Hey i was just wondering... is my karate place a Mcdojo? here are some facts.... 1. my instructors used to work for kicks karate and they say they hate it, so i assume they want to be nothing like it. 2. i got my gold belt in a month, and yellow in the next two 3. we dont rush into every technique, we still have around five essential kicks we've been doing since day 1. 4. I go twice a week for 50 min. 5. we dont do many forms, we spend the time reviewing our basics until they're flawless (hey, better than forgetting them within a month!) 6. It is not a chain and is a small place. they have about 6 people together in the adult class (1s now in college and doesnt come too often, one doesnt come much, 3 are at home because their brothers having surgery, and 1 will be going back to ghana where she came from soon, so that leaves just me... some of the others should have come back by then.) 7. our teachers are both 25. 1 does tkd, karate and aikido (soon ju jitsu) and one does karate, muay thai, ju jitsu and kickboxing. it is good because this way they can both teach us different techniques. they have been doing karate for 15 years, and hearing about their training (it took them six months to get their white belt, they did really rigourous training) makes me want to make sure that when i earn a blackbelt i can feel acomplished. usually we start the class with 200 jumping jacks, ten laps (this place is tiny, though), stretching, bowing, and a minute of push-ups. by then the other people are panting, and it makes me feel pathetic. please tell me, is it a McDojo?
