Ok, I am intrigued. Mods please note we are not saying that anyone who owns this company is somehow involved. It's just very interesting imo that there's this kind of "pain cult" going on in LI that's been there for years and obviously recruits people to stalk and hunt other people down and inflict damage. It's an underground I had no idea existed. Kinda like someone got real inspired by Fight Club maybe? Anyway, I'm just wondering out loud about what kinds people who sign up to be the hunters, and whether our killer may have been interested in groups like this. I notice there are a fair number of women who participate. Obvs I don't think any of the victims participated in these classes, it's just odd. (Also this probably doesn't belong in the Bisset thread unless there's a direct connection to be made there).
Here's a thread that talks about people with fighting experience's opinions of the program, both good and bad:
http://www.bullshido.net/forums/showthread.php?t=61288
edited to add: on page 12 there is a description of what happens in the group once you reach a high level: you get a special tattoo. If you leave the group and want to come back, they cut a square around the tattoo with a razor. You leave after *that* and want to come back- they cut the tattoo out of you. This sounds familiar, doesn't it? Like the idea may have inspired someone on the island.