Am I the only one who notices? (Subjects of Martial Arts Discussions on Social Media)

[Furinkazan]

When on social media, and I look at postings by karate pages on Facebook and videos about karate on YouTube:

-About two-fifths of all postings are about calling out "McDojos."
-Another two-fifths of all postings are about belts.
-And the remaining fifth is actually about the teaching, the training, usage in real life scenarios, dojo politics, etc.

To an extent, I can understand the discussions about belts making up a significant fraction of the discussions.  At any given time, most mudansha are testing within the next three months, so that's where their focus is going to be.  But two-fifths seems kind of high.

The real odd one here are discussions about "McDojos."  And "Bullshido."  What's the obsession?  Sure, we know they're out there.  But why are they living rent-free in our heads?  If we know our training is legit, why not focus on that and forget about McDojos?

*ends rant*

Edited yesterday at 03:20 PM by Furinkazan

[DarthPenguin]

To my mind it is because people see these mcdojo's or bullshido schools and then they lower their opinion of the traditional arts accordingly. This then has a knock on impact of lower numbers of people showing interest and declining student numbers. In the UK this is less relevant as most clubs are run in the evenings as more of a hobby so the instructor is not using it to make a living, as long as they cover their costs then it is fine. For somewhere like the USA where there are more people who make it their livelihood then that has a massive impact.