MasterH

I can live with that.

OK now I'm posting this because it made me laugh, and I hope you'all find some humor in it as well. The top 10 reasons you might be in a McDojo: 10. You instructor has a Grandmasters Certificate. In Crayon. 9. The Senior Assistant Instructor is a 4 year old black belt. 8. The sign in the window says the school trains in more than 10 martial arts. 7. Its a Korean art. {g} [MasterH Note: HEY!!] 6. Your instructor tries to sell you Amway products. 5. While examining the schools tournament trophies, you find 3 for spelling bees. 4. Reading the contract for the school is considered a kata (and a long one at that). 3. No one sweats. 2. While at a tournament, your opponent finds out who your teacher is and high-fives his teacher. 1. When paying for your belt examinations, the instructor asks: "Do you want fries with that?"

Don't anyone make fun! They have brought in more kids than any mass-media advertisement ever. Really.....

Kempotiger, you seem set for bear. What part of NY are ya at? Are you the school owner? I know I have a million questions, but I'm trying to get to know the more successful school owners/managers and learn a bit about how thay run things. I'm not one of your competitors being that I'm in Seattle.

Sounds great, You should be able to run up to a 300 student school on a 6 day week. I'd deffentely look at a second work out floor. 30 in a class, makes for some interesting sparring time I bet. Do you fallow a rotating curriculum or a stardard ladder?

You going to be open on Sundays? Who else here teaches on Sunday? My school teaches on Sundays. We're open 7 days a week, and are being forced to open earlier and stay later just because our student count keeps rising, and we need to split the classes. May I ask your student count? How many instructors do you have?

You going to be open on Sundays? Who else here teaches on Sunday?

Outstanding!

I thought his stances looked Korean.

I've wondered who that was, he had some moves.

No offense but that Bill Brown school looks terrible. Can you even find what style of karate he teaches? There are slogans like "We Build Great Kids!" and the majority of the classes are children-only classes. Also $80 testing fees for yellow belt and $109 for orange belt. It looks like a McDojo... edit: I just added up his total costs for all of his testing fees and it's about $500 up through black belt. In his defense he does lower the testing fee as you go up in rank. So, he has a great kids program? So what? He makes a living selling MA lessons. That's an automatic McDojo? (I hate that term) He charges.....so what?

OK, how 'bout this. Ask your instructor his advice. That should have been my first post. My bad! Rathe, is that a Stargate thing?

What Rathe and I do agree on is you are showing dedication. Keep it up. Rathe and I can spar later on this subject. Have a good day, sir.

Only perfect practice makes perfect, so make sure you have it down before you start practicing on your own. Once you get a bad habbit, no mater what MA you're practicing, it's hard to unlearn. I'm glad to hear you're thinking this out, it shows maturity for a bigginer. Good for you!

Never happen. They have the money, they have the political drive. All you have is your moral stand. You loose. Me? I'll take care of my own little corner of the world and try and get allong with everyone. McDojo is the perfect term for those kind og schools. They serve up greasy, filling but unsatisfying, "food" that caters to a group of people that want to be a black belt and don't care about fees, tradition, or anything other than achieving their goal. As long as there's a market there will be a McDojo. If you say so. I try not to generalize, being I'm a member of a small org school, and a former member of a big org school. I have seen both sides of the arguement.

Yup, some of my twenty something y/o students pointed that soundtrack out. For an ungly guy Rob Zombie can sure mix well.

Tell your instructor that he's got my attention.

Ah yes, now I see it.

It happens in all worthwhile MA's, you'll have your good and bad days. And as for the motivation your GM was handing out, the dead grandmother thing, I have not heard an instructor go there in years. Must be an "old school" instructor. I like that.

Roger that.

BTW I'm 5'4 and 130lbs and can tap out people in my class that weigh anywhere from 160-220, because I've always been rolling at 100% with bigger guys. My technique HAS to be better then theirs to keep up. Actually I find the system has forced me to be alot better then I would be otherwise. But again we are all entitled to our opinion and I respect that you guys have your own.I have no dout you do just fine, but when it comes to TKD I'm more interested with quality of teq, rather than how much booty that person can kick. I'm a 32 y/o master, what does that mean? Can I beat every 21 y/o that earns a chodan? Sure I can hold my own, do some dammage on the way down, but I'll be going down. And afterward I by the guy a beer, because that's the kind of guy I am, but we have older people taking classes, women taking classes, and yes children. We need a more comprehensive way with dealing with promotions. The Millitary, a good example. The best and britest make the Officers corps. But they may not have all the skills that some E-1 private has out of boot. So, should a Lt C. be compared to a Private, and said Private may be able to kick his tail be promoted to a higher rank because he may be able to run the Lt.C into the ground. Of course not, there is much more to it. Where I come from there is simply much more to it than being able to tap someone out. And that's what I test people on.

A Grand Master who I have had a 20 year relationship with tied my belt around my waist, himself. I do treasure it, but it's replaceable. The signatures on some of my certificates are not. I do think it's a piece of cloth as well, but I have a bit of pride when I see my gold stiched name on a black belt.

Do mind if I ask if you're a woman. I'm a guy and I didn't even think of that. As a mater of fact I had to stop wince before replying. By the way, I stand corrected, that is the most powerfull kick.

Yup, listen to the man! I encourage all of my younger instructors to go to college first then open up. Just because you have a Black Belt does not mean you're ready to run a school.

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