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Are mandatory contracts a sign of a Mcdojo, even if everything else is o.k.

At the dojo where I take classes, all of the students must wear a white gi. The instructors are allowed to wear black or white, but no other colors are allowed. I think it looks nicer when everyone wears the same color gi.

That topic would be very interesting !!! We were talking about this in my karate class recently. A lot of my fellow karate ka know they need new gi's, but can't part with the old ones. An old broken in gi is much more comfortable than a brand new stiff one.

Hello, I am thinking about taking Jiu Jitsu classes. What should I expect? I've heard different things like it's all groundwork. My Sensei said it's a mixture of throws, locks, and takedowns. Any advice, opinions would be appreciated.

Hello, I have been taking Shotokan Karate classes for about a year now, and have been looking for a MA chat room/forum. Glad I found this site!!!

Push ups !!! In my class we usually do push ups everytime we warm up. We do the normal kind, but we also do push ups on our knuckles, really weird swooping push ups ( going down and pushing forward and then up and backwards). The instructors sometimes try to get the students to do one handed push ups, but very few of the students have the upper body strength to do them (but we try hard! Also when we do pushups at my school we usually have to follow the instructors count of half down, hold, all the way down, hold, etc. I LOVE kata.

I pay about fifty dollars a month. But I have access to a lot of classes and the instructors are very good.