John Bracy's Ba Gua

[big kahuna]

I'll see what I can dig up.

Mike

[big kahuna]

Actually for anyone that really cares you can go to the OC Register web site and look at the Archives section -- 1987 to present. Type in the search John Bracy or Bracy and it will give you article summeries or you can buy the full articles if you want.

Mike

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/ar ... index2.php

[kshurika]

Entering "John Bracy" in the Simple Search, you'll get four article briefs from 1990. He pleaded guilty and got a year. If anyone wants to blow $1.95 on any of the full articles, feel free to post them here.

[Tom]

Orange County Register
February 7, 1990

Kung Fu teacher charged with molestation; more charges expected
Byline: Gregg Zoroya


A martial-arts instructor who allegedly admitted that he fondled a teen-age boy -- not for sex, but as a means of Kung Fu acupressure -- was charged with felony child molestation Tuesday.
John Duff Bracy's arraignment on felony and misdemeanor charges was postponed Tuesday until next week, when a prosecutor said she intends to file additional charges involving at least one other boy.


Bracy, 34, of Orange, owner and operator of the Hsing Chen martial-arts school in Tustin, was arrested Friday. He is being held in the Orange County Jail with bail set at $50,000.

After waiving his right to remain silent Friday, Bracy told police he frequently became sexually aroused while performing acupressure with students, say reports filed in court Tuesday.

But Bracy said the acupressure, which was described as mutual touching, had nothing to do with sex, but rather "is a form of Kung Fu that the students must learn ... in order to be promoted to their next rank," an investigator's report says.

"That strikes me as absolute rubbish," said Deputy District Attorney Ariadne Symons, who is prosecuting Bracy.

Bracy is charged with eight felony counts and two misdemeanor child-molestation counts involving the 15-year-old Irvine boy. The acts, all described as fondling, occurred from September 1987 through June 1989, the complaint says.

Symons said police are interviewing nine other students of the school.

Investigative reports say the boy began attending martial-arts classes at Bracy's school four years ago with his parents.

The parents eventually dropped out, but the child continued to attend, working his way up through the ranks from white to red sash.

The teen-ager told investigators that when the acupressure sessions began, Bracy said they were useful in "transferring energy from one body to another and perfectly acceptable by the Chinese."

During the Labor Day weekend, the boy accompanied Bracy and other students on a camping trip where beer and alcohol were shared and where Bracy sexually fondled the boy, reports say.

Authorities were first contacted last month by a therapist treating the boy.

When interviewed by Tustin police Investigator Nancy Rizzo on Friday, Bracy reportedly described two acupressure sessions involving the boy.

Bracy is the second Orange County martial-art instructor in the past year to be accused of child molestation.

In August, James Allen Hydrick, 26, of Huntington Beach, a black-belt who called himself Sir James, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for molestating six boys after plying them with cigarettes and candy.

[Tom]

Orange County Register
February 15, 1990


Innocent plea to molestation

Byline: The Register


A Tustin martial-arts instructor pleaded innocent Wednesday to charges that he molested two male students.
John Duff Bracy, 34, was charged last week with eight felony and misdemeanor charges pertaining to a 15-year-old boy who was a student at his martial arts studio.


Deputy District Attorney Ariadne Symons filed one more felony count Wednesday involving that boy, and five new misdemeanor molestation charges. Those counts involve activity that allegedly occurred with a 17-year-old boy in 1989.

Bracy, who lives in Orange, owns and operates the Hsing Chen martial-arts school in Tustin. He remains free on $50,000 bail. Wednesday, Central Orange County Municipal Court Judge Robert E. Thomas denied a prosecution request to increase bail.

According to police reports, Bracy admitted fondling the 15-year-old, but said it was part of an acupressure session and had nothing to do with sexual contact.

His preliminary hearing is scheduled March 13.

[Tom]

Orange County Register
April 14, 1990

Martial-arts teacher faces molestation trial

Byline: Jeff Collins


The Register

After two teen-age boys testified Friday that they were fondled repeatedly during kung fu acupressure sessions, an Orange County municipal court judge ordered a Tustin martial-arts instructor to stand trial on felony child molestation.
Central Municipal Court Judge Karl Frank said "the evidence is pretty clear there was more than enough material" to substantiate the 16 counts of molestation that allegedly occurred from September 1987 through June 1989 at the Hsing Chen martial-arts school in Tustin.


John Duff Bracy, 34, who asked his martial-arts students to call him "Sifu," or master teacher, has been charged with nine felonies and seven misdemeanors in connection with the alleged molestations. If convicted, he could face up to 31 years in prison.

During Friday's preliminary hearing, a 15-year-old Irvine boy and a 17-year-old boy from Tustin said Bracy began fondling them during regular massage sessions held in his private office on the second floor of his studio.

The boys also testified that he sometimes would take their hands and place them on his own genitals, telling them "not to feel uncomfortable when working down there."

The 15-year-old testified that at one point, Bracy said he knew the boy was masturbating, causing him to lose energy. Bracy allegedly told the boy the energy could be recovered by touching Bracy's body.

"He told me that by touching his body, I'd gain his manly energy," the boy said.

Eventually, the 15-year-old testified, the molestation became almost a daily occurrence. He said he was too frightened and confused to tell his parents.

"(Bracy) told me not to tell," the boy said, "that my parents wouldn't understand, society wouldn't understand and he would be put away forever."

Bracy's lawyer, Donald Rubright, denied that the instructor had molested the boys, saying the touching occurred during the course of normal acupressure sessions. In response to his questions, the two students conceded that they were never subjected to oral or anal sex.

[Tom]

Orange County Register
December 14, 1990

Martial-arts teacher given 1 year in jail

Byline: The Orange County Register


A Tustin martial-arts instructor was sentenced to one year in jail plus four years' probation Thursday after he pleaded guilty to four charges of molesting a male student at his kung fu center.


John Duff Bracy, 35, originally faced 16 counts and up to 31 years in prison. But he agreed to plead guilty after the District Attorney's Office dropped most of the charges, said defense lawyer Donald Rubright.
Before he was charged, Bracy, who lives in Orange, owned and operated the Hsing Chen martial-arts school in Tustin. He since has divested himself of ownership of the school, although he continues to teach adults there, Rubright said.

[Bhassler]

Thanks Tom.

[AllanF]

Fuck me! That is most definitely fucked up. Thanks for posting these Tom. It should put the matter to bed once and for all.

[nianfong]

yikes! I'm convinced.

[Kwai Chang Caine]

What is very disturbing in Bracy is still out there teaching or maybe I should say ... Prowling! I met Bracy at a martial arts event back in 1994. I had no idea of his history until afterwards a friend of mine showed me something from the paper regarding the encounters' Bracy had with young boys. It made me sick. I couldn't put my finger on it at the time when I met him but something about his aura was not right and this also goes for the students he had with him who were ... Young guys. Bracy is still teaching in Orange County California I came across his website and it looks like he's still promoting what I call fast food martial garbage as it shows on the videos from his site that he and his students have no clue what they are doing with poor form. It looks more like a club for yuppies that want to play martial arts. I pray and hope he is no longer allowed to teach children.

[shawnsegler]

That's rich. Touch my cack for a power up of magical man energy. Creepy.

[Kwai Chang Caine]

Orange County, California is a pretty big place but in martial arts circles there everyone knows one another so it's hard to understand knowing what Bracy went to prison for that there are actually people out there that go to his school. Then again one look at the people on his websites videos doing demos with him and it's almost looks like a Village People convention.

[fisherman]

Well, there are people still attending the Chinese Shaolin Centers in Denver and Boulder after one of their 'masters' has been put on probation for sexual assault. I think that there are some people that will turn a blind eye just to be a part of something and really don't care what their teacher has done in the past.

[Kwai Chang Caine]

Your right about that. Most people are followers by nature and want to feel like they belong to something and fit in.