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RAVINDRAN THANGAPPAN

Self proclaimed title" Rajaguru", Mr. Ravindran Thangappan, is the world's greatest con artist, in the name of being a Karate Master, Spiritual man, Social worker etc. has cheated and used lot of people with his charm and sweet talks to the fullest benefits and self interest. He is a sweet talker who can easily manipulate your thought and make you believe and he preys on young mind and make them believe he is the greatest Guru and one need to serve him for their rest of their life.

MY EARLY DAYS

Where to start my life with this man? I have wasted 28 years of my valuable life in believing this man and serving him as a student, only to realize that this man is the most venomous snake in the planet earth and for the reason in this entire universe.

My name is Sriram Rangan and this is my story. I first met this man in Chennai when I was nine years old and started to learn Karate from him, never did I know that I will dedicate my 28 years of life in this mission only to betrayed in the last. I was ten years old when he got married to this wonderful lady who always treated me like a younger brother, Jaya chechi as I used to call her was a beautiful soul, she loved me more then her own brother and made sure when I was at her house, I sure did eat well and made special treat for me. I can not say enough of her and I am scared I will say too little as well, just to say it she was a GREAT SOUL. None of us questioned him at all, I always believed that he knew what he was doing or when I did not understand some thing (many times I did not), I did not question him as I was told that there is a reason behind what he did and it was a for a good reason, many times he will not give the reason and say time will say it. Hence me and many other students never questioned what he said or what he did.

In 1987 I had the opportunity to go to Malaysia and get my Black Belt and when I came back to India I had to start and teach Karate In Mumbai under the banner of Karate Speed Power International whose Grand master was John Samson Das and Mr. Ravindran was the Chief Instructor of India for KSPI. I built the class from a mere three students to 5000 students with many centers in Mumbai. It was a life changing experience for me. In 1992 I had to go to Chennai for karate training and while I was there, I most of the time stayed in Mr. Ravindran's house in spite of my house being few miles away. On the July 22nd, I still remember, it was his son's first day at school and Mr. Ravindran had come from Kerala that morning. I had told him that I was in Chennai for too long and need to get back to Mumbai as I had to drop off Vaishali who was also in Chennai for the training and I was planning to leave that evening. He said he was also coming with us to Mumbai, his wife heard this and started an argument between him and his wife . I was18 years old then. And when this fight started to get big, I went and stood out side as I did not want to interfere in a husband and wife's fight. After some time the argument got even more heated and he shouted to me and asked me to START THE BIKE. For this his wife said to him, if he left she will committed suicide. I tried to pacify the situation but he insisted on the same. All of a sudden Vaishali ran and came out side and stopped us and told that his wife had taken rat poison. In shock we both ran inside to see her and in fact she had taken the rat poison.

We rushed her to the hospital and tried all kind of medical treatment but in vain that night around 8 p.m. she passed away. My life was shattered as I could not believe what had just happened. I know and I still remember I cried like some one had pulled my heart out of my chest.

After all this, one day when we were going to the city he told me that he lost his wife because of me as he loved me more then her and she could not accept that. I did not know what to say but I sure did feel the guilt and believed very strongly that I was the reason for her death and I promised myself that for the rest of my life I will dedicate my life to this man and that is what I did until December 2008 when I really started to understand this man and more over when he showed his true character. I will talk a bit more on this latter.

HIS MOTHERS DEATH

Mr. Ravindran now days speaks lot about his mother specially shows her photo to all and say his mother is his life etc, but the fact is he did not even speak to her for nearly 10 years not eat any food she cooked, he used to say that she is a bad lady and that when he was born some one told her that he will be the cause of her death and hence she did not feed him with her milk.

His mother as I knew her since age of 9. was a very spiritual person and said things as she saw and as usual Mr. Ravindran does not like to hear any one say any thing against his wish, if you did you are a bad person, he did not spare even his mother, for those of us who lived around hm know what the truth is.

In 2005 I was in India with my family, I just had Raj at that time. My father was very sick, Just a small back ground of my family. In Chennai, I have my father who is 85, my Mother who is 80, My sister who lives with them who's is mute by birth and also a widow, all live together. Like I said my father was very sick, and one evening it was pouring rain in Chennai and Mr. Ravindran called me and said to me to meet him in Central railway station. He was crying and I asked him what happened and he told me his mother had passed away in Kerala few hours ago and he is going to Kerela. I told him I will meet him and he told me, "Sriram I have no Money! Can you bring some money with you?" i said "no problem!" I called my wife and told her to give the cash she had in hand, close to Rs.30000, I took that as well as my credit card just in case. She stopped me and told me, "please go and give him the money but not to go to Kerala as my father it self was very sick and three woman and one 2 year old kid in the house, i was the only man in my house at the time."

I promised her I will not go and just give away the money and come and I understand it is important for me to be with my dad as he was very serious and any time I have to take him to the Hospital.

When I went to the central station, he had already booked my ticked and he was so emotional, i could not say any thing, some how I told him the situation in my house and gave him the money, for that he told me, "Sriram she is like your mother too how can you not come, you have to come and do not worry every thing will be fine!" and he insisted that I come.

Unable to say any thing I boarded the train, after traveling for one hour I called and told my wife I had to go, she was really mad at me, not because I went with him but because the situation in my own family was not good and I was the only man in the house, as my wife's is from Mumbai she is does not know much about Chennai. We reached Pallakkad at 5.30 am and started to head towards his house, at 6.30 am he was sitting with his mother's body and crying with other people there. At 7am i got a call from my wife saying that my father fell down and his head is bleeding very bad and the nebihours have called an ambulance and I need to return immediately. Shocked & not to know what to do, i got a grip of myself as there was no way to go and speak with Mr. Ravindran. I got hold of a local person, arranged for a cab to go from palgaht to Coimbatore and a flight ticket from Coimbatore to Chennai that afternoon. After making this arrangement, I went and sat beside him and told him in his ears that i had to leave as my father is serious and I have made arrangements, he was in shock and told me please go and thanked me for coming and said I fulfilled my responsibility towards his mother.

I came back to Chennai and took care of my father in the hospital for the next three weeks or so before I headed back to Toronto, Canada.

WHEN I MOVED TO CANADA

In 1993 I had the opportunity to move to Canada and I still remember when I landed and reached my sister's house, she asked me to convey my safe jounrney to my mother, I took the phone and called Mr. Ravindran first and told him I have reached safely and our first conversation was, he said to me Sriram, "Do not forget! Go tomorrow and register our Karate school.!" Which I did, registered Karate Speed Power International on the 23rd of July 1993 in the city of Guelph, the next day I landed in Canada. It was partnership between me and him.

Working full time in a factory, my first job, in the evening I used to go and teach karate for few students and worked very hard to develop the Karate class.

In 1995 I invited him to Canada and he asked me to pay for his ticket. I still remember walking in to TD bank and getting a loan for $ 2000 and paying for his flight ticket only to know latter that in India he had made all his students go and collect donations for the Chief Instructors trip to Canada. His entire stay was taken care by me, also took him on a Europe trip twice after then during his visits in 1998 and 2000.

In 1998 my student from Guelph went to India to attend the training camp there and get his black belt a promise he had made to himself 7 years ago.

THE TIMELINE THERE AFTER...

* In 2000 moved to Toronto and changed KSPI to Rajaguru Martial Arts academy.
* Eventually opened 7 centers in Canada, working and teaching 7 days a week in all of the centers.
* I marketed and promoted RMAA in Ontario through numerous demo and ads.
* In 2000 December I was in India and I got married to Vaishali (that itself is a Big story). He took 1 .5 lakh from Vaishali to organize the marriage and also took 1 lakh from me for our wedding where there was no priest and our parents were spectators.
* In 2004 incorporated RMAA with Mr. Ravindran and myself as the director of the company.
* In 2004 Mr. Ravindran comes again to canada the day my son was born on July 8th and I named my first son Raj after Rajaguru.
* In 2004, I also moved from a basement to a 2000 sq foot dojo well renovated and did a grand opening.
* In 2003 I started another company called Rajaguru granite and Tiles, again this company, I gave Mr. Ravindran 50 % share and directorship with zero investment from his side. The company was closed after I merged with gem granites.
* In 2005 I APPLIED FOR HIS WORK PERMIT TO CANADA AND GOT A 3 YEARS WORK PERMIT FOR HIM WHICH HE HAD UNTIL APRIL 2008 TO COME TO CANADA BEFORE HIS VISA EXPIRED.
* In 2006 I started to look at the opportunity to buy the property we were teaching Karate class, as my credit was not that good, the bank wanted my wife to be on the board and use her credit. hence I removed myself and appointed my wife as the director. So, Now Mr. Ravindran and my wife Vaishali are the directors of the company.
* In 2006 we ended up buying another unit 2500 sq foot in the same plaza, using all our line of credit and savings and also putting our house on lien to secure the property.
* This property was bought under a Ontario number limited company, again, I gave Mr. Ravindran 50% share in the company as well with Zero investment.
* IMPORTANT POINT TO NOTE; since 2006 all my students paid their fees through pre-authorized payment and no cash was accepted in the dojo to maintain proper account. (I will talk a bit more about this latter)
* I have all of the receipts from Bala Selvam Money Transfer, of the money I have sent him from Canada over the years, this does not take in to account the money I gave him India.

I did all this with out any expectation and purely to dedicate what every I did to the person who I respected more then my own life. My student Jeff will attest to this as I had this conversation with him when he moved to New Brunswick that to start the organization there also as Rajaguru Martial Arts Academy, the reason being we appreciate and dedicate the teacher who has been a part of our lives and he agreed to that.

In 2007 Mr. Ravindran called me and said that his student is in the US and starting Karate class there and told me to change the name from RMAA to International Shotakan Karate federation, I refused and said I started this class in honor of my Guru and I will not change it, he tried to convince me a lot but I refused to listen and said any one any where else can keep what ever name they want and this is my karate class and dedicated to him and I will allow any one to change it. I am saying all this to say my dedication and commitment to him and his organization.

HE FINALLY MOVES TO CANADA ON FEB 2008 ON WORK PERMIT

After applying for his visa three years ago, Mr. Ravindran finally came to Canada in Feb 2008. Myself and all the students were very happy that he is finally coming to Canada and we made all arrangement to have a grand welcome party at the head quarters dojo, Parents were invited, food arranged and close to 30 students took the day off from school to come to the Airport to receive him. The flight Jet Airways landed at 11.30 am Toronto Time and we all eagerly waited for his arrival. 3 hours latter all passengers had left and Mr. Ravindran had not come out, concerned and not knowing how to contact him we waited and waited and finally i get a call from him from inside. He said that the immigration people will not let him as one of his document had expired and that they have booked his flight back to Chennai the same night in Jet Airways at 8pm and they will not let him out and asked me please do some thing. I tried to call an MP and when they checked too, the MP called back and said that he need that document updated before immigration will let him out. at this time, I told all students who came to the Airport to go back to the Dojo and that I will figure out how to bring him out, I told them to go and wait at the Dojo and make arrangement there.

It was 5 p.m. now and time was running out, he called me one more time and BEGGED FOR HELP. I went to the immigration office in the airport and told them that I was Mr. Ravindran Thangappans's employer (as he was on a work permit) and I wanted to see the immigration officer and they let me in, after speaking to the office he told me that they can not let him out as one document had expired and that he need to go back to India update it and come back and then they will let him in. I told the office, it is an expensive proposition he was suggesting and that if he allowed Mr. Ravindran 48 hours in to Canada, I will have those documents produced to them with in 48 hours if not I will bring him myself personally and they can deport him back. I gave them my personal identification, my address etc. The officer after speaking to his superior came back and agreed to my suggestion and kept back his passport and gave him 48 hours to produce the document or I was supposed to bring him back and they will send him back to India.

With in 24 hours, I got the required document, and also updated that information on the immigrations systems and that evening went personally and also handed over the documents to them and got 3 years work permit for Mr. Ravindran.

HE STARTS TO SHOW HIS TRUE CHARACTER

Many people tell me and ask me how come I did not see his real character all this years, I only have one explanation for that, BLIND FAITH. what else can i say?

I am the only bread winner in my house, trying to be entrepreneure with out any previous experience. I have tried my hand on lot of business & I will be the first to admit that i have failed in most of the time, but tell me which successful business man has not failed, so how am I different?

When I bought the unit for the karate school, I took on lot of debt on my shoulder, running the family with two kids, taking care of my old aged parents, running the karate school and paying for the over head expenses, on top of that doing a full time Job, simultaneously trying other business opportunity. I realized that I had taken too much on my plate. When Mr. Ravindran came, he landed with no money his hand, for 6 months he stayed in my house, all his basic needs completely taken care by me and my wife.

The day he landed the next day he wanted a cell phone, a laptop computer, and camera and my sons room for his own privacy. The fist few days alone his telephone bills reached $ 300 calling India and telling he was n Canada and having a chit chat and trying to solve Human rights problems from here using my telephone for which I had to pay. We live in a gated community in two bed room condo, a family of 4 and a guest who we had given a room for himself so that he will be comfortable. My wife with two kids and doing all the house hold works from morning to evening and feeding this man three times a day, he could not appreciate that. When I come home he will tell me indirectly that my wife did this and said this, he will not come out of the room to come and eat his food, his food was always served in his room.

I have been a guest to many peoples' house also & I have never expected any one to treat me like that, any way eventually me and my wife started to have problems and as a guru instead of trying to solve our problem, he will speak more bad about my wife and make me angry with her. Finally things got out of control; here I am working full time, running the Karate school, taking care of his needs and my family needs and I was losing it and had no peace in me.

Finally he said that he would like to go and live separately and I agreed to that because, now I can manage both relationship with out losing the other.

The rest I will put in Points.

• He is more interested in his name rather then working for it. He will never come to karate class. I will finish my job at five and when I call him to tell him I am coming to pick him up, he will make excuses to avoid Karate sessions. Some of this reasons were "I am washing my clothes." How lethargic he could be.
• His cunning attitude showed vividly when he thought that I was making lot of money in Karate, the big building, 100 students, but he never calculated the expenses to run a place like that, I wish the balance sheet only had income, but it does in his books of accounts.
• His main aim was only immigration, and second to bring his second wife to Canada (please read below) & after having some heated discussion of the finance, I told him to manage the finance of the company which he agreed.
• In two months after his visit, I gave his complete access to all of the bank accounts, he was authorized to sign cheques.
• After few months, he told me that I was right and that what ever income was coming was just enough to pay the expenses and nothing was left for any thing else.
• After one month he told me that, one of the student who is studying in University of Ottawa has agreed to give him her OSAP Money ( Govt loan for students to study). This money cannot be used for any thing else. I told him that he can not take a students education money for his personal, this is unethical, In spite of that he took the money from this girl. Also he took other money from this girl such as to pay his telephone bills etc. he also took money from the landlord where he was staying close to $5000.
• Now it is not my problem from who he takes money, the problem is that RMAA has to pay all this loan. I have already invested close to $80,000 in to this through loans and my line of credit savings etc. Now I am paying interest on this loans and on top of that Mr. Ravindran and 50% partner with Zero investment is increasing the liability of the company and most of all our name and reputation.
• We started to have disagreement on the finance of the company. Mr. Ravindran, with out any investment was make his needs the number one priority then the companies growth and to pay of the companies Outstanding liabilities.
• In the month of August, I told him it was not possible for me to come and teach there, and the company does not pay my loans back and hence, I told him, I will focus on my job and other business and pay off my loans, while he stays there and teach and build the karate school. After all it was because of me for the last 15 years in Canada single handedly Karate school with out any support financially and so as a partner let him handle it while I pay of my bills through other sources. He agreed to this and said to me not to worry and asked me to go and focus on my Job and the Business and he will take care of the Karate school.
• Again after one month he borrowed $2000 from this university student, this is where I had a big argument with him, at this time, I spoke with my wife and we agreed that this man will bring this organization to ruins and hence I called him and told him that I do not want to be part of this organization and that i was going to resign from RMAA and he can have it all. I also sent him an email saying that I am resigning for that he responded not to send the resignation through email but send it signed on a white paper.
• I was shocked that after 28 years when some who you always consider as a soul, you had no feeling to say such a thing, what kind of person he can be. I was just going to get the greatest realization of my life.

HIS LAWYERS NOTICE A MUST READ & BIGGEST SHOCK

On December 10th while going to work, I got one email on my cell phone, from one Mr. Kannan Ramanatha, apparently his lawyer, after reading the first few line, I felt like some one had opened my heart and put an atom bomb inside. I was shaken to my knees just after reading the first few line.

Here is what is the brief content of the legal notice.

• " The most important point of his legal notice says that, I Mr. Sriram Rangan is not even a Karate Instructor and only the Director of Rajaguru Martial Arts Academy.
  
  Wow, I do not know even what to say for this, after teaching Karate for 28 years, this man says I am not even a Karate master. Please see below the certificate issued by him.

• The Karate class in Canada is flourished because of Mr. Ravindran and his international fame and gold medalist only and nothing else.
• None of my hard work, investment, and dedication matters, I think in today's world if you just win a Gold medal you can have successful business, I guess I missed some thing that I put all this money and efforts in building this business for 15 years....
• It seems that we misused his non residence status and mismanaged the finance of the corporation to the fullest of our benefits. I also included my wife as a director of the company even thought the articles of incorporation allow it. It also seems that I mislead the gullible public and innocent children.
• Well if I misused his non residence status as he claims, then I should not have done the following.

1. Not applied for his work permit in 2005 through and got a 3 years visa for him to come to Canada. Please see the attached, and pay attention to who the letter is addressed too and the employer section of the second document. This is an extention LMo taken after he landed here in Toronto.

1. After he landed in Toronto airport and when Immigration did not allow him went personally and spoke to the immigration officer and got 48 hours, Mr. Senthil from Tamilar valikathi is the proof as he stood with me until Mr. Ravindran came out side. He witnessed what I did all that time.
2. If I wanted to mismanaged the the schools finance, I would not have an account with champions way and all the parent will attest and the bank proof that every parents paid their students fees through pre-authorized payment and no cash was collected. While most of the other Asian school conduct classes in the basement and collect cash and account it, I have paid my GST and filed my taxes until 2006 and accounted for every thing. The proof is the parents if you go and ask them how they paid their fees to me while I was there.
3. I would like the public to come out with solid proof how i mislead them, in what way, I do not want people to just come out and make stupid accusation that baseless with out any proof. i also want students to come forward with solid proof how I mislead them? I am interested to know this.

• Mr. Ravindran claims that I have depleted the income of RMAA to zero and stole all the money and bought properties in Ontario and that we both, me and wife have been committing criminal activities all this years and he is aware of them for the last 12 years. ( please note that this legal notice was sent December 2008 so 12 years goes back to 1998). He also goes to say we have made millions of dollars through Karate and stole it all.
• First I would like ask that Mr. Ravindran who has 50% share in RMAA show me a proof of 10 cents investment. I am not talking about a dollar. Ok now he will come back and say that he gave his name, fine, now no one knows Mr. Ravindran in Canada, in order to create a name brand, his name has been promoted by me, money invested in the school by me, property bought and investment and my personal house was kept on lien by me and my wife.What kind of criminal activities have i committed? I please request that Mr. Ravindran contact RCMP immediately and start an investigation on me ASAP.
• I was responsible to build his class in Mumbai. In Canada for the last 15 years, remember what he always said, i am his soul, he has also said to many people that he wants to die in my lap and that to get a student like Sriram is a blessing. He has also said he is the one raised me, Now, let us be real, he know that I am thief for the last 12 years, HE RAISED ME UP? Can any one else see the double standards statement here or is it just me?
• I named my son Raj after him; I paid for his mother 's funeral; I sponsored him to Canada; & in spite of knowing me and my wife are criminal, he did not say any thing all this time? Why? One of my student asked and his response, if he had said any thing at that time, he would have not been in Canada now.
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So what does that say about this man? Now please any one tell me, how many karate masters do you know personally who have made millions of dollars teaching Karate? Please tell me I really want to go and see them and learn few things of how they do that?

• Karate is an Art where you share your true knowledge to students and help them grow as a person, karate is a way of life in perfecting oneself.

Mr. Ravindran goes on to say that if with in seven days if I do not hand over all of the financial details to him ( which he already has after two months of his coming here, bank access card ( again I gave him access to them as well as a partner 2 months after his arrival and other things, and goes on to say that if I did not give them all with in seven days he will not hesitate to file CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST ME.
What a strong word to use on the person who has dedicated 28 years of his life, Criminal charges, this is the person on whose lap he wanted to die, this is the person who has been responsible for you to come to Canada?

My lawyers did respond, as follows,

"We have received your notice and there is nothing comment. Please proceed to court and file charges and we will defend ourselves in the court of law."

Since December 2nd that the notice was prepared, I am writing this blog on April 19th, more then 4 months, I ask why Mr. Ravindran has not gone to court ? And I want him to go to court, so that the truth comes out.
What is even more hurtful is that Guru sends a legal notice to his student that too a person who has lived and served him for 28 years! What kind of person will do this? He completely forgot our relationship of what we have gone through? Only a person who has no remorse feelings what so ever can do this and say all of the below. Since this, he has called me a lair, a Thief, a fraud a womanizer to parents and young students.

A guru, a spiritual man who claims to touch people's lives, teaches people to attain self perfection and a man who calls himself a master of this art has been a disgrace to the martial arts community.

He lives a double standard life. Since I have stared to speak to many other students from India have come up openly and spoken about the way he has behaved and treated them in India. seems that as long as you say yes to him you are his soul and wonderful student, bu the movement you question him you are thief, fraud and all the other name you will find in the books and the ones you can not find.

What took me 15 years to build has been destroyed in 6 months after his visit, an unit that was envying by all had been divided for one man's selfish reasons.

HIS SECOND WIFE AND POLICE FIR.

Mr. Ravindran always interfered in other's life & he would like to make decisions for them including who will marry whom. Many students in Mumbai got fed up with him constantly telling and preaching that their parents are all selfish and only he is true Guru. Many of them left him & many good instructors even gave up Karate for life because of this man.

I have learned to day that the ULTIMATE LIBATION IS FROM A GURU! A guru is one who shows you the path and you need to walk on the path and he must let you walk on the path.

Mr. Ravindran's always marriage is not good and it is a hell and there is not truth in marriage. While he said all this he in name of taking care of this lady for the last ten years claiming that she was his good friend had a secret affair with her.

A bit about this lady: She was a divorcee with one daughter. It has come to light her divorce was because of this man. He took complete care of this lady for 10 years in the name of friendship, educated her daughter but did not care about his own kids. I personal always kept my distance with this lady and this matter as it is his personal matter and I had no right to inter fear.

In 2006 (if I am right), he called me and told me that, this lady and her father came to his house and told him that he has been taking care of her for such a long time and that he should marry her. He actually called me to inform me that he was going to marry her before he comes to Canada and wanted to know my thoughts.

I said I disagree with this marriage as he has a daughter age 23-24 and he must be thinking about her rather than his second marriage, however, i told him, it was not my business to tell him & he was 50 years old and he can do what he wants, if he asked me what i thought, i said , "I strongly disagree!" and what he does after that was his wish.

He later took his son and few of his friends and her friend and went to Assam and did a registered marriage with this lady. In the same time he had started the All India Human right association in Chennai, which is no way affiliated to the National Human rights commission. (There is an Investigation going on as we speak on this Human Rights that he has started as there has been numerous complaints)! He does not want any one in Chennai to know that he is married and hence he has kept this lady in Thirchi or Thiruvanamalai and he goes very often and sees her. This is the man who claims that marriage is bad and but has double slandards for himself. What is even more ironic is that, after he came to Canada he claims to every one that his mother took his hand and her hand and said that he should marry this lady when his mother from day one hated this lady and opposed him even talking to her from day one.

He has hidden the fact he is married in Tamil Nadu especially Chennai, so that all the people in the Human rights think that he is a very saintly person and spiritual person.


In 2006 when I visited India for few weeks on Business he wanted me to come and see this lady, iI refused upfront see her and said I had nothing to do with her. His daughter and Son were and are completely against this lady!

FIR AGAINST MR. RAVINDRAN IN CHENNAI

Just like me another student spent all his money on this man! This student was responsible for three of this international trips. The house he owns in Chennai, in Saligramam, this student paid for the complete renovation of his house and sisters house in Kerala, helped him buy a property in Mumbai in the Rajaguru Charitable trust he started and did nothing. This student also helped another student buy a property because this man said so. This student bought 2 properties in Chennai one on the ground floor and the second on the Third floor. The ground floor was registered to this man or his father and the the one on the 3rd floor was registered in the name of the student. The student came to know his TRUE CHARACTER and started distancing himself.

I however asked Mr. Ravindran this and he said that this student cheated him and he was a thief and he listened to his wife and left him and all this...

Today this student has file FIR (First Information Report) to the police department in Chennai, but this man has used his influence and stopped the police from taking any action. Here is the attachment:

He has also threatened me that the moment I land in Chennai his people will kill me. I know that is what is my fate that may be that is how I will die. Like they say death and taxes, no one can avoid them, neither can I, if that is what is my faith so be it, but I refuse to live my life in fear. In reality death is very peaceful, you are shot you die, life is the toughest, you live and struggle every day.

I will go to Chennai, I will take all precaution like informing the police department here, the Canadian embassy there, the local police there, In spite of all this precaution, I know they can still harm me and my family, so be it, I am liberated and I refuse to live my life with fear.

HIS CHILDRENS

He has two wonderful a son and a daughter. His daughter has always been very close to me and even more after my last trip to India. We have shared and talked about every thing very openly and frankly and in her heart she knows who I am and who her dad is.

One of my student in Canada said it very correctly and this will make more sense to people who have only heard his side of the story.

• First, he will first isolate people, by this I mean he will tell the students or people and make sure that they do not hear the other side of the story. This way they only know one side of the story and they will develop an hatred automatically. Every coin has two sides. So I question why has Ramya not spoken to me since this problem begin in spite of me trying to speak to her? A girl who spoke to every day on yahoo chat and we both know each other and respect each other so well chose not to listen to my side? It makes you think why? But let me tell you one thing, Ramya is the most beautifull and talented girl I have know, a girl who is very daring not afraid to stand up to him. But it hurts me that this time she failed as she chose not to listen to me. While I was in India, Ramya told me after a very long conversation, "Anna thanks for listening to me." I wish I could have said to her thanks for listening, she did not give me that opportunity, but any way I will not blame her as I know her and in her heart and in her heart only she knows the truth and what I was to the family and what I have done for the family.
• Secondly, he will get the peoples sympathy, he will tell you how the other person insulted him and treated him bad, this will make people hate you for doing this to a man like him. This man stayed in my house for 6 months this time alone, my wife with two kids did the best she can to feed him, food is food, but he goes on openly says that he ate shit in my house! You wonder if this man is a spiritual man who claims that he can live just with rise and water?
• Thirdly, once he has got your sympathy, you will do whatever he says like a puppet.

Again this part only people who have not heard my story will realize, but will they accept that is up to them.

His son Rahul, is a very smart boy too, hardworking and wants to succeed in life, but always feels that his father does not focus on him. He even said to me once that, he asked his cousin to teach him about stock market and this man Mr. Ravindran told his cousin that his son is good for nothing and he will be wasting his time teaching him.

His son also told me how his second wife tires to manipulate and in many occasions got him in to trouble for silly things with his dad and he hates her, neither of kids talk to this lady and stay far away from her.

Mr. Ravindran has repeatedly said very proudly that his son Rahul has told that he will kill me when I come to India, now I wonder what kind of father will encourage his son to go and kill people? & this person happens to be a Guru too, teaching young kids?

I have tried to speak to them but they refuse to listen to me, but it is too late now as if there is a problem between two people, it can be solved through communication, but when a person cuts all channels of communication, it means he has declared a war, so be it, this war is about Truth, this war is about the life of innocent kids who have dedicated their lives for this man, this war is about standing up for the right.

I only wish Ramya had spoken to me in the begining, may be things could not have got so bad, but you know what, that is destiny and this is the way god plays his game.

CLOSING OF RAJAGURU MARTIAL ARTS

Mr. Ravindran does not know the word called diplomacy, it is his way or highway, I guess no one gave him a copy of the book how to win and influence people. In one of the blogs I had mentioned about his five figure principal, I will explain a bit more about it here and also show to you clearly how he does not follow his own principals.

FIRST PRINCIPAL: LOVE - LITTLE FINGER

He says love your friends and neighbors at least little, at least the size of your little finger, not too much, if you love them at least little why would they hate you. Love is the most important thing in life and lack of love is the cause of hatred and enimity etc.

After 28 years and living my life with this man, when he sent his legal notice to me accusing me of theft, fraud, and spoiling innocent childrens life, he forgot all the love and service that I had done for this man and his organization. I ask how come he could not love me even a little, the size of his little finger?

If before sending that 9 page legal notice to me, he should have gone and thought about all the things that I have shared with him, past life that I have lived with him, the things I have done for him, the relationships that I sacrifised for him, he would not have sent that legal notice.

This clearly shows that he only preaches and does not follow.

SECOND PRINCIPAL: CALMNES, - YOUR RING FINGER

According to him this is the greates charater one can posses, ability to be calm in times of toughness and hard times.

if our relationship is going through tough times, how come Mr. Ravindran did not follow his own principal of being calm and trying to solve this in a proper way. he calls himself an spiritual man, who is ditached from all worldly things, but if you had see how hard he fought for the building, you will see that his focuse was on the material things rather then relationships such as mine for 28 years.

THIRD PRINCIPAL- PATIENCE - YOUR MIDDLE FINGER.

Always have lot of patience he says, but he was the first to send an legal notice when we had an disagreement. do I need to explain more, he claims that I thrented to send him an legal notice and hence he acted first.

Now you tell me is this the character of a person who preaches patience? or some one who has acted in haste?

FOURTH PRINCIPAL; DISCIPLINE: THE INDEX FINGER

This is the finger people will point at you when you are not discipline, when you do wrong.

Look at all the things that people are pointing at this man. just to name a few.

• His wifes death
• His second marriage.
• taking money from students.
• taking students property.
• preaching one thing and doing some thing else and the list goes on.

FITH AND FINAL PRINCIPAL - BRAVENESS - YOU THUM.

He says never never use this as this is the last thing you need to use, if you follow all of the above principal, you will have no eney at all and every one will love you, so you never have to use this and this braveness should only be a last resort to use.

You show the the thum when you challenge some one.

Look what he has done when he sent his legal notice, he has challenged me, an student of 28 years, who lived hife for this man and served him for 28 years. An student much younger then him. I would like comments on how many of you know that a Guru who has challenges a student in this history. i have not read any, if any one know please let me know.

Now he not only sent me an legal notice, but also to the new landlord accusing him of fraud etc.

On the 21st of April 2009, at around 11.30 am the new owner of the building called the bailiff to close down the karate school for non payment of previous taxes and rent.

When the bailiff came and opened the door, the alrm went of and Mr. ravindran showed up at the karate school. when he the bailiff told they were there to close the school, this man called 911 and told the police that there were 6 people with knifes and gun trying to kill him.

This is Canada, with in 5 minutes, there were six cops who came and surrounded the building with their gun out ready to shoot the person inside the building. After identifying, he was the bailiff and showing all the documents, the police was very upset with Mr. ravindran for making sucha false claim and wasting such a valuable resource and time of the police department and asked him to leave immediately and only come to collect all his personal stuff as the building is offcially closed.

In spite of the police waring this man has so much guts that on thursday he came and broke the lock and went inside and conducted karate class, that evening, Mr. Ravindran and 6 other parents along with that girl student were inside the karate class, when the police and bailiff asked them to open the dorr they refused to do so, eventually, the bailiff broke the lock and the police almost charged Mr. Ravindran, but they sure did make a note of his manupulation and warned him that if they ever see him again in that building they will have no option to arrest his as he has lied to the police too many times.

They gave him and the other people 5 minutes to pack their stuff and leave and they wer forced to leave.

What took me 15 years to establish has be ruined by one man single handedly in one year. he keeps saying to people around him that gid is watching and he will punish me, but what he is failing to realize is that his name, his school and his stauts in the community has be trashed by hiself and in fact god is opunishin him but it is too sad that he can not see that.

This man is an danger to any society and I will only tell one this, Mr. Ravindran is full of himself.

Self humilation, and still he thingks he is doing the right thing. I am waiting for that final judgement of God on how he punishes this man for all his wrong doing. but in the mean time, it will be intersting to watch more of this mans action.

Keep reading and leaving your comments and I shall keep posting more as it comes.

In Budo

Sriram Rangan

RESIGINATION OF ALL SENIOR INSTRUCTORS

Think about this for a minute, in your entire life how many bad people you would have come across? If you were like me may be 2-3 max a hand full. Will you agree with me on this?

If you look at any Govt, or for that matter any major company the failure of the Govt or company always becomes the responsibility of the head of state or the head of that organization. let us look at the life of Mr. Ravindran Thangappan?

The above letter is the resignation of instructors in 2004 from Mumbai, all of a sudden so many instructors quit, when I asked him he said to me all of them cheated him, when I told him that I will speak to them, he told me no and that all this people were the biggest guru cheaters.

After this batch left, his main student and financier who I have mentioned above left him as he misbehave with his family, other then this there are another 25 instructors who have left him and as I do not have permission from these people, I am unable to mention their names here, all of this instructors have been with his organization for minimum 8 to 15 years or so. many students have moved on with their lives and do not want to even take his name and dig the dirty memory again in their lives. This does not include all of the senior instructors here in Canada who have left his organization after I resigned.

Some left because, he used them like slaves for his and his second wife's personal work, some left him because he took all their hard earned money, mad them teach and did not give them a single Penney for their efforts, many left him because they came to know and realize his true character and double slandered. but you see Mr. Ravindran will not take any responsibility in his life, he will accuse people who go against them call them thief, fraud etc, but he will never take responsibility for his actions, every one is a cheat except Mr. Ravindran.

After 28 years he has accused me of being a Thief, fraud and spoiling innocent children life, my question to you all those who are reading this blog is, when you meet a person once, twice three time and when you spend some time and get to know the person for a while, you and I will know if this person is good or not. Am I correct, this we can call our judgment about a person. This is my letter I sent to all my senior students.

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RESIGINATION AS INTERNATIONAL CHIEF INSTRUCTOR - RAJAGURU MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY‏

From:	S Rangan (rsriram@sympatico.ca)
Sent:	December 12, 2008 12:32:46 AM
To:	rsriram@sympatico.ca

Dear Senior Instructors/Students,

 

As you all would have noticed that I have not been attending or teaching

Karate classes for the last three months, I would like to bring to your

attention that I have resigned from the post of International Chief

Instructor of Rajaguru Martial Arts Academy.

 

Due to personal differences between me and Rajaguru T. Ravindran, I am not

in a position to continue to teach in this organization any further. Please

also note that any decision made during the last three month in my absence

and any further decisions made are made by Rajaguru T. Ravindran and I am in

no way responsible.

 

My wife Vaishali and I have been accused and been sent an legal notice by

Rajaguru T.Ravindran's lawyer of committing fraud and robbing money from the

karate school and also spoiling innocent childrens life, an accusiation from

a person who I have respected close to god and whose name I have been

promoting all this year with out caring for my own or my families needs all

this 28 years.

 

This notice has been a shock to me an my family and I have been personally

shaken by this surprise legal notice. His lawyer also futher goes on to say

me to hand over the keys, bank card etc if not they will take civil and

crimnal action against us. This is the person who I sponsered on work

permit, who stayed in my house and said I was his soul and also named my

first son after him.

 

My wife and I are speechless to even respond to this aligations and still

have not come out of this shock. All my life I have put him, Karate and my

students first over my family and today I get this because I disagree with

him on certain things of running the organization.

 

We are in the process of getting legal advice at this time as we have got

legal notice. My honesty, hardwork, dedication, intergirity and committment

to Karate Do Has been challenges.

 

In brief, this email is to inform you that I am no longer with Rajaguru

Martial Arts Academy hereafter and any matter pertending to Rajaguru Martial

Arts Acdemy, please contact Rajaguru T. Ravindran.

 

As you all have been part of my family it becomes my responsibility to

inform you of what is happening. You all have touched my life in many ways

in the past 28 years, shared good times, cried with me and celebrated with

me and my family and I take that treasure with me for life.

 

Wishing you all the best

 

Sriram Rangan

 

 What will you say some could not judge my character for 28 years, did not know that I am thief, fraud, a person who spoils innocent children life and make me the head of his organization and put all this innocent children s life in danger? I will call it very very poor judgment this person has. he calls him and spiritual man, but lacks basic judgment. My 5 year old son did not like a boy who was bulling him and wanted to stay away from him and this man who claims to be  Grand Master, Founder, spiritual man does not even have this much basic judgment about a person.

Please question for yourself, if one person leaves him he is a bad person, OK, may be two, or even three, but more then 50 people all his senior instructor have left him, Now ask yourself the question where is the problem? it is not only the students, key media people, friends here and in India have left him because of his double slandered. There is a saying in Tamil, "A life long thief will get caught one day" The truth about Mr. Ravindran has finally come out.

Ho you will all be interested to know that Mr. Ravindran says that the reason for the police to kick him out of that building few weeks ago was that Myself and Mr. Leo ( the new owner) paid the police(OPP) money and the most interesting part of all this is he saw us paying them and he saw the lady officer take money from us. I wish he made this accusation public front of the police. he thinks that this is India that police takes money to kick people out.

I ask people who have listen to his side of the story to think after reading this blog and make sense for yourself. Your kids are your greatest assets, you are putting them to a man who is so self centered and uses people for his own needs. You will be surprised to hear this he has used his own lawyer who worked so hard for him with out taking a single Penney and this man after using him for 5 months and not paying him any thing had the guts to go and tell him he was not good and he is changing lawyers. he owe his previous lawyer more then $ 10,000 and his lawyer is taking legal action against him. Please see attached letters below.

He uses people just like passing the baton in 400 meter relay, I have used you and there is not need of you any more that is all. Stop this man, stop sending your kids to this man who is an fake, con artist and he will ruin your kids life just like he did to me and my family and 100 of other students. If you have an experience of this mans bad doing, you can leave a comment on the blog so that other will be aware of him.

Mr. Ravindran You can Run, But can not Hide" The truth will always win.

STARTING OF BUDO MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY

The reason I created Budo Martial Arts Academy was for attaining self perfection and here in this blog I have vented out my anger and my feeling of betrayal this person had done to me after 28 years of dedication. Who am I to punish some one? God is there to take note of ones actions and he keeps the account.

My intention to write this blog is to speak the truth of my life, 28 years is not a small time, it is a life time.

"Budo" means attaining self perfection through Karate!
"Do" means throw away anger, selfishness, desires and learning to be content with what ones has and also accept the fact that what ever happens in life is for a reason.

Instead of looking at the good side of things, I started to look at the bad side of things which was taking away the good side of me and making my negativity stronger. How can I be in Budo when I have anger, negativity and hatred towards some one? The answer is I can't. This person knowingly or unknowingly taught me good things/values even though he did not follow them in his own life, but my parents also gave me good values and principles. Like I always said there are no mistakes in life only lessons.

God has opened my eyes, and made me stand up for the right and best of all opened a world of opportunity to explore. I have started to spend lot of my time in self exploration, in my relationship with my wife, two wonderful boys, my well wishers, my students, old and new who have stood beside me and said knowingly or unknowingly I have made a difference in their lives. I have chosen to live my life in Budo every movement, for a short time, I became a different person, became very angry that some one I trusted all my life could call me a thief and fraud and spoiling innocent children's lives, but you know what? It does not matter, like they say "OPINIONS ARE LIKE NOSES" every one has one. I know who I am and what I have done. Just because some one is mean to you it does not mean you have to mean to them!
Budo is not an eye for an eye!

THIS BLOG IS ONLY TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE SO THAT THEY DO NOT GET ENTRAPPED AND SPOIL THEIR LIVES DUE TO SUCH PEOPLE LIKE MR. T. RAVINDRAN!

In Budo
Sriram Rangan

RAVINDRANS EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Mr. Ravindran is claiming in all of his emails, business cards, and also telling people that he holds the following degrees, MA, MS, MPHIL and LLB. I am challenging this claim and ask this man to show all of his certificates and from which universities he has attained.

This man does not have a little bit of consious that he will lie so boldly and darringly and try to fool eveyr one with his sweet talks.

Mr. Ravindran show your certificates and we would like to verify your claims, As far as I know you spend most of your time in entertaining your second wife and fooling people and my understanding is that you have failed your 12th standered and now you are claiming to be an LLB, looks like you are trying to fool lot of educated people. Put on your certificates on the internet for us to verify. I dare you to do this, or will you like always run away like a coward?????????????????????????????????????????????? which you are expert at?

TERMINATION OF 7TH DEGREE BLACK BELT AN AFFILIATIONS

First time in my 28 years I have heard that and 7th degree Black belt being revoked and that is off Mr. Ravindran Thangappan. All his life Mr. Ravindran has been using people with his sweet talks, telling them that he lives by serving people and in return he made people serve him and his needs. All the time when his time came to give back, he would either run away or will accuse the person who is asking him to give back or refuses to serve him after understanding his true Karate.

Karate do is about giving, but how would Mr. Ravindran know any thing about giving, when all his life he has mastered the art of sucking the blood of people like a leach? Mr. Ravindran can think and make of few people fool but not all. This mans mind is the most corrupted and manipulative that at the end he has shot his own legs.

In Karate one is taught to control ones emotion and special once ego, this man has too much of Ego that it is working against him. He thinks he is smart but I have not seen a greater fool then him. The only thing that can be said about this man is!!!!!

VINASHA KALE VIBRITHA BUDHI!

COMMUNITY LEADERS AND RCMP VISIT RAVINDRAN THANGAPPAN

On the 16th of September around 7 pm Canadian time, top Srilankan community leader and VIPs along with the parents of the girl who sponsered him visited Mr. Ravindran Thangappan at his new Karate school location. Mr. Ravindran was taken back by the surprised visit of 15 top VIPs such as MP' Business leaders, Comunity leaders, Top News paper editor and reporter pay him a visit along with the girls parents.

Before I go in to more details of this recent episod, I need to update you all on lot of things as I have not updated my blog for a while.

You see, in the month of January/Feb after this girl came back from India, she would leave her house at 10 am and come back home 10 in the night, she would spend all day with Mr. Ravindran, Few months latter she started to leave the house 6.30 in the morning and then came home around 2 in the morning or should we late night. For the last 4 weeks she has not come home at all and is currently living with Mr. Ravindran.

After the first day after their daughter was missing, and when she did not pick up her phone and answer or return her parents numorous phone calls, the parents did not have any other option but to go and report to the police department that their daughter was missing. The police stoped by the karate school and questioned her for 3 hours and she point blank said she is 24 a major and she wants to live with this man and will not come back and she told the polcie officers to tell her parents not to call her or she will file harrasment charges agains them.

A mother is a mother no matter how old the child is, and she tried to call her and this girl called the police and filed an harasment charges against her mom, the police did not charge her mom but warned her not to call her daughter again.

After this incedence, one week latter, at around 11.30 in the night this girls goes to her house with one of the parents and two police officers and took all her personal belongings and left. The police told the parents not to speak to her or stop her and let her go. Now for the father this has gone too much, he approched the Sri lankan community and seeked their help.

On the 16th at the Karate school, this girl was also present, when the community leaders along with an un unifomred RCMP officer (Equivalent to CBI/FBI) payed an visit, All of this VIPs were nin for a great shock as this girls publically sweared vulgur words that I can not even right here. they were taken back and when they asked Mr. Ravindran to send the girl home, his cool response was, ask her and if she wants to come take her.

In the mean time, this girl tried to call the police, but they told her that their officer(RCMP) is already present there and they will not come as this is an community issue. The leaders were shocked that Mr. Ravindran instead of telling and advising the girl to go home, was saying if she comes take her. They did tell him that this has become an community issue and he should not think that this will end here.

Latter on, the RCMP office with another security office spoke to Mr,Ravindran in private at that time he beged the officer to take this girl, as he could now understand the comuinity pressure, they refused to take her as her mental state is not well and by taking her it is possible that she could do some thing stupid, she needs lot of medical help, they told him and warned him that they will come back and this is not over and in the mean time if any thing happens he will be responsible and hence take good care of this girl.

As this is a busy plaza, lot of the other store owners came out to see what was happening, when they all saw hight profile people, theit curiocity even got bigger and they were all shocked to hear what this man had done. Few students parents right away went inside the Karate class and pulled their kids and promised not come back there again. people are talking a 51 year old man is living with a 24 year old girl that too who came to learn karate.

RMAA what took me 15 years to build a reputation was brought down so low by this man in no time, the sad part of all this is his son, daughter, his second wife, few of the parents etc are supporting this kind of nonsences, but Mr. Ravindran, I hope he realizes that his this kind of act will not last much longer. These people who are supporting this man needs to put them self in the shoes of the parents of the girls. People are talking about this man at coffee breaks at their office and what he has done.

Mr. Ravindran if you will see his ads says he teaches students how to live peacefully with their parents, every one who saw this girl could tell that she was mentally stressed out, needs lot of physcatrist help to recover, if they have seen the parents they will tell how depressed and worried the mom was and stressed out the father was.

Shame on his family who refuse to speak up against his act and are also part and parcel of his actions. His daughter can not leave her house with out letting him know even though he is in Canada, but some one else daughter he will keep with him no matter what. His second wife has to email him every day what she did and where she went, but some one else daughter does not matter.

Vinash kale Vibaritha Budhi ( bad Times, bad thinking) that is what this man is, his time has come, he has acte an played very well for all this years and now he is self humilating him self. Stay tuned and I shall keep you all posted of what is happening as I come to know more.