and neither are good for him or his students.
I have probably said thank you in the past for the hard work and diligence you put into your videos, but I will say it again. Thank you for all of the hard work and due diligence you have put into these videos and your attempts to keep the martial arts legit. I have learned a lot from your chanel and I look forward to the lessons you will have to offer in the future
IMO the way anyone should handle a kiddy fiddler involves a wood chipper but this apparently now allowed.
This is mind blowing to me, In my youth I was targeted by a distant relative in the Australian Scouting movement, think cub scouts. This man was a trusted leader and educator of up to 30 young boys. He was caught and charged for rape and sexual assault. Jailed, released and re offended. I was one of the lucky ones who got out. Scouting organisation's in Aus are frequent haunts for predator's. My mother put me into Chee's Advanced Tae Kwon Do in the 80's, and I still practice many different martial arts today in my 50's. I was always of the thought that martial arts clubs are the safest place to enrol your children. The Instructors I have dealt with over the years regarding my own children, have always been of the highest calibre and integrity. This is horrifying to me that this stuff happens in organisations like the martial arts. Keep up the good work.
I had only one thought while I saw Mr. Antaks Video...."Why doen't he admit that his errors. Why doesn't he take responsibility? Why doesn't he just step forward and tell the whole truth? " Nobody will believe anything but that, because the evidence is crushing.....No! He is not at all handling this the way he should. And he is not acting like someone who should teach or in other form influence on children or even anybody. Mr. Antak has no honor and is a coward in my opinion.
Yeah and look at the text messages again. Antak says he's always "looked the other way". Very fishy
Damn, Rob... I am so glad you covewr these scumbags, and how you explain and go about this. Thank you and bless you! I am still tripping that you are in Jax... I grew up there!!!
You're a legend! Keep up the good work, exposing these creeps!
“Fake news” killed me ☠️
Guy is about as real as a 3 dollar bill
You are providing a great service! As someone whos been training since the mid 80's, I've seen plenty of frauds and pedos. Keep up the good work! 👏
I think he knew for a long time before he kicked him out. He just didn't care, as long as the kids kept coming to class and he kept making money.
Guess he's trying to do damage control without owning up to his own mistakes, calling mcdojolife fake news is just hilarious, would be interesting to hear something from the parents who send there children there (hopefully not anymore)
You know you are doing something right when a known grifter calls you fake news.
Thank you for the hard work you do calling this stuff out. Working with children is responsibility that the industry needs to take seriously, and sex offenders need to be denied access!
Not only do I know Brian is not handling it the way it should be, but I'm beginning to wonder how long until Brian himself gets the same accusations against him. His an enabler that I feel most likely is still in contact with that POS.
I wouldn’t trust Antak around my kids at this point either.
The way brian handled it makes look like he knew and was hiding the information because of possible bad press...at the very least
He said fake news 😂
I also loled when that guy said "fake news" 🤣😂🤣😂
He took the worst possible stance after you engaged with him.
I love how the gym owner says it’s unfortunate you made this TH-cam video….I thought he was gonna say it’s unfortunate he had a predator that he hired on his Dojo…
100% agree. Goes to show his priorities
Awesome work rob. Thank you for your diligence
Social media, the new police department! This "outing" is a great way to deal with the issue. This beats the Sh&t out of those entrapment videos where they lure a guy online. You can destroy these people without using entrapment methods and you just proved it. The power of the social media sword is mighty, and you wield it well!
With Great Power comes Great Responsibility!
He doesn't seem to be handling the situation at all, and I don't think he's that honest.
Love your work mate , and I believe Brian has made an absolute 'dogs breakfast' of his handling of this situation.
Keep up the good work!
No chance he's been 100% honest about this. Even if he was just really dumb and couldn't remember everything, he should at bare minimum be able to prove when he knew and what he did about it. The fact that he hasn't even offered any evidence in his defense says everything.
Pretty clear he isn't being honest but trying to backtrack and find a way out now that the damage has been done.
He's not being honest. I think that he didn't do a background check and now the consequences of that are hitting him hard, but he is making things soooo much worse by not just being honest. At least that would show he still has integrity.
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OMG that dude actually said "fake news" hahaha 🤣🤣😂😂
Homeboy really should have just threw Gary under the bus and said that he was fooled by him. And then just vow to always do extensive background checks from now on and profusely apologize for not.
This would have been the smart thing to do, I don't understand why he didn't.
Checking comments by McDojo Life below the "why" appears: This dude has skeletons in the closet and Gary is on it.
The cops should investigate everyone at that place.
Along with CPS
@@marksman16 why cps?
Totally handled wrong, totally lying.
Keep doing your thing bro, as an assistant at a bjj school your work is very flattering knowing these sickos ain’t safe 😂
Answer to QOTD: No, and No. He should not have lied at all, he should have been upfront with everything he knew. I also feel he is not being honest at all, and will continue to lie to cover this up. Attacking the news source (aka: McD Life) is just BS.
You need to challenge these guestbook a board breaking match, or Kara competition. During the entire thing have Chris Hanson judge. LOL
This hits close to home.
To me, the absolutely most terrifying point of this whole video was the tik tok message, where Brian states "I've always had your back I've always looked the other way"WTF?! You know what I NEVER want an instructor to do if a pedophile is around children? LOOK THE OTHER WAY!! Until he clears up what he meant by that, he is not worthy to run a dojo. For sure, shame on Gary for even putting himself in that situation. And for sure, shame on Brian for not doing a thourough back ground. But once it comes out, you have literally lost all credibility for continuing any contact with him. And expecting Gary to state something to clear Brians name is the stupidest thing I have ever heard! it is literally worse coming from Gary. WE ALREADY KNOW WE CAN'T TRUST THAT POS.!! How is he going to exonerate anyone? LMAO.
Creepers be creepin'.
That's the only reason I can think of for why he wants to protect the convicted predator. Birds of a feather.
Yeah, he didn’t look the other way… he looked right at it.
Guy cant get his story straight.
Disgusting. Great work rob thanks for the update. Keep doing what you're doing. 💪🏼👊🏼🙏🏼👍🏼
He is not being honest, he is in panicked damage control mode of blaming everyone else and not taking responsibility for his actions
Surgical journalism 👍
He absolutely did not handle the situation properly, for all of the reasons you mentioned. He's obviously not being honest in his responses. His vague answers, and blaming Rob for "fake news" makes that very apparent.
Yearly background checks on anyone working in the gym is a must.
The way he worded that text message too. How he always "looked the other way" he told on himself and he didn't know it.
Did he just say the illusion of deception? Huh??? So you’re saying he didn’t deceive us?
I'm glad someone else caught that lol.
He isn't being honest at all. Brian is gaslighting the situation. He should just own up his mistakes.
Brian is to blame he knew about Gary. All the evidence points to this
"we were informed of an unfortunate..." And you're waiting for him to say "situation" and bring up the sex offender working there. But then goes "unfortunate video by Mcdojo life" 😂. So wait, it's not unfortunate that a registered sex offender is using your school to access children, but it IS unfortunate that you got called out on it online???????
Exactly
I was thinking the exact same thing! What a disappointment.
Brian seems to be a honest Guy😂😂😂😂. Great research👏🏽
You can always trust a dude who uses the term "fake news". Also clearly the real shame here is that you made the video pointing out the guy was a sex offender, not the fact that the guy was a sex offender. And the questions, lol no and no.
If someone uses that term with proof, you can believe them...if they deny the proof they are fake news
Martial Arts requires honesty and integrity. If you are honest and have any integrity, you would have been a proactive mandated reporter, Mr. Brian Antak.
First of all, keep up the good work of exposing people like that. Not only did he not handle it the right way... he should have his school shut down for aiding and abetting a criminal.
Keep up the smoke! Great job.
Honestly want all the smoke.
He really needs to do a 7th thing apology with explanations and a plan of action to everyone around his business (I mean everybody because he failed them all). When he is saying what he has said then it is a 99.9% certainly he has not done so.
He has handled it poorly (would give him an “F”) and his honesty is as low as the person he borrowed that “fake news” term from when that man talked about his affairs (can you give an F-?).
Look I get it as even the worst persons can be affable and make friends and more even when their evil is exposed. Heck, maybe he is scared is a lawsuit or everyone leaving if he is honest. But that is really a shortsighted way of thinking . He opened a business that has the health and building up of young minds and bodies as a core tenant. The. very nature of this business puts the powerful and capable next to the relatively less powerful and vulnerable. He had to know. That even if he personally liked that guy he can’t have him near the kids - it is just as dangerous as putting one’s favorite model of claymore (land mine) mounted to the wall on a hook. Yeah nothing could happen but what if it did go off!
To Brian if you ever read this (and at this point in the text I doubt you or anyone will) I want you to stop and think about something. If you go to a doctor you know they make sure the staff is healthy so you will not will not get sick. If you got sick nothing the Doctor said would matter to you in your fury. Brian, your dojo has sick people in it. We all know one and if you have one you may have more. You have to find those that are sick or not right to be near kids and get them out the door. They need help you can’t give and MUST not be employed near children. You have to check everyone of those that are around your kids. From the janitor to the instructors and anyone else under your roof. Brian you already messed up but the mark of a real man is how they recover and make it right!
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((Small point- Don’t tell parents to ask kids if something happened with specificity (don’t use the guy’s name or picture). Just open up a conversation about how they feel about the place and going there and listen clearly. Kids even teens will talk if you give them a permission, time and an ear. There is some good advice available on line with sites with a simple google search and web address that end in “.edu” or “.gov” and a couple others. If they think there is something there, the parents should absolutely not over react or take it on themselves to investigate or talk with that SOB. Be calm bring in authorities or a mental health care worker with the right skills to move forward. Certainly we want the children (yeah teens you count here) to be protected and helped. There are resources out there - I recommend them.))
Hey Rob, do martial arts schools carry liability insurance? If so, do these policies generally exclude claims involving sexual misconduct by staff? If they don't, I would imagine the insurance companies would require background checks on all employees.
In my state, you need insurance as well as a Juvenile Martial Arts Instructor License to teach children. That involves a background check.
Yes, insurance requires background checks on anyone over 18/ legal age. At least if you have an actual MA insurance
No he's being prideful to a fault. I f he would just admit he didn't do a background check and let it go It would go a lot better for him but his pride won't let him admit ignorance or that the situation was handled poorly as it was handled (as was said in Beverly hills cop 2) with Neolithic incompetence.
Brian is not handling this situation well. There is no way he is being even slightly honest.
Those people are horrible. And to think that rapist was caught and is STILL allowed to teach
Omg my comments are in the live ! 💕
Brian is not quite at the point of gaslighting, but I feel that will be the next step if he decides not to come clean about the whole situation. He appears from an outside perspective to almost not really care about what kind of impact this could have on both the children and the parents for his inaction. Brian's responses to this situation from that video alone not only was delivered poorly, but half of it was nonsensical.
Basically if Brian keeps trying to shirk his culpability in this situation and continues to deflect responsibility then I don't see why his school should not be shut down. As you said in part 1 the teacher has temporary guardianship of those children and as such they need to be provided a completely safe environment to learn in. If the children were at such risk then I hate to think that any student despite their age that attends that school could also be at risk of any future negligence on Brian's part. He either owns up to it or he should never teach again. Teachers of martial art schools have to hold themselves to the highest of standards to earn the trust of their students no matter the situation.
Thanks for keeping us up to date on people like this Rob, you always help keep the faith that the martial arts community can always do better. Hopefully Brian will learn this after this video.
That statement is full of more Bull, than a slaughterhouse filled with beef.😂😂🤣
First, the mandatory answers to you questions: Brian is definitely not handling this situation the right way, and I don't feel he is being 100% honest. It's quite obvious that the exact opposite is true.
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Dear Rob, I just want to say that you are a genuine hero! Stay tenacious! The martial arts world needs you.
Thank you for the kind words. I’m just some dude that love martial arts.
@@McDojoLife did you ever watch The Foot Fist Way? 😊
❤ Thank you very much 😊
You do good work.
Thank you for the support
Honest or not he definitely didn't handle it the way he should have.
Maybe for Part 3 Jocko can visit the him to discuss proper ownership of his mistakes
No, Brian is not handling it properly
No, he has not been 100% truthful
Personally, I believe he is as much a part of the problem as Gary. The enabler is just as bad as the perpetrator.
Unlike actual fake news establishments /legacy media like CNN ,msnbc, etc. Rob/ McDojo life brings complete information to best of his ability and thoroughly researches topics in an unbiased way. Unlike the above mentioned morons . Good on you Rob for doing real journalism 👏
Thank you for the support. I definitely want to make sure people get facts
Integrity. 1% of us seem to still possess it.
Hey did you get a cease and desist with threat of law suit from Antak ? We are all listed on a law suit 😒
You just gave him free business consulting to “get his credibility back” and he’s still angry… at you?? He should be sending you a fruit basket. Thank you yet again for protecting our kids
“The illusion of deception”… Brian isn’t too bright, clearly. That might need to be his defense.
Is there some weird messed up law in America saying that if someone is working for you around children you are not allowed to do a background check?
Asking because here in the UK not only do you need to pass a background check to work with children, but this also has to be accessible to anyone should they have concerns.
No, I do NOT feel like he is being 100% honest!
Although background checks have been possible for a long time, I would assume few of us used to do them "back in the day" for a Dojo or for any other job around kids. Even still, do people now really do background checks on potential employees that will work around children? What is the law?
Absolutely any martial arts studio I have ever done consulting for I make sure they understand how important that is. Safety of students should always come first
@@McDojoLife of course.
No to both questions. No excuse to hide a sex offender in his business with children. Crazy.
I do not believe that Brian is being completely honest, and I think his handling of the situation could have been much better.
Great video, the editing once again was on point and hilarious
I don't think he knew. I don't think he did background checks and he was fooled. But like most people instead of owning up to what you do wrong, you try to avoid it and blame others. The problem with that is that until you own your mistakes, you can't fix them. There is zero excuse for allowing people that are not background checked around kids. Even with background checks you don't want adults around kids by themselves, have people in pairs or at least someone checking in. It is all of our responsibility to keep kids safe that are under our care.
Brian wrote this in the text message:
“Gary you're going to have to something supporting me that I knew nothing about this I've always had your back l've always looked the other way they're b owe this s*** up all over Tiktok and now they're questioning that I didn't know about it.”
The “I’ve always looked the other way” part is just one of many reason I personally believe he knew.
The part about not being alone with kids is super important. I volunteer at a youth camp every summer and this is something we stress to staff always. It protects everyone to have this policy. It protects the kid from any wrong doing on the part of an adult but also protects the adult from a false accusation. If a kid tells me you took them off somewhere alone and bad stuff happened, I have to take that seriously. Never being alone with a kid who isn't your own is the best policy.
Shut them down baby. No more
He's not handling it well. I suppose the honest thing to do here would be to fess up that he hired a guy without doing a background check because he seemed like a nice/competent guy and he never thought that he might be a nonce. But that still makes him look pretty awful. Still, it's better to look like a dumbass in public than for people to think you actually knew and hired him anyway, I guess.
I own a social network marketing company (splash social marketing) and I get contracted all the time to be a digital spin doctor. He is not handling this the right way what so ever. You hit him and he's on the defense now and does not know how to defend himself in public relations.
Antak is complicit in harboring this dude, and should stop attacking everyone else. He seems to be willing to stir up the shit with everybody BUT the guy who's a threat to his students, and his (Antak's) business. Gee, I wonder why??? SMH
He is absolutely not handling it appropriately, and is lying through his teeth.
No i do not feel as though Brian is handling this situation the way he should have nor do i feel he is honest. If he is still teaching, his school should be shut down immediately.
"The illusion of deception" .... ???? If the deception is the illusion, wouldn't that make deception the opposite meaning? Meaning, it's .... TRUE?
This one is so easy. No and No. He had such an easy out by just tossing Gary under the proverbial bus. I guess his dojo doesn't teach how to own up to one's mistakes.
once a liar, always a liar
Another thing he can do is apogise to you Rob for calling into question your integrity.
Question 1, NO
Question 2,, NO
Brian needs to just REBRAND. Call it Kiddy Diddler's Kempo. There's got to be a more devious reason he is trying to protect that guy and lie about stuff still.
So yea I think any place he operates should be called Kiddy Diddler's Kempo.
Great Video as always. These guys are disgusting and I'm glad you put them on blast.
Hell no he's not being honest. And is DEFINITELY not handling this properly...
No and hellllllllll no. Now I wonder if the dude is just trying to save face or if maybe he is trying to cover his own guilt. He is 100% lying.
what's that song in your outro?
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The answer to both questions is No. It seems to me that he's trying very hard to deny responsibility and defend an indefensible position. Also, apart from the fact that he was mumbling throughout his video, how many times did he break eye contact with the camera? I'm sure he was looking down/away from the camera for most of the video.
I could not find that response vid on his channel. Did he hide it somehow?
Also, note to self: Don't lie to this dude. He WILL have the receipts. xD
The link is in the description. It’s still there
Sadly, I would suggest that the overwhelming majority of martial arts schools don't do background checks. That's not to excuse Brian, but the issue is widespread.
He might be telling himself he's being honest while at the same time lying to himself. "I didn't post that" could mean he didn't personally post it, it's a business account he's responsible for but clearly not Taking responsibility for, or doesn't remember posting it. TLDR if he's not lying he's trying to do some mental gymnastics... poorly, and he just comes off shady.
It was on his personal account not his business account.
answer A : no.
answer B : nope he is not.