Kim is not known to be recognized by any official Japanese martial arts scholar or organization. Kim claims to practice and teach supernatural and magical abilities such as invisibility, telepathic mind control, and death touches; he defends these as natural abilities that give similar effects to fictional magical ones.
For example, Kim claims that throwing sand in an opponent's eyes makes one invisible to him; calming one's mind and making the appropriate face discourages an opponent and that placing one's palm on the opponent's chest brings death to duality.
Black Dragon Fighting Society conflict
Kim promotes himself as the leader of the Black Dragon Society form of Koga Ryu ninjitsu, a name of no apparent association with the historical nationalist paramilitary Black Dragon Society of wartime Japan; or the similarly named American martial arts group founded by Count Dante: The Black Dragon Fighting Society; which has since Dante's death , after Dante's death, was under the directorship of William Aguiar. Aguiar passed away in January, 2005.
The Black Dragon Fighting Society is now led by his son, Bill Aguiar III who is co-founder of his own online forum and hosts the Official Black Dragon Fighting Society website.
Ashida Kim's websites were suspended on or about October 5, 2005 when a cease and desist order alleging illegal use of the BDFS trademarks and copyrights was sent to his Internet service provider by Aguiar's lawyer. While he disputes the merit of the claims, which were never tried in court, Ashida removed the offending material from his site as part of a deal with his service provider to reactivate the site, and has explained his side of the story on a "Dojo Politics" page there. Aguiar's group is currently headquartered in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Black Belt program
It has been alleged in an article on Bullshido.net that Kim offers mail-order black belt programs in a belt factory fashion.
Ashida Kim states that he is offering a program for those who wish to have their skills verified. After a martial artist has demonstrated their skills and paid the appropriate fees, he will confer an official document verifying this skill level.
His booklet, Mugei Mumei No Jutsu, translated as "No Name, No Art," includes a black belt certification as well as a "Mandamus" threatening vengeance from "occult guards" and "Astral Spies" if the information in the booklet is compromised.
