47MartialMan Posted September 2, 2004 Posted September 2, 2004 imo, most karate tae kwon do dojos are mcdojos, the majority of them "Almost" true.....AMERICAN TKD Do you know why? I was in the American TKD "Gold Rush" in the late 60's to 70's. My instructor was Korean. I found this to be true from experiences with him, his financial accumulation and start-up capital, which he proudly stated, and those of other people with other instructors: In the development of TKD (no not ancient)., from what I found, it was around the 40-60's, the rush was on to get it exposed. The Korean Government and TKD Association (I forgot which was the first one) financed many Korean instructors to establish TKD world wide. The easiest "garden" to plant was the U.S. Upon arrival, these instructors quickly opened a school. Then another. Then another. They ran into a problem. Not enough qualifying "Black Belt Instructors" So they ranked students fast and curbed the training for fast food, er rank. In turn, those students, with the "coveted" Black Belt, broke off and opened their own fast food chain, er fast school chain. In turn, they rank their students....and now the McDojo sag continue. For a good Korean school, certification from the Korean Kuk Ki Won (I think this is the place) demonstrates many, many, years of training- Korean hard way. If the instructor doesn't have that, his other certification from an instructor whom may have that is good. Generally, quality schools have a qualifying instructor of many years. Which brings me to another point... How many training/experience in years do you think, is required, at minimum, to be qualified to open a school?
47MartialMan Posted September 3, 2004 Posted September 3, 2004 I think you spot a McDojo with the red and yellow sign out front. Somewhere on the sign says: Over One Billion Suckered
aefibird Posted September 4, 2004 Posted September 4, 2004 ...it's when they ask you if you want fries with your black belt that you know you're in a McDojo... "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers!
White Warlock Posted September 4, 2004 Posted September 4, 2004 Thanks 47Martial, good info. I had suspected as much, but was not aware these instructors were being sponsored. "When you are able to take the keys from my hand, you will be ready to drive." - Shaolin DMV TestIntro
47MartialMan Posted September 7, 2004 Posted September 7, 2004 Thanks 47Martial, good info. I had suspected as much, but was not aware these instructors were being sponsored. Yes, their blind following of their students are their "sponsors"
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