10 signs you train in a McDojo
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OneMindOneSpirit
Oct 11, 2012, 5:38:12 PM10/11/12
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1. Your school only will train you if you sign a lengthy contract.
2. You are absolutely required to join their federation or association.
3. The head instructor refuses to spar with anyone because his skills are "too deadly".
4. Belt advancement tests require payment.
5. There are a suspicious number black belts who have not entered or just begun puberty.
6. The head instructor has an inordinate number of degrees in their
black belt. i.e. 27th degree (This is often achieved by claiming to have
different degrees in several arts.)
7. An excessive number of belts and mid-level belts (stripes).
8. The head instructor makes suspicious claims about titles/awards he has won and cannot supply proof or evidence.
9. The class is being instructed by someone of questionable age; for instance, a 15 year old teaching adults.
10. Your school offers a "fast track" to your black belt. This usually involves heavy fees and prolonged contracts
This was a list I saw posted online elsewhere. For some reason, ha ha, I just couldn't help but get an image of OYD. To be fair, OYD does not, at least to my knowledge, allow teenagers to teach lessons. Well, I actually wouldn't put it past them if a kid had rich parents and paid off multiple courses for the kid to have an "opportunity", which would be very fitting with #10 (which adults were targeted for currently, from "international" training to their current resurrection of their old "olympic" course) but at least that didn't happen during the time I was there. This is unfortunately replaced with young 20-somethings who are called "instructor" and believe that by virtue of their belt and title that makes them experts on life and they feel free to tell much older adults with careers, families and a lot more money than they have all about how they should live their lives. No joke, no exaggeration. We were told to "carry our position" because "a moo doe instructor is higher than a doctor". Looking back on it, it all seems so silly and it takes a post like this to remind me I was even in OYD. Ah well, best of luck to them. For current moo-sters, do you find "yourselves" (LOL) coming up with wild stories and elaborate justifications trying to answer #8? Good luck with that.
4. Belt advancement tests require payment.
5. There are a suspicious number black belts who have not entered or just begun puberty.
6. The head instructor has an inordinate number of degrees in their black belt. i.e. 27th degree (This is often achieved by claiming to have different degrees in several arts.)
7. An excessive number of belts and mid-level belts (stripes).
8. The head instructor makes suspicious claims about titles/awards he has won and cannot supply proof or evidence.
9. The class is being instructed by someone of questionable age; for instance, a 15 year old teaching adults.
10. Your school offers a "fast track" to your black belt. This usually involves heavy fees and prolonged contracts
This was a list I saw posted online elsewhere. For some reason, ha ha, I just couldn't help but get an image of OYD. To be fair, OYD does not, at least to my knowledge, allow teenagers to teach lessons. Well, I actually wouldn't put it past them if a kid had rich parents and paid off multiple courses for the kid to have an "opportunity", which would be very fitting with #10 (which adults were targeted for currently, from "international" training to their current resurrection of their old "olympic" course) but at least that didn't happen during the time I was there. This is unfortunately replaced with young 20-somethings who are called "instructor" and believe that by virtue of their belt and title that makes them experts on life and they feel free to tell much older adults with careers, families and a lot more money than they have all about how they should live their lives. No joke, no exaggeration. We were told to "carry our position" because "a moo doe instructor is higher than a doctor". Looking back on it, it all seems so silly and it takes a post like this to remind me I was even in OYD. Ah well, best of luck to them. For current moo-sters, do you find "yourselves" (LOL) coming up with wild stories and elaborate justifications trying to answer #8? Good luck with that.
Manik Jamai
Oct 12, 2012, 12:59:41 PM10/12/12
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