Take it for what it's worth sir. The Tracy's have a history of this demeaning of Ed Parker and 'rearranging' of their own history to put themselves in the Mitose Lineage. They even publicly 'explained' how they 'promoted' one of Mitose's students, who then in turn, promoted them to put themselves in Mitose's Lineage in an old brochure. Anyone who performs such "lineage gymnastics" has some serious issues.
Ed Parker has on numerous occasions in print, and also stated publicly, "Mitose showed me nothing." emphasing that Mitose was never his teacher, and was basically a "Con man" who duped people out of money and wrangled 'prestige' and used the money to 'control' people and circumstances to continue to enhance his 'prestige' and continue his cons. Chow wasn't very educated and Mitose was considered the 'brains' and Professor Chow the 'muscle' who Mitose manipulated and reaped the financial benefits.
It's pretty clear and publicly documented that Mitose was indeed a criminal. The only argument that remained is whether he was a credible martial artist. My teacher said he wasn't. What I saw of him the one time verified Ed Parker's statements of Mitose in both areas.
It is also very well documented and common knowledge Professor Chow was a fighter, and his reputation was inherent in his local nickname, "Thunderbolt," while his lack of education and business acumen was equally common knowledge. These things speak for themselves and it is clear that Chow didn't 'con' Mitose nor did Chow seem to think much of Mitose as a martial artist.
Why they, (Tracy's) continue to do this is anyone's guess. Al has always been very successful with or without Ed Parker, so I have never understood the point, especially in 2006. He (they) left Parker almost 40 years ago, and Parker has been deceased for 15 years.
