Is my club a McDojo

[Thaiboxerken]

Do they teach TKD? The answer to this question will also answer yours.

[mysterious_w]

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[Cullion]

I agree that the fact you're worried that you might 'get in trouble' for talking about your school online is a bad sign.

[mysterious_w]

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[Cullion]

Ok... the prices and contract terms seem fine, but the history given for TKD ignores the significant karate influence on the style. For a deeper explanation of what people on bullshido think about WTF TKD's effectiveness, you'll find a lot of discussion of this topic already if you use the search function.

[Lucky Seven]

Your style cannot be inferior, your club can though.

Do they ask for absurd amounts of money ?

Is it common to have very young people graduating to black belts ?

These competitions you guys keep winning, are they full contact or point sparring ?

I think maybe these 3 might help, I didn't check the website yet so...

[mysterious_w]

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[Cormoran]

might i ask, what is the exact reason you're asking if you're at a mcdojang?

What examples of mcdojang type behaviour have you witnessed there?

[Kintama]

quote taken from site:

"Julian Hatfield, 9, from Newton Aycliffe was awarded third place tournament champion, winning two gold’s for Traditional Poomse and Self Defence and a bronze for one step sparring."

McDojo? If they are letting 9 year-olds believe the new fad of "Competition Self-Defence" is actual self-defence, then yes it's a McDojo via false advertising.

what 'competition self-defence' is actually: coreographed, reverse engineered kata sequences that look cool to judges/crowd. the scoring is partially based on the 'ooohs' and 'aahhhs' of the crowd.

more bad signs:
http://kimchung.wheresthebeef.co.uk/newsletter/nl06.htm

also, can't quite see, but does she have her thumbs inside her fist?

[Xiangfei]

Sure looks like it... though I zoom in and she might just have very small thumbs.