Thread: Is MMA a sport?
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Old 07-20-2009, 11:37 PM   #44 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Strange Famous View Post
The fact that young kids can get black belts - not just the likes of Graycie, but teenage kids all over the shop - really shows how easy it is. You turn up, learn a few Japanese words, practise a few kicks, and they call you a black belt.

Then the first time you get into a real fight, puffed up with unfounded confidence, you find you get sparked.
Well atleast this is half true unlike most of your posts here.
Sounds like you are talking about what's known as a Mcdojo.

McDojo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When we say black belt, it is a black belt from a reputable dojo, master or school.
While I can't say for sure that no Mixed Martial Artist has ever set foot in a McDojo because lets face it some of them may have gone as children, I will say this. If any current Mixed Martial Artist recieved his black belt from a McDojo he'd be laughed out of the sport.

It's the difference between going down to the local YMCA and getting someone to show you how to throw a jab and hit a bag, and finding a real trainer who will show you how to box.

In other words not all black belts are created equal. When we state fighter X has a black belt in Y, it's not a black belt from the local "master" that was handed out alongside 40 others to the rest of the class because their cheque cleared.
A black belt from these places would be like me going taking a few boxing classes for a year or so, then having them hand me a belt that declares me to be world champion. Sure I've got the belt that says it but does it make it true? Of course not.
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