Do you think that all the negative criticism with Mc Dojos and their standards is forcing them to (cont'd)

Question

re-evaluate their programs and raise their standards some in respect to promotions and time-in-grade?

Answer 1

No. They make money, and that's all they care about. They care about quality martial arts about as McDonalds cares about Quality food. Money is priority #1.

Answer 2

No they will not change their standards. Most martial arts schools do not train with contact and will boast that they can make you untouchable and that you will be able to defeat any opponent thru' willpower and their superior technique.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS!
Anyone who actually fights understands that there will always be someone as good or better than you and that you will be hit in a fight. But what people want is to have someone tell them that because their kata is pretty that they are formidable fighters and their ability warrants promotion at warp speed to shodan and beyond. To make a living instructing you need to make comprimises and some make greater comprimises than others to make money.
If you're looking to become a better fighter then the first thing you should ask when you walk into a dojo is do you train with contact and do the instructors spar with their students (without setting ridiculous limitations on what they can use during sparring). If they do not move on to a school with more substance.

Answer 3

Tiger Schulman's was Karate and turned to MMA. But, they've had some legit fighters come from there partly because its in NY and there's a lot of people to train.

But, since martial arts has become main stream a lot of the legit places are getting massive and some that used to be legit become complacent to cater to the masses. Gracie Academy is legit, but they're one of the biggest entities in martial arts right now.

Its actually possible to have quality training and for the trainers to be compensated for it. Every place that's big was started with one guy and grew.

Answer 4

No. Like any other unregulated skill (like teaching magic) in a self-correcting market it is the fee paying students who eventually will raise the standards of that particular craft or trade.

So you can scold all the McDojo instructors you want, but that won't have any effect on the quality of their teachings as long as there are dues paying students and no official licensing or regulatory standards.

Answer 5

You have to examine the quality of the American character to really understand this. If americans were content to learn at a realistic pace, not sue everybody in sight if they are injured in training, and understand that a teacher shouldn't promote you if your footwork sucks, your technique is sloppy, and your strikes and blocks have insufficient power to damage the opponent, then I think more instructors would teach better stuff. As it is, we Americans are quick to move on to the next popular thing, to stop training for whatever reasons, to sue if injured, and to sue if someone defends themselves effectively with the m.a. against us, and hurts us. So, watering down the curriculum, taking out the dangerous stuff, advancing people to reward perserverance rather than skill all contribute to the McDojo experience.

I don't think that instructors go out of their way to open a McDojo; teaching strictly and vigorously drives students away, and without paying students in a school, the school is dead.

Answer 6

there is nothing stopping anyone who trains for a year in any style to say.. ok i am a self proclaimed 3rd degree black belt, and I want to teach,,, then a student of theirs does the same thing (only not getting the same year of teaching, as the self procalimed 3rd degree, has taught poorly, and spread the curriculum thin to eat up more time) .. after this process repeats itself, you have someone with roughly 1 month of legitimate training, teaching people Martial Arts... As time goes on, I only expect it to get worse (as it has over the last 20+ years

Answer 7

extending the time frames for belt gradings doesnt change the low quality tuition. in fact it helps them fleece more money over time as it can now take longer to get the belts.

but belts in any system only represent a persons understanding of THAT system.

belts do not directly relate to experience outside of the consent and control of the dojo.

so at the end of the day what difference does it make?

Answer 8

Most people's definition of McDojo, would change if they opened up their own school.

Answer 9

in a McDojo it is all about the money. nothing else

Answer 10

You would think that they would have to and there would be no other however, sadly however your question can be answer in one word-IGNORANCE.