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Originally Posted by Dent
Grade inflation hurts us all, TMD.
If McDojo A starts lowering the age for grades, and McDojo B starts reducing the time in grade, then it's only a matter of time before McDojo C does both. Soon enough we have five-year-old black belts who need velcro to tie their belts, and mothers to tie their shoes.
Now, in the same town, Real Dojo is trying to offer real Karate, with real discipline, and real grades that members really have to work for. They now not only have to overcome the natural human behavior of prospective students taking the path of least resistance, but also the public perception that Karate is either a babysitting service or an expensive joke.
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but thats just it! it DOESNT affect us at all let alone hurt us....
mcdojos already hand out belts like candy, some happen to only hand them out to those who can pay for them. its already happening. its happened to TKD for years now, among other styles.
things are just going to keep going on like they do. Real Dojo is going to be the best place to train and the people who dont know that probably dont belong there anyway. so the enrollment will stay low and Real Dojo will be poor but we dont do it for the money. and we dont do it JUST for the color of our belt so the people that actually WANT to pay for a rank or get to BB in 3 months doesnt belong at Real Dojo either.
everyone will end up where theyre meant to end up.