Adam W.

I was recently contacted by telephone from a women saying they found my CV on a website, and she continued to ask if I'm still looking for a job? I replied yes, and she continued with her Sales speech about how forever living could be a lucrative business proposition. Upon ending the telephone conversation I decided to do research and it was revealed to me that this is another "social marketing" business. People make money by trying to promote people to the business at a fee and then collecting more people as if they were stickers in a book. There are lots of companies like this out there, and they seem to focus more on this procedure than the actual products they are supposed to sell. I also then noticed a friend trying to sell these products via Facebook, and also trying to get more people involved. In the UK it is illegal to operate pyramid sales systems, and this company refuses to call what they do related to pyramid sales. But a pyramid selling scheme is described as - a business model that recruits members via a promise of payments or services for enrolling others into the scheme, rather than supplying investments or sale of products or services. Mmmmm seems familiar to me. Ok, it does have Products but what are the ethics and ingredients behind them? It all seems a very muddy area to me.

John Bryan advertises his karate style as Kanzen Ryu Karate, but I found his content, approach and kata the same as Go Kan Ryu, not surprising really as he use to be an ex Go Kan Ryu instructor. I have nothing against the instructor or style, but I do want to know what I'm studying, and if it's a legitimate source. On all of the Kanzen Ryu websites it states that Kanzen Ryu is a style founded by Shinan Varasteh in Iran, fusing the karate styles of - Shorinji Ryu - Wado Ryu - Goju Ryu.
Like any traditional karate teachings, a teacher should always be open to sharing their lineage and current teachings. In my personal opinion I would say that what John Bryan teaches is not Kanzen Ryu karate but a slightly adapted Go Kan Ryu syllabus, and therefore should not be promoted as Kanzen Ryu Karate.