McDojo: The danger of BS martial arts

Ladies and gentleman this is George Dillman, a man so deadly he can knock you out without even touching you, thats right i said without even touching you, and he does it all with the power of chi energy, BULLSHIT!
     This really is no joke, as much as I want it to be, but it is a perfect example of a growing trend of bogus martial arts being taught across the US, and the venue for these phony martial arts is the "McDojo."
      Now there are mainly two types of BS martial arts being taught in the US today, the first is what i like to call "fake traditional," and the other being the "forbidden techniques" styles. Both are equally useless and both give a false sense of security which can be extremely dangerous and potentially deadly to the practitioner. Lets take a look at both these "styles" and see why they are BS, first up, "forbidden techniques."
      Lets go back to Mr. Dillman, the "no touch" knockout master. Dillman is the posterboy for the "forbidden techniques" style of BS martial arts. Dillman id an advocate for everything this style is known for: deadly pressure points, chi manipulation, secret techniques and of course the "no touch" knockout. If you want a good laugh, youtube "george dillman" and you will see videos of him "throwing energy" at his opponents while they dramatically fly back as if being hit by an invisible train. Now back to the "style," the key selling point the the "forbidden technique" is that it is so deadly and so secret only a chosen few are worthy enough to learn it, let alone teach it. These are the people who will watch a MMA fight and laugh and say "that would never work on me, i would use his pressure points to release the hold and re-direct his chi to incapacitate him." These are also the same people when asked why there are no MMA fighters practicing their style is because it is "too lethal" for competition and that "the UFC is a sport, my style is for the streets," they give one excuse after another. The craziest aspect of the "forbidden technique" styles are the blind faith of the students. The so called "masters" of these schools develop an almost cult of personality, where their students see them as this mystical figure, a master of the human body able to cripple and Mame without even touching the opponent. The style produces fake martial artists who will fallow their "master" to the gates of hell, all the while acquiring a massive false sense of security, which leads into the other type of BS martial art being taught, the "fake traditional."
      Martial arts have been around for thousands of years, ever since man could walk and form a fist, he was using that fist to fight. TMA or traditional martial arts are the old school styles that come to mind when we hear the term martial arts; systems like karate, kung fu, jiu-jitsu and others are considered traditional martial arts. Legitimate TMA can be very useful and effective, just look no further than former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida, a traditional shotokan practitioner that has used his karate with great success in a sport where many has claimed "karate doesnt work."
The traditional martial arts boom started in the 1980's after movies like the karate kid showed people kicking ass using asian martial arts, next thing you knew there were karate schools popping up all over north america, the problem is that many of these schools taught a watered down if not all out fake martial art. Many of these McDojos you see say they teach karate, but they do not specify what style of karate they teach, that is a red flag. Karate is an umbrella term for multiple martial arts from Okinawa, so if a school says it teaches karate but does not specify on style, its BS. Another thing you sill find in these fake ass McDojos is the "black belt guarantee," what this is is a contract that the student signs guaranteeing the student a black belt within a certain amount of time, some schools promise a black belt in as little as a years time. Now anyone who has had any training in legit martial arts will tell you that a teacher guaranteeing a student a black belt through paperwork is retarded, let alone promising a black belt rank with only a years training, its just mot possible. These "blackbelt mills" are the biggest offenders of giving out a false sense of security. The traditional thought of someone with a black belt is someone who knows their shit and can take care of themselves, that same mentality carries over to the 14 year old "black belt" who has only been training for 14 months, and this can be extremely dangerous. What this false sense of security does is put inexperienced people who think they are experienced into dangerous situations. although it is good that these schools are teaching their students to be confident, if the martial arts are not effective than that confidence is useless.
      If you are interested in learning martial arts be sure you do alot of research on a school before committing, if it seems to awesome to be true, like no touch knock outs, then it probably is. If the schools main purpose is to make money over all else, move along. And dont be afraid to ask for an instructors credentials, remember there are plenty of geroge dillmans out there looking to take your money! Train hard and be well