aznkarateboi Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 i am afraid that my old school was a mcdojang(i absolutely detested it). it was a TKD school It ran for one hour every day.. each day was assigned one thing that they would teach. for example, every monday we would train with targets(only), tuesdays kicks and basics, wednesdays forms, thurs. and fri. sparring. For the first half of class, we ran around and jumped and stretched. this was for thirty minutes(first half). then we would do whatever was assigned to that day based on the above schedule. most ppl in the class were little kids, even higher belts sucked and were like in 4th grade and i can assuredly beat the crap out of them. by the way im 13 years old and currently a white belt. the class cost 100 dollars a month, no contracts but there is a late fee. there are also testing fees which u must pay every time you take a test. tests are incredibly easy, consist of doing a kata, some kicks, breaking a board, and sparring. EVERYONE including the shittiest people passed with flying colors consistently. testing is every 2 weeks and some brown belts have but a years experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheekyMusician Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 Testing is every 2 weeks!? That statement alone screams McDojo to me. Yeah, it certainly does sound like a McDojo. As a matter of fact, where I train is quite McDojo-ish in a lot of ways: there are quite a lot of kids in the classes, everyone always seems to pass their belts and the belt tests aren't very difficult, we do A LOT of sparring and hardly any kata and a lot of the people in the class are definately not at the standard they should be at for the rank they hold. Still, I don't have much choice but to stay there unless I want to train in another art because there's no where else round about for me to go. On the plus side, the instructors are not in it for the money (the classes are dirt cheap), and if you're willing to put in the effort then they will be more than willing to help, and both the instructors do know their stuff (even though one of them is very sparring and self defence orientated, while the other is the more traditional one of the pair and knows a lot about kata.) Smile. It makes people wonder what you've been up to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznkarateboi Posted June 11, 2003 Author Share Posted June 11, 2003 Yes i was afraid that that was true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandanPJ Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 It does seem to be a McDojo in many regards.... There should be at least a 4-6 month period between lower rank belts, and a 8-10 month period for the middle to upper ranks. If students can't handle that then they shouldn't be in a martial art. Heck it use to be white and black... Testing every two months is insane, I can't imagine every two weeks.... How much is your belt testing? Is there a stripe system? What type of things does your instructor teach outside of the TKD system? Does your school take anyone, or do you have to try out for a spot in class? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommarker Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 does everyone have a test every two weeks? or, does the instructor have so many students that having a gup test every two weeks is needed to take care of people at different levels? just curious.. it might explain it a bit for me. I'm no longer posting here. Adios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJS Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 mcdojo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjanurse Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 Definitely suspect..and watch your mouth young man ! "A Black Belt is only the beginning."Heidi-A student of the artsTae Kwon Do,Shotokan,Ju Jitsu,Modern Arnishttp://the100info.tumblr.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karate_woman Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 Sounds fishy to me. The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. -Lao-Tse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battousai16 Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 i'm with ninjanurse, that was quite vulgar indeed "I hear you can kill 200 men and play a mean six string at the same time..."-Six String Samurai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuayThai Fighter Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 i am afraid that my old school was a mcdojang(i absolutely detested it). it was a TKD school It ran for one hour every day.. each day was assigned one thing that they would teach. for example, every monday we would train with targets(only), tuesdays kicks and basics, wednesdays forms, thurs. and fri. sparring. For the first half of class, we ran around and jumped and stretched. this was for thirty minutes(first half). then we would do whatever was assigned to that day based on the above schedule. most ppl in the class were little kids, even higher belts sucked and were like in 4th grade and i can assuredly beat the crap out of them. by the way im 13 years old and currently a white belt. the class cost 100 dollars a month, no contracts but there is a late fee. there are also testing fees which u must pay every time you take a test. tests are incredibly easy, consist of doing a kata, some kicks, breaking a board, and sparring. EVERYONE including the shittiest people passed with flying colors consistently. testing is every 2 weeks and some brown belts have but a years experience. Sounds like a mcdojo.Sounds to me like you have a money hungry instructor. If the worst students can pass with flying colours as you stated doesn't that alone tell you something. Testing every 2 weeks sounds brutal to me. Just does not sound right. $100/a month sounds about right for a MMA but not for a traditional art,no offense,especially TKD. Is your instructor at least well known? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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