Jerry Partain: Kung-fu-phooey
AverageNCO sent us a link to this wonderful article about a true American hero, Jerry Partain. He says he retired from the Marines and that he’s one of the greatest ninjas of all time;
The 66-year-old Partain, who retired in 1992 after 25 years in the Marine Corps, and then retired again from the brokerage business about 10 years ago, is something of a “secret gem” from the martial arts world in Alexandria.
“Contrary to wide perception from TV or the movies, it’s not just punch-kick-block,” said Partain, who served four tours in Vietnam, including 31 days as a prisoner of war, retired from the Marines as a major.
Yeah, well, since we’re featuring him here on TAH, you probably already know what the upshot is going to be;
Here’s the “limited” information that folks at the NPRC had to work with, just a name and a social security number;
It’s rare that we get one who has no military service at all, but here’s one. His name is all over the internet as some sort of master kung-fu dude, so, if I was going to have him teach me any of that stuff, I’d vet every single word he says if he thinks he can get away with being a Marine major with 24 years and he hasn’t ever seen the inside of a steel pot.
Category: Phony soldiers
Rex Kwon Do.
BOW TO YOUR SENSEI.
I think we should put him and our buddy the 0th Dangerous man, Stephen Burrel, in a deathmatch cage fight.
you know why they couldn’t find his records right? Classified. Or maybe the were burned in the fire back in 72….
Maybe he taught his record how to be a ninja and no one can find his record because his MPRJ is a ninja too…
(Sigh. . .)
Just shoot him and get it over and done with. . .
Not in any POW data base that I looked at. His numbers don’t add up. If he’s 66 y/o he was born in 1946, that means the earliest he could get a commission would be 1969. If he retired in 1992 w/25 years he would have had to have entered in 1967. Hmmm…
“Rex Kwon Do”, indeed. Who wants to bet this Pei Mei can do the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique?
He obviously learned his techniques well from arcade fighting games. I bet he could throw a hadoken with the best of them.
Seriously though, why the hell does it look like he’s wearing the Hawaii Five-0 Kendo Outfit?
Wax on, Wax off, wacked out. Mr. Kung Fu Grip can’t tell you about his military service. He could, but then…well, you know the rest.
Four tours in Viet Nam, indeed. He probably did four tours with the Village People, dressed as a Marine.
This guy is combatives level Chuck Norris.
For starters, the punishment should begin with their making an audio or written recording (in their own voice or hand, respectively), reciting the name of each MOH recipient followed by an apology, thusly:
To (name, rank, and branch of service), awarded the Congressional of Medal of Honor for actions on (place and date. I apologize to you, your family, those with whom you served, and all of the men and women, living and deceased, who honorably served in the Armed Forces of the United States
*hauls a huge sack of popcorn into the room*
I’ll just leave this here.
*kerflump*
…wax on, wax off…paint fence…
The article says he is: “A commercial transportation professional with a local car dealership,…”
What is that? Service van driver?
Real, live, Kung-Fu Panda…
Yat Yas 1833: theoretically, the dates could be plausible if he was (1) prior enlisted, (2) went to OCS, and (3) managed to complete his degree before getting RIFed post-Vietnam and stayed in. The Army had a lot of OCS officers w/prior service and no degree right after Vietnam; some managed to do exactly that and serve a full career.
That said, it’s theoretically possible – but isn’t reality. Given that the FOIA request on him included his SSN, assuming the SSN was accurate it’s a virtual certainty he never served at all. By the end of Vietnam, all branches were using the SSN in place of Service/Serial Number. His records would have come up under that SSN if he’d retired in the early 1990s.
He’s a used-car salesman, eh? Figures.
You couldn’t make stuff like that up and get people to believe you.
Hondo, I didn’t think about that. My last CO was a mustang, did four & got out as a Cpl then went to school. Mustangs make the best officers, no offense intended. The ‘Skipper’ understood exactly what NCOs dealt with day in and day out. My last Plt Ldr was the other kind of good officer, he kept his eyes & ears open, his mouth shut and learned.
My Marine serial number was replaced by my SSN in I think 1971. I entered in 65. Joe
http://www.fc-shorinryu.com/people/hanshi.html
Hmm, I wonder if he got his black belt while he was a POW?
I wonder what these clowns think when all of a sudden they start getting hits on all their social media accounts from the bubbas/bubbetts from here?
#14,the answer is service van driver.
I just sent this link to a buddy of mine who’s a PAO at Army G1 and also owns a martial arts school in town. He’ll send this around to all his contacts to make sure that this toolbag gets pounded.
Chump.
Anyone surprised that I can’t find anything about him on the 1964 US Olympic Wrestling Team?
“Partain got involved in the martial arts as a teenager in 1960, first with judo and then with karate classes in San Diego at the Pacific Beach Judo & Karate Club, which is one of the oldest karate clubs in the nation. He wrestled for the United States in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and was a three-time California Interscholastic Federation wrestling champion at San Diego State.”
http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1964/
He doesn’t seem to be on the list of athletes at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, either. Shocking.
I just checked Team USA and Wrestling USA and no Partain in 1964 … No Partain ever.
Other than that he seems legit to me!
A legitamate friggin’ moron who lives in the moronosphere and who speaks morononese.
Oh wait. I know this guy. He’s an ultraviolet belt in Wan Dum Fuk.
The upper garment that he is wearing looks like the bathrobe that I stole form the New Sanno Hotel back in 1985. I was wondering what happened to it. They probably still have an international warrant out on me. That’s why i can’t go back to Tokyo. That, and my wife won’t let me.
Now, now, now, MCPO… Be nice. There are some good morons out there. Don’t be discriminatory.
@26
“three-time California Interscholastic Federation wrestling champion at San Diego State.”
CIF is high school. Almost sounds like a reporter/editor change to ensure the inaccuracy of the article.
Interestingly enough, his bio here makes no mention of military service. And the dates/locations don’t seem to support a 24-year USMC career ending in the early 1990s, either.
http://www.fc-shorinryu.com/people/hanshi.html
Photo sure looks like the same guy, though.
@SGT Awesome, he got his black belt personally delivered by a very dead Ho Chi Minh (Uncle Ho).
If you guys land one on his Facebook page, ask him for the recipe for Khe Sanh hash.
Look, he doesn’t like to talk about it but you know the stuff Audie Murphy did in WW II? Right. It wasn’t really Audie. It was Jerry. Yes, it’s true. He has lied about his age all these years. He was born in 1943 and enlisted when he was 2 1/2 months old.
Mr. Partain was the owner/instructor of the La Mesa, California branch of the Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Karate and Kobudo Martial Arts School from 1974 to August 1980. During this time he held the position of Vice President of the Martial Arts Institutes Association – California Branch, which is headquartered in New Jersey.
The Martial Arts Institutes Association – California Branch is headquartered in New Jersey? That must be a hell of a drive for their meetings. That may explain why I watched the America Off Road Motorcross Championship in Vancouver, British Columbia.
I fight Gangnam style… I’m a plaid-belt.
Okay. This phony, no service record MF’r has my BP up and running. I know you Marines have MOL accounts, he *should* be listed, since he claims he *retired* in 1992-93? So, one of you fine gents get on it, thanks! In the mean time, the only Alexandria I find where he has resided is, Alexandria, LA. (not VA) with addys in Morrison, CO & Lakewood, CO. His reported age is 62. His *home crew* consists of wife Wanda O. Partain and listed as relatives are: L Partain, Dee O. Partain and Danielle E. Partain. Now, unless any of you want to pop for a full tilt investigative report, that is all this highly pissed off Army MP brings to the table.
Sic Dan Gable on him. Old body and bad knees, Gable will tear into him. Gable was unbeaten in HS, lost one match in college and did not give up a point in freestyle at the 1972 Olympics. Won all kinds of NCAA championships at Iowa.
Unreal. Eight PH? MOH? I am not a vet but even I would know, eight PHs is probably way too many. What is the record, if there is such a thing. Three maybe?
Andy in Peoria
Andy Kravetz: as I recall, there are several individuals who have achieved the rather dubious honor of qualifying for 8 Purple Hearts. They are listed on another recent discussion here.
The eight purple hearts discussion was here.
Just dropped an email to Mr Tompkins of the Alex. Daily Town Talk. How is it that for so many years, newspapers were able to print correct movie showtimes, even in towns like Alexandria and Leesville, but now can’t get a freakin story about a POW claim back checked?
@38.
Dan Gable was the man. And still is.
He looks constipated in his picture
@38.
Dude has a purple/black two-hole from being pounded so much.
George–because nobody had a reason to lie about when “Expendables 2” was playing at the local Cineplex.
Then again, most NORMAL people wouldn’t have a reason to lie about their service, either.
It’s funny, I had been so focused on the POW claim, I completely overlooked the Olympic fable. This guy is a piece of work. I had traded e-mails and spoke on the phone with the reporter who wrote the orginal piece the week it came out. He was very apologetic and told me he was going to follow up on Partain’s claims. I know he was in contact with Mary when she filed the FOIA request. I’ve sent him another e-mail asking when his follow-up is coming out. We’ll see.
As another funny side note…….should we be shocked that he is now working as car salesman?
This assclown is a joke.
Trying hard to pull off that Richard Chamberlin “Shogun” look.
I wonder if he bats the same way?
Probably need to check with “Ranger” Burrell…
Breaking the monotony.
This dude is a clown. Think he could whip William Blake, “Ranger” Burrell, or “LTC” Backdoor H. Austin, though?
Any bets?
Curious?
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