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pknox
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FYI...
I just saw a news report on my local FOX affiliate (NYC). Evidently an instructor at the Bensonhurst, NY Tiger Schulman studio claims he was fired due to his excessive weight. According to the news report, he weighs about 300 pounds, and he claims he was told that he "would be fired unless he lost 100 pounds." According to the instructor, the ultimatum came from Tiger Schulman himself. The head of the Bensonhurst studio denies the allegations, claiming the instructor (whose rank was simply given as "black belt", no level of dan ranking was mentioned) was fired from the studio "because he didn't relate well to the staff." The instructor is now working at a Tiger Schulman facility in Teaneck, NJ (they didn't say what his duties were, but it looks like he was teaching potential instructors at an instructor's academy - I find it confusing that he was supposedly fired, but is still working for TS - perhaps they are keeping him, but just not letting him teach the general public (which doesn't seem like really being "fired" to me), or perhaps he was not officially fired yet, as he hasn't exceeded the time allegedly given to lose the weight - the news report did definitely make it sound like he had already been fired). He states that he is pursuing a discrimination lawsuit.
I just saw a news report on my local FOX affiliate (NYC). Evidently an instructor at the Bensonhurst, NY Tiger Schulman studio claims he was fired due to his excessive weight. According to the news report, he weighs about 300 pounds, and he claims he was told that he "would be fired unless he lost 100 pounds." According to the instructor, the ultimatum came from Tiger Schulman himself. The head of the Bensonhurst studio denies the allegations, claiming the instructor (whose rank was simply given as "black belt", no level of dan ranking was mentioned) was fired from the studio "because he didn't relate well to the staff." The instructor is now working at a Tiger Schulman facility in Teaneck, NJ (they didn't say what his duties were, but it looks like he was teaching potential instructors at an instructor's academy - I find it confusing that he was supposedly fired, but is still working for TS - perhaps they are keeping him, but just not letting him teach the general public (which doesn't seem like really being "fired" to me), or perhaps he was not officially fired yet, as he hasn't exceeded the time allegedly given to lose the weight - the news report did definitely make it sound like he had already been fired). He states that he is pursuing a discrimination lawsuit.