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Welcome 14 Kempo! I am a blue w/green stripe in the USSD system and am completely devoted to my training and instructor. I am completely confident that the system is legitimate and have my children enrolled as well. I am also very aware of the negativity surrounding USSD and find it fairly ridiculous. USSD is a business, run by very adept business people. USSD is also a training ground for martial artists -- a very welcoming training ground with excellent instructors (especially in SoCal) and encouraging Masters. Every rank test to which I have been invited has been a huge educational opportunity facilitated by knowledgeable martial artists, including Shihan Paul Taylor. In short, I have been very impressed with both my so-called Mc-Training and the so-called shady businessmen of USSD. You get what you pay for!!
Welcome 14 Kempo! I am a blue w/green stripe in the USSD system and am completely devoted to my training and instructor. I am completely confident that the system is legitimate and have my children enrolled as well. I am also very aware of the negativity surrounding USSD and find it fairly ridiculous. USSD is a business, run by very adept business people. USSD is also a training ground for martial artists -- a very welcoming training ground with excellent instructors (especially in SoCal) and encouraging Masters. Every rank test to which I have been invited has been a huge educational opportunity facilitated by knowledgeable martial artists, including Shihan Paul Taylor. In short, I have been very impressed with both my so-called Mc-Training and the so-called shady businessmen of USSD. You get what you pay for!!
I am also with ussd, and as to why Fred Villari is not even mentioned in the ussd manual, I imagine it's because Charles Mattera broke away from Villari and took a lot of Villari's schools out west with him. There is probably some bad blood between them, be that as it may though I think Villari should be included in the manual since he did train Mattera and Demasco up to their 7th dan's.
All the information I've been able to find outside of ussd is that Mattera left as a 7th dan, got his 8th dan from Prof. Nick Cerio, and was then joined by Steve Demasco who was a 7th dan at the time.
I have asked and the answer to both questions was the same. I don't know. My instructor says he has deep respect for GM Villari but does not why he is not mentioned. As for the Shaolin Kempo name that comes from Villari himself, when he broke away from Nick Cerio ( in similar fashion as Mattera & Demasco left him ) Villari called his style Shaolin Kempo Karate.
The highest rank I saw was Mattera's 8th dan from Prof. Cerio, well I should say I've seen a picture of it, but on Nick Cerio's website Mattera is listed in their black belt lists.
I'm not bashing anyone. I have nothing against Villari or his organization. As for ussd, I'm a student of theirs and I think they have some very positive qualities to them, but I'm not blind to the negative either. That being said I'm with ussd by choice.
Sorry Kempo 14, didn't mean to re-ignite to furor