We have a 4, 5, 6 years old black belt, instructor who are as wide as their height, instructor who spend half class playing game that doesn't relate to training/martial arts in any way, yoga, and the list goes on.
What is the next? Martial arts that teach you how to cook? Martial arts school with buffet? Martial arts that teach you how to restraint animals? Art of throwing stone at blind moose? Do anyone have any idea?
2006-10-29 07:55:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
Ah also how about super secret lanaguage that has been pass down only among practictor of martial arts for million of years?
2006-10-29 07:57:53 · update #1
I walk pass two everyday on my way to boxing/Muay Thai gym. So I'm pretty sure I'm not in black belt factory..
2006-10-29 07:59:42 · update #2
I'm not in this type of school. I do Muay Thai and boxing which have no belt system and require you to be in good shape if you don't want to pass out during training.
2006-10-30 06:47:17 · update #3
I've been to tournaments where I have seen black belts with bellies so big that they must have had assistance in tying their belts; not necessarily due to the mass they must encompass, but also since there is no way they could possibly see the knot!
It disgusts me as it does you; how can these people teach?
To make a comparison, I wouldn't take dietary advice from a 400lb person...
2006-10-29 08:50:34 · answer #1 · answered by Steel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Parents expect some sort of immediate tangible reward for their childrens efforts instead of discipline, self confidence and a sense of fellowship. If I had to pay for my 2 boys black belts like some of those Take-your- Dough$-jo's, they'd be blackbelts many times over. I've spent thousands over the course of 7 years in traveling to tournaments in other states, training clinics, belt tests and just general voluntary support. My kids must be able to show that they have a good understanding of the history of martial arts, the language, and the culture. This includes book reports and interpretations of kata and kumite.The Sempai - Kohai relationship is essentail...everyone is responsible for those who come after you. My boys have earned their respect not because they paid for their black belts faster than anyone else but because of their dogged determination to continually learn from others and improve where and when needed and how to adapt to continual change. You don't learn this in a 45 min class 2x a week. BTW my 14 yr old brown belt is probably another 2 yrs away from being invited to test for his black belt with the understanding that he will only be a Jr. black belt until he is 18 and then test again. he practices in the dojo 5-6 times a week 3 hrs a day. These parents who sign their kids up for a summer of karate and then say my kid "did" karate do not know that when you practice martial arts you are forever learning, there is no "end" to what you can learn or know.
2006-10-29 16:53:17 · answer #2 · answered by Nick Name 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is sad that such things have become so wide spread that no one can say theya re ungfamiliar with it. AND unforutnately it is only going to get worse. Too many people are interested in immediate results rather than in thoroughness of instruction. I have even seen schools where you get you belt dasede on the amount of time you ahve been a studend, instead of what you actually know. The only belt you had to test for was black. Part of that comes from the fact that most americans (and believe me this is an almost exclusive american problem) don't want to know the truth. They don't want the history, the philosophy, the wisdom. All they want is to know how to beat people up, and therea er far too many instructors that are more than willing to cater to those. Add to that the fact that there are schools that ONLY teach martial arts for sport and competition and don't even TOUCH on the history of philosophy and we have what we have now...things like XMA (Extreme Martial Arts) that is more about flash and cool looking moves than about the deeper meaning of the martial arts. PLUS with the more modern created styels that don't even HAVE a real history....it's ridiculous. I don't know what there is that we can do about it....just keep passing on eveerything I know and hope that it is enough....
2006-10-29 21:08:31 · answer #3 · answered by kveldulfgondlir 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yeah, you are definantly at a Mcdojo! Don't give up on martial arts becuase your kids have a bad teacher. Quit that school and find another one. If you find a school you like ask for a trial lesson, that way you can make sure it's a good Martial arts school.
Good Luck!
2006-10-30 10:51:58 · answer #4 · answered by Chocolat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
did yousay you have a black belt instructor who is about 4,5 or6 years old???
martial arts is a fitness thing, you sould be working the fat off, not putting it on. healthy eating is a big part of fitness.
2006-10-30 06:32:16 · answer #5 · answered by bekka 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Time for a change.
Change is a neccesity for continued growth.
dont fight against the system, change the system you are with.
Try something else, and reap the rewards.
2006-10-30 00:18:17 · answer #6 · answered by SAINT G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All of those are possible. They'll happen when "instructors" find that they can make money from them.
2006-10-29 17:54:01 · answer #7 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
stop going to mcdojos.
2006-10-29 15:58:02 · answer #8 · answered by Joe B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋