hogstooth
Green Belt
In another thread titled "could Mcdojo be a good thing" Touch of Death stated that if you ask a school what they think of your school they would say that you are a McDojo.
Why is that? Unless they are a true McDojo just pushing out 5 year old BB, why would one school knock another? There is many Korean schools in my town and I am only one of two schools that teach Okinawan Karate. Out of the many schools there are only a few that are what I would concider a McDojo. The others are ran by highly qualified instructors and a few of my students take classes from them as well as me. I don't have a problem with this because they are getting good instruction. Hell I encourage them to continue. Who am I to stand in the way of a students progress.
I think if one school is down grading another legitimate school then I say the have lost site of the true meaning of what we do. We teach. Isn't it the whole concept of what we are here for? To give our students every opportunity to better themselves? If they want to learn why hold them back? If they find something there that they don't get at our school then that is not a reflection on the other school it is a reflection on us and up to us to improve. I see it as a good thing. It is competition and it is healthy. It makes us strive to be better teachers.
A lot of members have discussed cross training. How did your sensei feel about that or did you ask? Did they down grade the other school and call it a mcdojo or did they encourage you?
My only responsibility to my students in the situation is to warn them about the McDojos or just bad instructors and encourage them to follow the path we all have chose. Past that I will not hold one of my students back and I certainly will not cut down another school if it is legitimate and producing well rounded skilled students. How do you feel about this? Do you encourage your students to try something new or do you knock it down for fear of loosing a paying student?
Most of my students that cross train do it while training with me and I haven't lost many. But the ones I have lost to other good instructors I wished them the best and were happy that they are choosing to remain on the path I set them on.
Why is that? Unless they are a true McDojo just pushing out 5 year old BB, why would one school knock another? There is many Korean schools in my town and I am only one of two schools that teach Okinawan Karate. Out of the many schools there are only a few that are what I would concider a McDojo. The others are ran by highly qualified instructors and a few of my students take classes from them as well as me. I don't have a problem with this because they are getting good instruction. Hell I encourage them to continue. Who am I to stand in the way of a students progress.
I think if one school is down grading another legitimate school then I say the have lost site of the true meaning of what we do. We teach. Isn't it the whole concept of what we are here for? To give our students every opportunity to better themselves? If they want to learn why hold them back? If they find something there that they don't get at our school then that is not a reflection on the other school it is a reflection on us and up to us to improve. I see it as a good thing. It is competition and it is healthy. It makes us strive to be better teachers.
A lot of members have discussed cross training. How did your sensei feel about that or did you ask? Did they down grade the other school and call it a mcdojo or did they encourage you?
My only responsibility to my students in the situation is to warn them about the McDojos or just bad instructors and encourage them to follow the path we all have chose. Past that I will not hold one of my students back and I certainly will not cut down another school if it is legitimate and producing well rounded skilled students. How do you feel about this? Do you encourage your students to try something new or do you knock it down for fear of loosing a paying student?
Most of my students that cross train do it while training with me and I haven't lost many. But the ones I have lost to other good instructors I wished them the best and were happy that they are choosing to remain on the path I set them on.