It drives me crazy when dirtbag TMA instructors call what they do MMA, and then get arrested. Mainstream media takes it at face value.
I have never even heard of this guy. Doubt he even even worked a corner a single time. It looks like a straight up karate school with nunchucks and whatever.
•At 4:49 p.m., police made an arrest on North Street. Joseph V. Louf, 37, of 171 North St., Salem, was arrested for reportedly having an outstanding warrant.
As a former reporter, I can see how MMA was relevant to the story since the victim told family she had been injured in fights.
Still reflects poorly on the sport and is a good example of the sorts of jackasses who are attracted to the power dynamic created in cultish TMA studios. MMA has no barriers to entry (anyone can open a school without any rank or experience,) so we can only expect more of this trash.
I get stupid crap from ATD all of the time on Facebook. There was a point where they were just spamming the MA MMA community with their nonsense. Never once produced a fighter or had someone at a grappling tournament, at least not that I saw
Joseph V. Louf, 34, of 140 North St., Salem, was arrested at 12:27 a.m. and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and a marked lanes violation, following a motor vehicle accident on Washington Street.