09/19/2025
🌸 Statement from the Bushidokan Federation & Temple 🌸
For more than 55 years, Professor Herb LaGue and the Bushidokan Federation & Temple have stood for peace, service, and honor. Thousands of students have grown under his guidance, and countless lives worldwide have been benefited by his teachings and peace missions.
✅ Our dojo and temple remain safe, welcoming, and open for all students and families.
✅ We categorically deny the recent false claim.
✅ The accuser is a disgruntled former student who appears to be using the legal system —through false accusations, set-up scenarios, and litigation tactics for monetary gain that resemble affinity fraud and abuse of process.
✅ The Bushidokan community stands united behind Professor LaGue.
We continue to live by the Seven Virtues of Bushido: Rectitude, Courage, Benevolence, Respect, Sincerity, Honor, and Loyalty. These values define us, and they will not be shaken by false claims or malicious misuse of the courts.
💠 Peace in Action. Service in Honor. Strength in Unity. 💠
🙏 Thank you to our students, families, and supporters for standing with us and with Professor LaGue. Together, we carry the Bushidokan legacy forward.
— The Bushidokan Federation & Temple