A common myth promoted on glorified and unreliable message boards like
Wikipedia and internet is the Black Dragon Fighting Society as once founded
by
John Keehan AKA Count Dante is currently under the sole directorship of a
personally chosen protégé and successor to Keehan, William V. Aguiar of Fall
River, Mass. Aguiar died in January, 2005. The fact is according to several
Chicago BDFS original members, due to the obstacle of distance between them
William V. Aguiar received minimal training by Keehan and longtime BDFS
members.
However, he was granted use of the BDFS name and provided a key to
Keehan’s
office able to access all his materials in order to assist in
booking BDFS
seminars and tournaments in the 1970’s.However, the title
“Supreme Grandmaster”
as is claimed by his son Bill Aguiar III is
apparently, invented after Keehan’s
death, say GM Felkoff and Day.
Notwithstanding, the name Black Dragon Society
was trademarked by Bill
Aguiar III in the USA, in 2008, as it pertains to
operating schools and
providing other instructional services. Bill Aguiar III
was not born when
the initial
Chicago/Keehan BDFS was created. No evidence
exists that demonstrates he
has ever been ranked or recognized as a
certified teacher of The Black Dragon
Fighting Society (even by his own
father, now deceased) says BDFS original
members, Grandmasters, Lawrence
Day, Ashida Kim, Ernie Reynolds, Michael
Felkoff, Doug Dwyer, etc. which has
erupted into an online rift that knows no
shame. Given spurious threats of
protracted litigation and internet libel made
on a blog administered by
Aguiar III and his followers - who attempted to derail
a documentary on John
Keehan AKA Count Dante and the revelation of the true
history of Keehan’s
Black Dragon Fighting Society by film-maker Floyd Webb .FLOYD WEBB SUPPORTS SLANDER, NOW THE STUFF I HIGHLIGHTED IS QUITE FUNNY, THE ONLY ONE WHO TRAINED DIRECTLY WITH KEEHAN WAS DOUG DWYER. NONE OF THE OTHER GUY CAN COME UP WITH PICTURES STANDING NEXT TO KEEHAN ON THE FLOOR. LAWRENCE DAY IS QUITE FUNNY, HES GOT A WKF PATCH ON THAT HE GOT FROM WILLIAM III. THESE GUYS ARE TOTAL FRAUDS.
This picture is from the 1963 tournament the only one who is standing their with John Keehan is Doug Dwyer. Keehan hated fraud and his article "Karate is for sissies" is a reminder to everyone that he did not agree with the classical karate people.
And to further the true history of John Keehan, these guy are the World Karate Federation and half of these guy are the Mid-West Yudanshaki. their is no Lawrence Day, nor Ashida Kim , and their is defenitely not no Frank Dux anywere to be seen around John Keehan. These people are fraud's. This just goes to show the fraudulent story being told by Floyd Webb.Until these KARATE FRAUDS can come up with pictures like this standing and training with John Keehan. Their the one with no training with John Keehan their the frauds. Lawrence Day is one of the "CHICAGO THREE" The guys who went into the dojo war and ran. Day was a student of Wkya's under Konsevic not Keehan.
This picture is from the 1963 tournament the only one who is standing their with John Keehan is Doug Dwyer. Keehan hated fraud and his article "Karate is for sissies" is a reminder to everyone that he did not agree with the classical karate people.
