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Not much more to say that hasn't already been said. I agree with the previous comments completely.
On the mature dojo comment: did you mean student age, or on dojo heritage and recognition? If you meant age then whatever everyone else said. If you meant heritage then I would recommend this:
1. Ask the instructor about his lineage. He/She should be forthcoming with it....if not, I would look elsewhere. I say this because you want to avoid the I-bought-a-black-belt-from-a-magazine instructors. Get the amount of time they have been their rank, and how long they've been teaching -- those numbers are far more telling than the actual rank they are.
2. Ask the students, or if you're daring enough the instructors of other schools about an instructor's lineage. Some instructors do tell very honest-sounding lies about where they learned their stuff.
Some instructors might consider this disrespecful, but I think it's absolutely necessary. I came from a dojo where the instructor was self-promoted and lied to all his students. I would spare you that same crap.
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