Wal-Mart Dojo's?!?

[madtanker]

i do not see too much of a problem with that, except for Wal-Mart trying to TOTALLY kill Main Street USA (or any other country, this was not a measure of parochialism). They have all of the amenities of any small town in many Wal Marts... the one-stop system has benefits, and drawbacks. They are trying to put a mall into a single building, and it is the new reality; combine brands to create the illusion of strength. It was only a matter of time before a system coordinated with the style of Wal Mart... it is not the Dojo that worries me, it is the idea of another thing going down the road from Main Street...

[Shizentai]

There's not many of them in operations right now. This leads me to think that this concept is either very new and/or not yet fully accepted by the executives at Wal-Mart. As fast as Wal-Mart tires of dojo's inside of their box that aren't increasing their bottom line or affecting their corporate/community image...out with the dojo's and in with something else that will drive their bottom line.

Or maybe people are just scared off by the creepy typos on their website:

Center Little Dragons Program (kids ages 3-7) is a detailed curriculum that focuses on improving preschool-aged children’s basic motor skills and listening skills. These skills will help them enter society with a more confident, enthusiastic outlook. They will become better students at school, better listeners at home, more ambitious towards the future, and develop the ‘pre-kills’ necessary for a child to function and thrive in social settings. The Little Dragon Program will also prepare your child for our Children’s Martial Arts Program

Starting at age 3 children will be taught the precursers to killing in social settings?

I know they probably meant "pre-skills," but really, if you have the time to use incorrect punctuation around a made up word, you'd think they'd have time to check that it was the right word.

[sensei8]

There's not many of them in operations right now. This leads me to think that this concept is either very new and/or not yet fully accepted by the executives at Wal-Mart. As fast as Wal-Mart tires of dojo's inside of their box that aren't increasing their bottom line or affecting their corporate/community image...out with the dojo's and in with something else that will drive their bottom line.

Or maybe people are just scared off by the creepy typos on their website:

Center Little Dragons Program (kids ages 3-7) is a detailed curriculum that focuses on improving preschool-aged children’s basic motor skills and listening skills. These skills will help them enter society with a more confident, enthusiastic outlook. They will become better students at school, better listeners at home, more ambitious towards the future, and develop the ‘pre-kills’ necessary for a child to function and thrive in social settings. The Little Dragon Program will also prepare your child for our Children’s Martial Arts Program

Starting at age 3 children will be taught the precursers to killing in social settings?

I know they probably meant "pre-skills," but really, if you have the time to use incorrect punctuation around a made up word, you'd think they'd have time to check that it was the right word.

Solid post!!

[sensei8]

i do not see too much of a problem with that, except for Wal-Mart trying to TOTALLY kill Main Street USA (or any other country, this was not a measure of parochialism). They have all of the amenities of any small town in many Wal Marts... the one-stop system has benefits, and drawbacks. They are trying to put a mall into a single building, and it is the new reality; combine brands to create the illusion of strength. It was only a matter of time before a system coordinated with the style of Wal Mart... it is not the Dojo that worries me, it is the idea of another thing going down the road from Main Street...

Solid post!!

[bushido_man96]

I don't think this is a totally bad thing. Good marketing, lots of foot traffic for schools. Its kind of a stigma in the MAs that the good MAists come from a whole in the wall dojo that doesn't have a website or a kids program. Although there are great places like that, these locations can also be great for students, too, and have the same possibility of producing great martial artists.