# Karate student stomps on man's head, his teacher posts the video on Youtube 25 years later **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 22, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karate-student-stomps-on-mans-head-his-teacher-posts-the-video-on-youtube-25-years-later/507260 "2009-08-22T00:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karate-student-stomps-on-mans-head-his-teacher-posts-the-video-on-youtube-25-years-later/507260/201 "2009-08-28T03:10:55Z")
> [@prodigynius](#): > > Here is an article about the incident > [http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2101931/jesus\_taught\_me\_video\_on\_youtube\_apparently.html?cat=9](http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2101931/jesus_taught_me_video_on_youtube_apparently.html?cat=9) The article helpfully describes the beating in detail, which is helpful for those like myself who would prefer not to view the clip. The author of the article is apparently unaware of the hard work done by the folks at [bushido.net](http://www.bullshido.net/forums/showthread.php?t=88535), who first investigated this incident. [Examiner.com](http://Examiner.com) article: [One moment, please...](http://www.examiner.com/x-18956-Knoxville-Crime-History-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Video-of-savage-beating-at-a-karate-class-leads-to-investigation-25-years-later) No new material, but it’s interesting to see the story emerge from the blogosphere. Along those lines, France24 has a concise writeup: [US Web users investigate](http://www.france24.com/en/20090826-web-news-africa-gabonese-elections-online-internet-blogs-rare-book-room-tape-lego-brick). ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karate-student-stomps-on-mans-head-his-teacher-posts-the-video-on-youtube-25-years-later/507260/202 "2009-08-28T03:16:39Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Shit. Me too. Just a split second, though, I swear. > > Thanks, Cisco for trying to answer my question for me. It made me watch the video again, and I swear to god, to echo others that have said similar; I thought I was way too jaded by the internet to be made so uncomfortable by a video like that. > > Uncomfortable. There are parts that made me laugh. Those parts gave me the strangest/sickest feeling in my gut that I ever had watching an internet video. I think that’s part of why it is so uncomfortable. The video IS funny, until the guy gets his head stomped on. If I went into that blind it probably would have been pretty awful because I probably would have been giggling a little bit even though I still thought it was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karate-student-stomps-on-mans-head-his-teacher-posts-the-video-on-youtube-25-years-later/507260/203 "2009-08-28T03:36:53Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Thank god I am not ashamed of being a bit dull, because I know posters have tried to answer this question, but I am _compelled_ to ask this again; > > Can any martial arts expert or student tell me if the man getting stomped was actually doing real martial arts, or was he just making moves up? Thanks, guys. Taken a bit of MA myself - I strongly vote making shit up. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karate-student-stomps-on-mans-head-his-teacher-posts-the-video-on-youtube-25-years-later/507260/204 "2009-08-28T03:49:11Z")
Here’s a [screen shot](http://geekner2.mirror.waffleimages.com/waffleimages/files/50/50c3fe76cef906984c6c95484a769a6f742122df.jpg) of the discussion section of Blythe’s YouTube page; remarks show lack of remorse. Link from [SomethingAwful](http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3190613). And here is a claimed quote of the YouTube page, etc. from [here](http://www.phillyd.tv/2009/08/21/instructor-bobby-joe-blythe-films-murder/) Comments are in reverse chronological order, the newest (on top) appears to be from July or Aug, the oldest from April or May. > [@I heard it on the internet](#): > > This is what I got out of the YT video > Jesus Taught Me - bobbyjoeblythe007 [April 01, 2009] > > This dummy was in my shopping center while I was on a Bodyguard Job in Washington, DC. This guy was in the Pizza Hut eating pizza off the plates of others and the Pizza Hut Manager ran him out with a pistol. Later the very same day, police officers were called to remove him from a nearby pharmacy after having been caught reaching into customer’s purses. > > A short time after that, he visited a Napa Auto Parts store next to my Karate Dojo and told the management he planned on teaching in that Dojo and that Jesus taught him. The Napa guys told him he was confused (their polite way of warning the man against such action), but not wanting to miss a show, they told the man they would close early just to watch and that he must not know the owner, which is nobody to play with.. > > Needless to say, the police pulled him out of the dumpster behind my Karate Dojo where he was neatly placed. Semper Fi to all my Marine brothers. The karate student in the white is also a Marine Sgt. and a brand new Black Belt. Never get stupid with a Marine, you could get jacked up and have your clock stopped. > > COMMENTS: > > ize1277 // that dude snapped; looks to me like somebody lost control > > bobbyjoeblythe007 // If it would have took longer, I would have dropped both. This upset me it took so look. I was very disappointed with my guy and he paid for a week after that. That video will be coming up soon. That video will have the name…Fight for Life. That one will be good. > > ua26695 // He was told not to go to another ones DOJO. PERIOD! > > bobbyjoeblythe007 // He was advised not to do what he had said he was going to do…PERIOD. And that was to not go into THAT DOJO. That DOJO isn’t like any other DOJO. This Dojo raised it’s own Bodyguards for a Company in Northern Virginia. This Sensei just so happens to be the Director of the Service. > > ua26695 // Bad decision, I would say. > > ee1264 // I can see accepting a challenge from someone who comes into your dojo, but you had prior knowledge that this person was mentally disturbed. Also letting your student stomp on the guy at the end was purely negligent. Finally you didn’t call the police or EMTs. Hope you have your insurance paid up. > > Oluwadan // This is a brutal and unnecessary act of ego. This man was obviously mentally ill and should come back and sue you ass. He has obviously now got enough video evidence. Stamping on a persons head is not reasonable force and this type of behaviour is not acceptable from a ‘martial artist’. Placing it on public view brings shme to the martial arts community. > > bobbyjoeblythe007 // Last I heard, he was in Salem, VA in the Mental Lockup there. Go figure!!! Earlier that day, the police ran him out of the Drug Store and later a Pizza Manager pulled a pistol on him. I was on a Bodyguard job that day and when I showed up, he came in later while I was teaching. The cops pulled him out of the Dumpster behind the dojo. > > greenhorn311 // Hum that was … hum …Im speachless > > What happend afterward he lived? > > Did he happend to come back with a lawer? > > bobbyjoeblythe007 // He was confused and YES, there is a GOD. > > And here’s info from 4chan: > The instructor is a known bully Bobby Joe Blythe. He is 63 years old and lives near Fresno. He is currently a flight instructor. In 1984 he taught marshal arts, including training body guards. He was well connected with the VA law enforcement and military, so he had friends. > > Bobby Joe Blythe ::::: pers info edited out -mfm::::: > The attacker is Willie J Dennis, currently residing in Florida. He is up for charges soon on a separate assault case. Bullshido has forwarded this onto the prosecutor (probably won’t do much though)." ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karate-student-stomps-on-mans-head-his-teacher-posts-the-video-on-youtube-25-years-later/507260/205 "2009-08-28T03:51:10Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Second, I will go ahead and ask the dumb ask questions in this thread, I am not ashamed to; did the man who got stomped know any karate at all? Or was he just doing made up moves the whole time? It looks like he had had some training in the past. Maybe a couple of months worth, but that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![prodigynius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85e7bf/32.png) [@prodigynius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prodigynius)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karate-student-stomps-on-mans-head-his-teacher-posts-the-video-on-youtube-25-years-later/507260/206 "2009-09-01T07:26:35Z")
here is an article about the incident that highlights all of the recent updates and information uncovered about the video [http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2124395/updates\_on\_video\_showing\_bobby\_blythe.html?cat=9](http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2124395/updates_on_video_showing_bobby_blythe.html?cat=9) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karate-student-stomps-on-mans-head-his-teacher-posts-the-video-on-youtube-25-years-later/507260/207 "2009-09-01T07:52:15Z")
That is one _horribly_ written article. It is rife with grammatical errors, spelling and punctuation mistakes, and downright unprofessional writing. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karate-student-stomps-on-mans-head-his-teacher-posts-the-video-on-youtube-25-years-later/507260/208 "2009-09-01T08:05:57Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > That is one _horribly_ written article. It is rife with grammatical errors, spelling and punctuation mistakes, and downright unprofessional writing. Par for the course for Associated Content. It’s the Wikipedia of amateur journalism. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karate-student-stomps-on-mans-head-his-teacher-posts-the-video-on-youtube-25-years-later/507260/209 "2009-09-01T13:18:59Z")
I’m not normally one for RO, but as a martial arts lover this one bothers me (I did not watch the video as I enjoy getting my sleep at night, thankyouverymuch.) From what’s described here, it’s such a poor reflection on those who study with discipline and integrity. I don’t suggest that all martial arts instructors ought to be held accountable for the actions of their students, but when you have an entire Dojo of people sharing this attitude, it definitely points to the irresponsibility and immaturity of the instructor. I am appalled. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karate-student-stomps-on-mans-head-his-teacher-posts-the-video-on-youtube-25-years-later/507260/210 "2009-09-01T13:33:40Z")
> [@prodigynius](#): > > here is an article about the incident that highlights all of the recent updates and information uncovered about the video > > [http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2124395/updates\_on\_video\_showing\_bobby\_blythe.html?cat=9](http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2124395/updates_on_video_showing_bobby_blythe.html?cat=9) From the article: > [@](#): > > The claims that the man was either mentally challenged or mentally ill originate from the misconception that the man was claiming to have been literally taught martial arts by Jesus himself. Contrary to claims, in fact, upon listening closer to the video or reading a transcript of the incident, it is apparent that in fact the man does not make these claims. In actuality, the man states that Jesus is his master, only after Mr. Blythe refers to him as “a master who has no master”. It in not uncommon for Christians to refer to Jesus as their master so that statement can’t be construed as meaning he felt he was taught by Jesus. Furthermore, when asked if he was taught by Jesus, Mr. Blythe cuts the man off before he could give an answer. In the video, Blythe says the victim got promoted to tenth degree red belt by Jesus Christ. The victim replies that he got promoted by The Tiger, and says that the Tiger is a descendant of Jesus Christ. He then points to the crease of his elbow and says “here is The Tiger”. A few moments Later Blythe asks him, “Who’d you say promoted you to tenth degree red belt?” The victim’s reply: “Jesus.” A few more moments later Blythe says, “I know everyone of us would like to be taught by someone that has been taught by Jesus. Correct John? Because I guarantee you, that’s got to be some movements to behold”. Then he looks at the victim and asks, “Right?” The victim start off with “Well, I won’t brag or anything of that nature, but…” ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karate-student-stomps-on-mans-head-his-teacher-posts-the-video-on-youtube-25-years-later/507260/211 "2009-09-02T20:03:49Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I have been in similar situations. When I was teaching a class many years back, a “kung-fu” guy came in and was watching. (This was in a college gym.) He was in uniform, and I noticed him watching and asked if he would like to join the class, which was pretty informal - just me and some of my brown belts sparring. He said No, because it wouldn’t do any good - judo didn’t work against his style because his ch’i caused him to stick to the floor and made him unthrowable. He wasn’t [this guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=livPfJr1Brg), was he? He’s pretty well stuck to the floor there at the end. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karate-student-stomps-on-mans-head-his-teacher-posts-the-video-on-youtube-25-years-later/507260.md?page=10)