Recurring Urban Legend

On E-Budo there has been some dicussion about you teaching a seminar to a group of Navy SEAL's. Supposedly you asked one of them to hit you, and he did and the result was that he knocked you out. I like to hear things from the horses mouth, if you will, and as such I would prefer to ask you directly rather than read hearsay.

I am in Florida addressing a convention and do not have time for much of a reply right now, but this needs to be addressed.

The story Demian heard comes from a part of the horse other than the mouth.

It is a blatant falsehood.

Absolutely totally false.

I have never worked with the SEALs in any such context.

I have never challenged and been knocked out by a SEAL, or any other military person, for that matter.

I know that Bud Malmstrom has a funny SEAL story that he tells about a week that he spent with them. Bud tells the story in a way that "the joke is on him". Perhaps this post was a twisted version of Bud's story with me in it instead of Bud.

I really appreciate Demian bringing this to light. Otherwise, I would not have known what was being said about me on those other BBS.

I would ask all members who have access to those other BBS to please write in with the correction from me.

Challenging a SEAL and being knocked out never happened. Nothing even remotely like that ever happened.

Please do your best to spread that truth in all relevant forums.

Thanks for your assist!

- Stephen K. Hayes