There's a chain of schools in my area that used be called ______ ______ Karate, I think there are more than 40 of them in NJ, PA, CT, & FL. Now they are called ________ ________ Mixed Martial Arts. One of my students studied there for about a month. You know the $30 beginer program for 1 month and free uniform with their logo on it. When he started with me he had 3 stripes on his white belt. I asked him what the stripes meant and he told me that he got one for every class he went to and after he got to eight they were going to test him for yellow belt. If you go to their website they have a video of a demo they did for the NY Knicks with about 100 Blackbelts under the age of 10.
Could this be a chain of Mc Dojo's?
Also the guy who started the chain is a highly decorated Martial Artist - 6 x North American Kyokoshinkai Champion. Undefeated in 100s of fights. Creator of his own hybrid style of the most effective techniques. Featured in every major Martial Art Magazine (Black Belt, Karate/Kung Fu Illustrated, etc). Inducted into North American Grappling Association hall of fame in 2005 as a founding member. Claims his organization became number 1 grappling school in North America in 2004.
There is a MMA competition team - they compete in organizations I'm not familiar with as well as some that I am. There are about 20 pro fighters, no big names. I think they also compete within their own organization. They have both wins and losses.
None of this information is fictional - all was taken from conversation with my one student and the organizations website. I don't want to say names because I'm sure they've got a team of lawyers on retainer.
What are your thoughts?
Could this be a chain of Mc Dojo's?
_Don Flatt