Tim Larkin Banned UKReported by News24by7 on Thursday, 10 May 2012 (on May 10, 2012)
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Tim Larkin Banned UK, Chris Brown banned from UK, Martha Stewart banned from UK, Tim Larkin---Tim Larkin, American Self-Defence Instructor, Banned From UK: Should self-defence tutor Tim Larkin have been banned from the UK? Deadly martial artist banned from UK, Former Navy SEAL Tim Larkin teaches a form of self-defense that's often labeled "kill or be killed". U.S. martial arts expert banned from entering Britain over fears his 'kill or be killed' teachings could incite vigilante violence.
The deadly martial art is apparently so dangerous that he was barred from entering the United Kingdom this week out of fear that he would incite riots by the newly trained students he planned to teach.
An American martial arts expert who teaches how to inflict ‘crippling pain’ on attackers has been banned from entering the UK. Home Secretary Theresa May refused to allow Tim Larkin into the country amid fears his ‘kill or be killed’ philosophy could encourage vigilante violence.
The former military intelligence officer and expert in hand-to-hand combat had been planning a tour of areas that had been hit hardest during last year’s riots.
He was due to teach classes in the London area of Tottenham, where the violence started, and appear at the Martial Arts Show in Birmingham.
But when Mr Larkin, 47, tried to board a flight in Las Vegas, he was handed a letter from the UK Border Agency saying he had been excluded from Britain. Despite having visited Britain three years ago, Mr Larkin was told his presence in the UK was now not ‘conducive to the public good’.
He joins Moonie cult leader Sun Myung Moon, Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan and American white supremacist Dennis Mahon in being denied access to Britain. Mr Larkin, who says he has trained corporate and civilian clients in New York, Las Vegas and London, claimed the exclusion was a ‘gross over-reaction’.
He said: ‘It says there’s no right of appeal. I have a lot of support over in the UK. I have people I can go to. There are Members of Parliament I’m sure I can go to, and maybe this can be reconsidered.‘I think it’s a gross over-reaction, especially with some of the people who are allowed to come in and out of the UK.
‘There is nothing outrageous about it, there’s nothing that I’m going around to incite violence or to incite vigilantism – that’s a characterisation of the people who hear my opinions on self-defence.’
Tim Larkin claims his controversial techniques have been adopted by US special forces including the elite Navy Seals unit that killed Osama bin Laden.
His book, How to Survive: The Most Critical Five Seconds of Your Life, describes how to inflict ‘crippling pain’ on an attacker.
Chapters such as Violence is About Injury, Why you Must Learn to Kill and Kill it Simple, Stupid emphasise the need to use ‘deadly force’.
His Target Focus Training website carries videos of instructors teaching students how to break the spine and elbow of an attacker.
Students are also taught to punch an attacker so hard that a rib will break into the internal organs and hit the spine.
Larkin also reveals a technique that involves kicking an attacker hard enough to disable him by rupturing his testicles.
The power of a Home Secretary to ban individuals from the UK has caused controversy, with critics saying it has not been used consistently. American radio host Michael Savage threatened to sue former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith when his name was included in a list of people not welcome in the UK.
Muslim cleric Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who had defended suicide attacks, was refused a visa but only after being a guest at City Hall of former London mayor Ken Livingstone.
Islamic preacher Zakir Naik who claimed ‘every Muslim should be a terrorist’ was banned from Britain but still addressed the Oxford Union via a video link. And Jamaican reggae singer Bounty Killer (real name Rodney Pryce) was allowed to perform in the UK despite using lyrics which encourage the murder of homosexuals and promote gang culture.
A Home Office spokesman said: ‘We can confirm that the individual in question is subject to an exclusion order. The Home Secretary will seek to exclude an individual if she considers that his or her presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good.’
West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper had warned the Government about Mr Larkin’s visit.
She said: ‘I’m grateful to the Home Secretary for taking the appropriate action and not allowing this man into our country. He teaches extreme and violent self defence that is unwelcome here.
‘The decision to bar Mr Larkin from the UK demonstrates the value of constant alertness when it comes to border controls.’
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