# Friday Recommendation #8

- Link: https://brianejohns.com/2021/05/07/blog-friday-recommendation-8/
- Published: 2021-05-07T10:00:00-04:00
- Author: Brian Johns

If you are not able to watch this video, click [here](https://youtu.be/ZABR4s17tYQ).

This is a nice complement/counterpart to [my blog post earlier this week](https://brianejohns.com//2021/05/03/blog-just-do-your-freaking-thing/).
What do you think when you hear “McDojo?” Most of us consider this to mean martial
arts schools that are unworthy by some subjective benchmark, right?

In this video, [Sensei Ando ](https://brianejohns.com/2021/03/12/blog-friday-podcast-recommendation-3/)
calls out those who derisively accuse martial arts schools of being “McDojos.” Using
several excellent analogies, he points out a place for “McDojos” in the martial 
arts industry. He points out that it’s too easy to throw this term around.

Full disclosure: I used to throw this term around mindlessly. Nowadays, I’m much
more discriminating about this term. Different schools target different demographics.
Not every martial arts student is alike and has different personal journeys. If 
being in a “McDojo” helps a student somehow, who are we to dismiss that school on
that basis?

Sensei Ando’s story about a classmate in a Tae Kwon Do school shows how lazy the“
McDojo” moniker is. Listen to it.

## Ultimately, this is a persuasive podcast on the “McDojo” issue. Please give it a listen!

## Additional Reading

 * [Friday Recommendation #3](https://brianejohns.com/2021/03/12/blog-friday-podcast-recommendation-3/)
 * [Friday Recommendation #2](https://brianejohns.com/2021/03/05/blog-friday-recommendation-2/)
 * [Friday Recommendation #9](https://brianejohns.com/2021/05/21/blog-friday-recommendation-9/)
 * [Forget About Winning or Losing](https://brianejohns.com/2020/12/14/blog-forget-about-winning-or-losing/)
 * [Inside The Martial Arts Bubble](https://brianejohns.com/2023/11/02/inside-the-martial-arts-bubble/)

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