I have a situation I would like some feedback if possible if anyone has had any experience with this sort of thing.
I am a 6th Dan in TKD and I opened up a new school about 6 months ago. I left my current teacher who I had trained with for over 25 years due to differences in opinion.
I was upfront when I told him I was going to open my own school and I told him I would like to work something out and stay in his organization. Out of respect I offered to give him half the testing fees for 2 years and half the monthly fees for 2 years for any of his students who left his school and wanted to train with me.
He said he wanted 1/2 for 10 years on all new students and testing. I told him he was crazy and I left his organization. He told me you have learned knowledge from me and I owe him. I told him I paid for your knowledge, it was not free. So if I get knowledge from eductaion through college which I pay for and become a doctor or something I pay back the university 10 years 1/2 of my wages. I don't think so!
Because we live in the same city he is threathing legal action. I have my no compete clause which was good for one year and he photo copied it and forged the date to reflect it was 5 years. My lawyer said we could sue for fraud but I don't want this thing in court if it can be avoided
The problem is along the way he decided money was more important than teaching. It is a shame because in his younger days he was a hell of a person and teacher, buy money problems in his personal life have ruined this man.
He tests people way to early who are not ready, black belts their Kukkiwon certificates are held unless they sign 2 years contracts with him, he never personally teaches any more or is rarely at the dojang.
I have never once spoke badly about my former master to anyone or have ever tried to solicit his students to come to my school, but they are coming in bunches. 42 people so far including all his balck belts. He now is closing his school because he has lost his students. I have his former students sign documents that I don't solicit them if they leave him.
Things have been going great and I am up to about 85 students. He is now spreading rumors about me taking all his students and is threathing to smear my name and sue me or get my rank stripped from the Kukkiwon. I am just wondering if this is possible. I have had many meetings to try and work this out with him but he not being reasonable. He is 9th Dan Grand Master and has a lot of pull in the Kukkiwon.
I am a 6th Dan in TKD and I opened up a new school about 6 months ago. I left my current teacher who I had trained with for over 25 years due to differences in opinion.
I was upfront when I told him I was going to open my own school and I told him I would like to work something out and stay in his organization. Out of respect I offered to give him half the testing fees for 2 years and half the monthly fees for 2 years for any of his students who left his school and wanted to train with me.
He said he wanted 1/2 for 10 years on all new students and testing. I told him he was crazy and I left his organization. He told me you have learned knowledge from me and I owe him. I told him I paid for your knowledge, it was not free. So if I get knowledge from eductaion through college which I pay for and become a doctor or something I pay back the university 10 years 1/2 of my wages. I don't think so!
Because we live in the same city he is threathing legal action. I have my no compete clause which was good for one year and he photo copied it and forged the date to reflect it was 5 years. My lawyer said we could sue for fraud but I don't want this thing in court if it can be avoided
The problem is along the way he decided money was more important than teaching. It is a shame because in his younger days he was a hell of a person and teacher, buy money problems in his personal life have ruined this man.
He tests people way to early who are not ready, black belts their Kukkiwon certificates are held unless they sign 2 years contracts with him, he never personally teaches any more or is rarely at the dojang.
I have never once spoke badly about my former master to anyone or have ever tried to solicit his students to come to my school, but they are coming in bunches. 42 people so far including all his balck belts. He now is closing his school because he has lost his students. I have his former students sign documents that I don't solicit them if they leave him.
Things have been going great and I am up to about 85 students. He is now spreading rumors about me taking all his students and is threathing to smear my name and sue me or get my rank stripped from the Kukkiwon. I am just wondering if this is possible. I have had many meetings to try and work this out with him but he not being reasonable. He is 9th Dan Grand Master and has a lot of pull in the Kukkiwon.