The Mayn Idea Podcast #58: Rob McDojoLife - Exposing Cons in the Martial Arts Community, How to Keep Martial Arts Legitimate, and the Danger of Cult-Like Behavior.
Rob is the creator of McDojoLife, one of the most viral social media accounts covering martial arts. The main focus of McDojoLife is to keep martial arts legitimate by exposing the fakes, frauds and phonies in the martial arts community while promoting the martial artists who are making a positive impact.
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EPISODE LINKS:
McDojoLife Instagram: https://Instagram.com/mcdojolife
McDojoLife on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcdojolife
McDojoLife on YouTube: https://youtube.com/mcdojolife
McDojoLife Sponsor: https://epicrollbjj.com
PODCAST INFO:
Podcast website: https://mailchi.mp/abemaynard.com/the-mayn-idea-podcast
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mayn-idea-podcast/id1587799395
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YouTube Full episode playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMGFodxtKEioDkOtd65xyuXs5p1qNjQpC
YouTube Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYA_B1bx0rWVs-mNWc2QidA
OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. You should be able to click through then timestamp on most players:
(0:00) - Intro
(2:00) - Cleft lip and bullying
(4:21) - First martial arts class and karate
(8:00) - Isolation and acceptance
(13:02) - "Bullshido" Forums
(17:01 - Enabling fraud
(19:01) - Finding frauds, fakes, pedophiles, and scammers
(27:01) - The "care" problem
(28:01) - Robs 5 Rules
(28:12) - #1 No pedophiles
(28:37) - #2 Don't lie about belt rank and fight record
(30:01) - #3 No shady business practices
(35:46) - #4 No cult-like behavior
(44:41) - Is Jiu Jitsu religion?
(49:00) - Do belt rankings matter?
(53:01) - #5 No-touch-knockouts and misleading techniques
(1:07:01) - "Tenaga Dalam" and real deaths
(1:28:01) - Mike Beltran
(1:30:01) - Rob's head scars
(1:35:01) - Future of McDojoLife
(1:40:01) - The documentary project and production cost
(1:56:01) - Will the documentary be good?
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