Where does it say they have a fight team?
Check out their facebook. They've got a specific fight class too, and have some training videos. I saw at least one fight video as well, but tough to tell if theyre from that dojo or just vids of kyokushin fights
It’s the only kyokushin school in my area so it’s my only choice. I think he rents out a ballet studio but it’s probably because he just opened.It’s Kyokushin. Being a bare knuckle, full contact system, it’s pretty hard to be a McDojo. Not that it’s impossible, but let’s be honest here.
The website is a generic “your name here” website. Notice most of the pics are stock photos. How many pics are people wearing gis with the Kyokushin kanji? Other than a few stock tournament photos and the head guy’s pics, only one or two.
He’s been teaching since 2018, so it’s a new dojo
I’ll give credit where credit is due - at least he’s trying with the website. I’ve seen too many horrible websites seemingly done by some guy in his parents’ basement. Or worse. If it were for websites, I wouldn’t have joined either dojo I’ve been a part of.
Go visit the dojo. See what’s going on. See if he’s a good guy to train under and if the other students are good people to train alongside. All you should need to know from the website is who’s teaching, where they are, their schedule, contact info, and hopefully price.
Kyokushin is pretty hard to McDojo-ify. Nothing is impossible to reduce to crap, but I’d be very surprised if it was truly crap. It’s all going to hinge on how good the teacher teaches IMO.
I wouldn't be put off by that at all. I know Dallas is a lot cheaper than Seattle, but still, here there is no way to even pay for rent in a commercial retail-ish space much less pay for anything else or make a profit if you aren't a pretty successful full time operation. I didn't notice a schedule, but if they're only offering classes for a few hours 2-3 times/week there's no way operating their own dedicated facility makes any sense. Sharing space with a dance school or other martial arts school is a great way to keep things affordable for the students, make a profit and still have a pretty nice place to train.
Some of them are pretty obviously TKD pics, too - two of them on the home page are in dobok. Stuff like that drives me a little nuts, but I can understand why a new school might end up using them...and most prospects won't know the difference.
Pretty sure all the testimonials are stock statements too, that they just attach a random name too.
Oh, I don't disagree. It's better than just a Facebook page with nothing but some pictures, an address and a phone number. And I know that these schools have no budget for this sort of thing. I guess I'm mainly disappointed that the companies selling these sites don't do a better job with them and that school owners don't demand more. Having owned and operated a web development company I know how big a hassle it can be to get content from your clients, things like instructor bios and even schedules seem to be closely guarded secrets! If I owned a MA school and didn't have the bandwidth to even get the basic info to someone who could do copywriting for me I'd personally rather do a super simple site that gave only the basics than go with a generic template with little substance and obvious filler.It’s Kyokushin. Being a bare knuckle, full contact system, it’s pretty hard to be a McDojo. Not that it’s impossible, but let’s be honest here.
The website is a generic “your name here” website. Notice most of the pics are stock photos. How many pics are people wearing gis with the Kyokushin kanji? Other than a few stock tournament photos and the head guy’s pics, only one or two.
He’s been teaching since 2018, so it’s a new dojo
I’ll give credit where credit is due - at least he’s trying with the website. I’ve seen too many horrible websites seemingly done by some guy in his parents’ basement. Or worse. If it were for websites, I wouldn’t have joined either dojo I’ve been a part of.
Go visit the dojo. See what’s going on. See if he’s a good guy to train under and if the other students are good people to train alongside. All you should need to know from the website is who’s teaching, where they are, their schedule, contact info, and hopefully price.
Kyokushin is pretty hard to McDojo-ify. Nothing is impossible to reduce to crap, but I’d be very surprised if it was truly crap. It’s all going to hinge on how good the teacher teaches IMO.
Why does it have to be Kyokushin? I love Kyokushin, but it’s not exactly the only right way to train.
I was going to mention the TKD doboks, but I got sidetracked.
If I were to open a dojo, my website would contain contact info, location, schedule and instructor(s) bio. And a brief description of the organization I’m under and a link to them. A few facility pics, and call it a day. I’m honestly not convinced that an elaborate website will really get a ton of people in anyway. I think Facebook pretty much replaced that, or am I off? I don’t have Facebook, so I’m not sure.
I agree.
A ballet studio actually makes a ton of sense. Mirrors, wood floors or similar that don’t allow street shoes, and even a stretching bar. And some music if he wants it.
Because I’m looking for knockdown rules karate to train and compete in and it’s the only knockdown style school in Dallas
Any Enshin or Ashihara karate locally?
