A McDojo is a martial arts school that conforms to the following attributes:
-Your instructor has a Grandmasters Certificate. In Crayon.
-The Senior Assistant Instructor is a 4 year old black belt.
-The sign in the window says the school trains in more than 10 martial arts.
-Its a Korean art. (See taekwondo)
-Your instructor tries to sell you Amway products.
-While examining the schools tournament trophies, you find 3 for spelling bees.
-Reading the contract for the school is considered a kata (and a long one at that).
-No one sweats.
-While at a tournament, your opponent finds out who your teacher is and high-fives his teacher.
-When paying for your belt examinations, the instructor asks: "Do you want fries with that?"
If any of these sound familiar, you are probably training at a McDojo.
-Your instructor has a Grandmasters Certificate. In Crayon.
-The Senior Assistant Instructor is a 4 year old black belt.
-The sign in the window says the school trains in more than 10 martial arts.
-Its a Korean art. (See taekwondo)
-Your instructor tries to sell you Amway products.
-While examining the schools tournament trophies, you find 3 for spelling bees.
-Reading the contract for the school is considered a kata (and a long one at that).
-No one sweats.
-While at a tournament, your opponent finds out who your teacher is and high-fives his teacher.
-When paying for your belt examinations, the instructor asks: "Do you want fries with that?"
If any of these sound familiar, you are probably training at a McDojo.
by jitsuka May 4, 2008
Here's even more Mcdojo examples:
- There is a sign out front that says "We are a black belt school."
- You passed the exam for your black belt, but were denied your belt because your testing fee check of 200 dollars didn't clear at the bank.
-As you walk in the front door there are trophies all over the place, but you can find no evidence of your instructor competing in anything.
-Your karate/tkd instructor claims he could beat a Gracie.
-Your instructor mixes and matches different Asian languages. For example, the instructor claims to be the head of a Tae kwon Do Dojo. Tae Kwon Do is a Korean Art, but Dojo's are Japanese.
-Your instructor is nicknamed "Tiger". The most cliched nickname in all martial arts.
-Your instructor wears camouflage or an American Flag Gi.
-Your instructor claims that in order to get your Black belt you must win at least 5 trophies first.
-They have a class for 4-5 year olds called Tiny Tigers and the instructor says "Our Tiny Tigers are major ass kickers."
-If sparring is allowed it is completely one dimensional. You're taught how to score points in a tournament instead of how to defend yourself in real life.
-Your instructor claims he could defeat a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Master by side stepping and Ko'ing them when they go for a take down.
-You have to sign a rediculous contract/lease agreement to train at the school and the instructor can sue you if you break any of the agreements in the contract.
-As soon as the UFC craze hit America they went from being a Karate school to a "Mixed Martial Arts" school, but you cannot verify that your instructor has ever had a single pro MMA fight.
- There is a sign out front that says "We are a black belt school."
- You passed the exam for your black belt, but were denied your belt because your testing fee check of 200 dollars didn't clear at the bank.
-As you walk in the front door there are trophies all over the place, but you can find no evidence of your instructor competing in anything.
-Your karate/tkd instructor claims he could beat a Gracie.
-Your instructor mixes and matches different Asian languages. For example, the instructor claims to be the head of a Tae kwon Do Dojo. Tae Kwon Do is a Korean Art, but Dojo's are Japanese.
-Your instructor is nicknamed "Tiger". The most cliched nickname in all martial arts.
-Your instructor wears camouflage or an American Flag Gi.
-Your instructor claims that in order to get your Black belt you must win at least 5 trophies first.
-They have a class for 4-5 year olds called Tiny Tigers and the instructor says "Our Tiny Tigers are major ass kickers."
-If sparring is allowed it is completely one dimensional. You're taught how to score points in a tournament instead of how to defend yourself in real life.
-Your instructor claims he could defeat a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Master by side stepping and Ko'ing them when they go for a take down.
-You have to sign a rediculous contract/lease agreement to train at the school and the instructor can sue you if you break any of the agreements in the contract.
-As soon as the UFC craze hit America they went from being a Karate school to a "Mixed Martial Arts" school, but you cannot verify that your instructor has ever had a single pro MMA fight.
by Zman333 June 10, 2008
American Taekwondo Association with its 800 locations in the U.S. is the king of all the McDojo's. 18-24 months to blackbelt with them is ridiculous, and after that amount of time, those blackbelts perform no better than a green or blue belt elsewhere. Also, they copyright all their forms and techniques, and should after blackbelt you quit them, you can't show what they taught you to anyone else, for fear of lawsuits, making your knowledge useless. Look in this dictionary under ATA for more info.
Bill Clark's Schools, Richard Reed's schools, Robert Allemier's Schools, the list is endless of ATA multi-millionaire McDojo owners who put money and contracts before creating quality 1R's.
by Ex-ATA August 15, 2006
A (non-existant) martial arts school that serves french fries with its monthly bill, but more commonly known as such:
A Martial arts school which has a Korean/asian flag and an american flag, many mirrors, teaches preschoolers, black belt status awarded in approximately 2 years.
Usually associated with Tae Kwon Do(n't) and Karate.
Usually costs egregious ammounts and says it is for 'self-defense' (but it is not useful ina street fight)
A Martial arts school which has a Korean/asian flag and an american flag, many mirrors, teaches preschoolers, black belt status awarded in approximately 2 years.
Usually associated with Tae Kwon Do(n't) and Karate.
Usually costs egregious ammounts and says it is for 'self-defense' (but it is not useful ina street fight)
So I walked into this mcdojo and utterly owned their sensai (his name was Jeff) with my Wing Chun.
OR
"I do fry kwon do!"
OR
"I do fry kwon do!"
by Pseudonym October 20, 2004