mcdojangs?

Question

what kind of do jo is this? ive heard of these but i dont know what they are. anyone wanna tell me?

Answer 1

The term is actually mcdojo as opposed to mcdojang. To my knowledge the term started on the sherdog forums, www.sherdog.net. The term refers to any school that teaches ineffective or unproven forms of martial arts such as karate, tae kwon do, kung fu, ninjitsu, Jeet Koon Do, Moon Moo Do, etc.

Here's a short history lesson: In the early UFCs. say 1 -10, people (Brazilians excluded) didn't know what would actually work in a real life combat situation so the UFC held a style v. style combat competition. It was clear from the beginning that when it's single style v. single style Jiu Jitsu was king. Using pure jiu jitsu, Royce Gracie won UFC 1, 2, and 4 (he won his match at UFC 3 but could not continue due to injury). Then, when people learned jiu jitsu wrestling became effective Dan Severn and Mark Coleman were pioneers. Maurice Smith came along and defeated Mark Coleman using primarily kickboxing. After that a new breed of fighter was born. Pat Miletich and Frank Shamrock were pioneers in cross-training and getting good at everything as are all of today's mixed martial artists. I could go into more detail, but what all of this proves is that certain arts are inferior. Academy's that still pretend to offer self defense training with the martial arts listed in the opening paragraph (and many that went unlisted) are considered to be McDojos.

Another definition is schools with 12 year old black belts running around, but typically these are the same schools as above.

Answer 2

Esentially this is a schoool that is ore concerned with collecting fees and turning out blackblets rather than quality of instruction. Schools that require a long term contract and base your time frame on receiveing that black belt on how much you are paying per month. Also included in this are schools that have strict scheduling (you can ONLY come on tuedsays and thursdays for 1 hour at 7 pm and no other time, and things like that) and are inflexible in that. And those that attend those limited training hours can gain their black belt in 2 years. (less if paying more).

Some even include schools that charge more than a certain aount in that, but that really isn't a good indicator as different areas will have diffent prevailiing rates. So a school that is either significantly higher of significantly lower (over crowded classes at 10 or 20 dollars a month or pirvate classes at 3 hundred a month) can also fit that description.

100 dollars a month is an average in my area (Fresno, Ca.) for a school where you have almost unlimited access to the training. For example my students can come anytime from the time i open (9 am) unitl I close 9 or 10 at night 6 days a week and stay for as amny hours as they feel like. I have had some that 10 or so hours a day six days a week.

Answer 3

McDojangs or McDojos are to Martial Arts what McDonalds is to food- fast & easy. These are schools with low standards & poor instruction.

Answer 4

hey hey watch it hood my gym is $90 and I have a 6 month contract and its no mcdojo. i'll let u slide this time cuz u normally have good answers lol

anyways a mcdojo is place that gives you rankings really fast without having the skill, heavily operates off of belts to make money, charges insane prices(expectly to be promoted in rankings), unqualified instructors teaching with fraudulent resume. Pretty much handing out black belts: producing black belts like mcdonalds produce egg mcmuffins

TKD has had a reputation of having a lot of mcdojos

Answer 5

a dojang is a TKD studio,thus, a MCdojang is a dojang only interested in money and rushes students through their ranks. It's an insult if your dojang was called one.

Answer 6

A McDojo is a place where the McSensei will promote you to black belt in only 2 years and quicker if you get a gold membership. Its A school in it for the money and the students leave after getting there black belt.

Answer 7

This term refers to schools that focus on the incoming money
and not on:
What students they enroll
Quality of instruction
Ethics
Honesty
Discipline

Answer 8

They are also known as belt factories.
These are places where you people train and pay a great deal of money and receive a colored belt.

Answer 9

Most Taekwondo schools. Especially ATA schools.

any school that makes you have a contract, charges more than 80$ a month, and does stupid things like "tae kwon, tae kwon, taekwondo!" when they punch...

Answer 10

its basiclly a school in it for the money that also lacks real martial arts skills