Jammie Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 Wow, that link(http://www.e-budo.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6554) is definately shocking! Wouldnt want to get invovled in a system which esentially is a scam from the looks of it. They were doing door to door rounds in Brincliffe-Netheredge area. But they had a brochure which suggested they had a lot of local centres. Glad i didnt get roped in! Thanks everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryn Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 If you are thinking of starting a martial art, theres loads of help on here. People should be able to point you in the direction of a selection of clubs that do what you'd be looking for, for you (or your kid?) With instructors who count their experience in years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam S Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 They have a few clubs that I know of. There's one in Stocksbridge and another in Hillsborough. I imagine, with their aggressive marketing and sales technique, that there's other clubs springing up around the place. I met a couple of their assistant instructors once when they were doing their sales rounds - basically door to door sales. The instructor jobs are advertised and the lads I spoke to were promised salaries of £20k when they started their own clubs. I don't really see how it's sustainable but the guys seemed to be happy enough. And, while I have no idea of the standards of teaching, it would be a shame if this kind of practice pulls down the name of other martial arts as a whole. There's plenty of info on these two sites if you're interested. http://www.gkrkarate.com/ http://www.gkrkarate.org/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryn Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Rise of the McDojo! Here's your mawashigeri, would you like fries with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inosanto Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 makes a mockery of those of us that train hard for our art/MA and gives those instructors that try and build a club based on real skill very hard. No wonder some parents expect gradings and passes considering the money they have to part with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sufc_babe Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 around a year ago they came to my house i registered for the lifetime membership option and 3 month later decided to quit, it wasn't at all what i had expected but i suppose its good for the little ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShotoKarate Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Yep .... Go Kan Ryu is just a money making franchise run by people with little or no experience ..... Experienced karate or MA people aren't usually allowed to even watch never mind train in GKR dojos as it might make the instructor look like the crap that they are ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryn Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Whats involved with the "lifetime membership"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam S Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Whats involved with the "lifetime membership"? If you quit... they kill you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddylee Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Ive heard that they even threaten to beat up parents if they dont pay up,..etc and they have a system where they fine kids' parents if the kids misbehave in class??? I say we "Tek Kwoon" like in the bruce lee films we once had a GKR instructor come to one of our classes, she had come just for some "extra sparring practise" turns out she didnt even have no basics and that class was made difficult for us lot because the instructor had to slow down for her riht down to teaching her a basic jab, cross and fighting stance GKR is terrible and shudnt be touched with a barge pole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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