MCdojo??

[korutsuki]

Can anyone give me some Idea about the Mcdojo !! plz no joke!! I am really interested about what it is!!

[YODA]

http://www.martialartsplanet.com/for...&threadid=4395

[korutsuki]

thnx Yoda !! I got it!!

[Smokemare]

http://www.bullshido.net/modules.php...owcontent&id=4

Finally, outside of the discussion of Philosophy, Strategy, and Techniques, we should discuss the "McDojang" (McDojo) phenomenon within TKD.

A McDojo/McDojang/McKwoon (whatever) is basically a school that will give out ranks simply to paying customers, no or little actual skill is required. it's purely and *solely* a money making venture. These schools are typically marked by certain characteristics. Among these are an extremely fast promotion rate to "Black Belt" often within two years (it should be noted that most other arts typically require 5-7 years to "Black Belt"), numerous (seemingly endless) Gup ranks (sub-black belt ranks - Kyu in Jap.) including variations within a rank (Its not uncommon to hear of "Second Grade 'Decided' Yellow Belt" in TKD and such like), lots of testing and associated / non-associated fees, long and expensive contracts (often "guaranteeing" Black Belt within a given period of time). In other words, it's basically a school scamming its students for money and making them believe it's teaching them how to effectively fight, yet, there is little legal recourse if this is true. There is no (nor should there be) government regulation or standards regarding teaching people how to "fight" yet it rankles many martial artists who feel that these unsuspecting students are being "taught" by a scam artist and really aren't learning anything even remotely effective (this launches into the age-old RMA debate on "what is effective").

That's from what I think is an unfair and over-general review of Tae Kwon Do.

[La Mancha]

Its where you get asked if you want a blackbelt with your burger and fries.
No sorry I got that wrong its where they ask if you want chicken Mcnuggets when you get your blackbelt.
No I got that wrong again. Its where you are guaranteed to get your blackbelt when you sign the contract. Rumour has it that you dont even need to turn up after you have paid. Anyway a sure sign is when the instructor attends class in a funny clown siut.


David

[CKava]

To be fair smokemare from what you have posted it doesn't seem that the bullshido people are saying that ALL TKD schools are McDojos but just that they are particularly rampant within TKD. Which I think is about right and fairly expectable afterall it is the most popular form of martial art in most western countries (correct me if im wrong) so theres alot of money to be made...

[toothpaste100]

Originally Posted by Smokemare

http://www.bullshido.net/modules.php...owcontent&id=4



That's from what I think is an unfair and over-general review of Tae Kwon Do.

They said nothing about TKD as an art, they were describing the MCDOJOS inside of TKD

[Smokemare]

I felt the review before this excerpt was a little unfair rather than just the text describing McDojo's. Sorry if that wasn't clear.