I don't know this instructor, but as far as I can tell from his website he looks completely legitimate to me. What exactly makes you think he may not be legitimate?
I did not find him or his instructors (Sifu Derderian and Sifu Seaman) listed on Guro Inosanto's website, but that, as Sifu Michael Wright pointed out in a recent post, does not imply they are not legitimate certified instructors. Only instructors who pay to advertise on the Inosanto Academy website are listed there, so many certified instructors (in fact the great majority I would think) are not listed.
As Tant suggests, the best way to judge him as an instructor is to try out his classes. I would certainly do so if I lived in the area.
Just my $0.02 as someone who trained JKD for a bit more than a year (and hopes to return to it soon). There are many members of this site (such as Sifu Wright) who are far more qualified to offer an opinion... |