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US self-defense expert banned from entering UK
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Controversial Las Vegas based self defense expert, Tim Larkin of target focus training has been declared as persona non grata by the British government for criticizing the country’s self defense laws.
On Tuesday when Larkin attempted to board a flight from his home in Vegas, he was given a United Kingdom Border agency letter stating “his presence in UK was not conducive to the public”
“We believe the UK home office decision to disallow Tim Larkin from entering the country is simply misunderstanding on their part as to what TFT teaches. Our hope is that they will reconsider their decision, and that everything can be cleared shortly”, in response to the ban, the TFT said on its website, the targetfocustraining
Larkin was scheduled to deliver a speech at the Martial Arts Show in Birmingham and followed by a seminar in Tottenham. According to media reports, the home secretary sought the exclusion as a sequel to his outbursts on the country’s self defense laws and to an incident in 2009.
In 2009 during a tour to slough, a city in Berkshire he provoked widespread condemnation for conducting classes titled as “how to maim or kill in self-defense”
The Mayor of the town was highly critical of his violent tactics and wanted the former US Navy Seal instructor kicked out from the city. According to the TFT website, the self-defense tactics are designed to inflict “crippling pain” to an attacker and claims violence is “your ultimate tool to survive”
Larkin in an interview with the BBC was quoted as saying “I am not advocating that the UK should be like the US. What I am advocating is that UK should go back to laws it had prior to 1920”.
“As everyone knows, TFT is extremely conscientious and responsible in all our instruction, making sure clients fully understand the importance of avoiding the avoidable type of situations at all cost”, the website further added.
Larkin has planned to appeal to the members of the British Parliament to seek their support to reverse the home office decision.
On Tuesday when Larkin attempted to board a flight from his home in Vegas, he was given a United Kingdom Border agency letter stating “his presence in UK was not conducive to the public”
“We believe the UK home office decision to disallow Tim Larkin from entering the country is simply misunderstanding on their part as to what TFT teaches. Our hope is that they will reconsider their decision, and that everything can be cleared shortly”, in response to the ban, the TFT said on its website, the targetfocustraining
Larkin was scheduled to deliver a speech at the Martial Arts Show in Birmingham and followed by a seminar in Tottenham. According to media reports, the home secretary sought the exclusion as a sequel to his outbursts on the country’s self defense laws and to an incident in 2009.
In 2009 during a tour to slough, a city in Berkshire he provoked widespread condemnation for conducting classes titled as “how to maim or kill in self-defense”
The Mayor of the town was highly critical of his violent tactics and wanted the former US Navy Seal instructor kicked out from the city. According to the TFT website, the self-defense tactics are designed to inflict “crippling pain” to an attacker and claims violence is “your ultimate tool to survive”
Larkin in an interview with the BBC was quoted as saying “I am not advocating that the UK should be like the US. What I am advocating is that UK should go back to laws it had prior to 1920”.
“As everyone knows, TFT is extremely conscientious and responsible in all our instruction, making sure clients fully understand the importance of avoiding the avoidable type of situations at all cost”, the website further added.
Larkin has planned to appeal to the members of the British Parliament to seek their support to reverse the home office decision.