93个警示迹象显示你的道场是“麦道场”

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我在著名空手道部落格KARATE by Jesse看到一篇很有趣的文章，转载过来跟大家分享。
我的英文水平一般，只能在谷歌翻译的帮助下，尽力修正这篇文章的译文。如果华文有词不达意的情况，请各位给予指教，谢谢。


      
93 Warning Signs Your Dojo is a McDojo
93个警示迹象显示你的道场是“麦道场”


1. You wear multicolored uniforms.
1.你穿上缤纷色彩的制服。


2. The dojo advertises as “Non-Contact Karate”.
2.道场的广告宣传为“非接触空手道”。


3. You wear a thousand badges/patches on your gi.
3.您的道服上面有一千个徽章/补丁。


4. You are awarded black belt in 1-2 years.
4.您在1-2年内获得黑带。


5. Advancement to the next rank is an expense (and a hefty one at that), instead of an honorful achievement.
5.进入下一个等级需要消费（也是昂贵的），而不是一个充满荣誉的成就。


6. Prospective students are required to become a member/subscribe before even trying a lesson.
6.有可能成为学生的人都被要求成为会员/甚至还没试课就必须购买东西。


7. Your sensei is a “grandmaster” with 7th dan or above, yet is 30 years or younger.
7.你的老师是一个拥有7段或以上的“宗师”，但年龄30岁或更年轻。


8. There is a “special course” that’ll get you black belt in 6 months or less.
8.有一个“特殊课程”能够让你在6个月或更短时间获得黑带。


9. (And yes, that course is super expensive.)
9.（是的，那个课程是超级贵的。）


10. Your sensei won’t spar/fight with you because he “doesn’t want to hurt you”.
10.你的老师不会和你过招/对打，因为他“不想伤害你”。


11. Individual development and personal expression is virtually non-existant. Instead, a strong conformist mentality is encouraged, since this inflexible mindset is what makes it easy for a sensei to rule the dojo.
11.个体发展和个人表达几乎不存在。相反的，你被鼓励拥有强大的循规蹈矩心态，因为这种死板的思想让老师更容易统治道场。


12. You are never taught bunkai (applications) to moves.
12.你从来没有被教导过各种动作的bunkai（分解/招式应用）。


13. If you are taught bunkai, they never work – except when your sensei does them.
13.如果你被教导bunkai，它们从来都无效 - 除非是由你的老师来做。


14. Instructors wear special ‘instructor belts’ rather than regular belts reflecting their true ranking.
14.教练们绑上特制的“教练腰带”，而不是显示他们真实级别的一般腰带。


15. There are many claims of being an “award winning dojo”, with little or no solid evidence to back this up.
5.有很多说法说这是一间“获奖道场”，但是很少或根本没有确凿的证据来支持。


16. Your sensei studied marketing longer than Karate.
16.你的老师学习市场经销比学习空手道更久。


17. Instructors are required to have the dojo’s decals on their car.
17.教练们都必须在他们的车贴上道场的贴纸。




18. You never practise low kicks.
18.你永远不用练习低段踢。


19. There is a sign that says “Guaranteed Black Belt”.
19.道场里有一个牌子写着“保证考获黑带”


20. There are 11th dan, 12th dan, 13th dan or even higher grades.
20.有11段，12段，13段，甚至更高的级别。


21. Your sensei has one of those grades.
21.你的老师拥有以上的其中一种级别。


22. …and he “got it in Japan”.
22. ...而他是“在日本获取那个级别”。


23. Your style was created by your sensei, yet it’s still “traditional” – and it has several “special advantages” over all other styles. Oh, and most likely, the name of the style is absurdly long.
23.你的流派由你的老师所创建的，但它仍然是“传统”，而且相对于其它流派，这个流派拥有几项“特殊优势”。噢，最有可能的，这个流派的名字很长，长到非常荒谬。


24. There are camouflage belts.
24.有迷彩腰带


25. You have stripes on your belt that signify how much you have paid (rather than what rank you have)
25.你的腰带上面有条纹，表示你已经付了几多钱（而不是显示你的级别）


26. Gradings are fifteen minutes long.
26.考带时间是十五分钟。


27. There are 7-year old black belts.
27.有7岁的黑带。


28. The dojo sign has the words ‘traditional’, ‘commando’, ‘classical’, ‘effective’, ‘100%’, ‘original’, ‘Okinawan’, ‘dragon’, ‘Japanese’, ‘secret’ and ‘elite’ in the same sentence.
28.道场的招牌，同一个句子里面有“传统”、“突击队”、“经典”、“有效率”、“100％”、“正宗”、“冲绳”、“龙”、“日本”、“秘密”和“精英”。


29. Between belt grades you get colored tabs on your belt to denote ‘half’ or ‘quarter’ ranks.
29.在腰带的等级之间，你可以获取颜色标签显示“一半”或“四分之一”的级别。


30. You can grade via mail order.
30.你可以通过邮购获取级别。


31. Wearing/buying the dojo merchandize is mandatory.
31.穿上/购买道场的商品是强制性的。


32. Your dojo is cluttered with trophies. So cluttered that every time you take a step towards any direction in a kata, you’re actually stepping on a trophy.
32.你的道场堆满了奖杯，杂乱到在你进行kata（型/套路）时候不论向哪个方向迈步都会踩到奖杯。


33. Speaking of kata; there are waaaay too many of them.
33.说到kata, 真的有太太太多了。


34. Your grandmaster is 14-times World Champion (WKITSKTFKTAF)
34.你的师祖是14次世界冠军（WKITSKTFKTAF）


35. You are not allowed to compete. It is not “honorful”.
35.你不被允许竞争，因为那是“不名誉”的。


36. You are required to compete. It is “honorful”.
36.你被要求竞争，因为那是“名誉”的。


37. Cheesy sales tactics are used to effectively bind up loyal customers (a.k.a. “students”).
37.以各种花俏的销售策略有效地团结忠实客户（又名“学生”）。


38. You are doing kata to music.
38.你会跟着音乐练习kata（型/套路）。


39. If you use weapons, they glow in the dark and weigh a maximum of 3 oz.
39.如果你有使用武器，它们都是夜光的，以及重量最多3安士。


40. The instructor uses students as punching bags.
40.教练把学生当做沙包。


41. Movements don’t have names – they have numbers.
41.各种动作没有名称，但是有数字。


42. The dojo’s web address is printed on the back of your uniform.
42.道场的网址印在你的道服背面。


43. The dojo’s phone number is printed on the back of your uniform.
43.道场的电话号码印在你的道服背面。


44. The instructor refuses to teach you certain techniques, because they are “too deadly”
44.教练拒绝教导你某些技术，因为“太致命”。


45. (When in fact, the instructors is just holding you back for fear that you’ll get better than him.)
45.（事实上，教练们只是拖住你的进步，因为怕你变得比他更厉害。）


46. The instructor demands respect. He doesn’t earn it.
46.​​教练要求被尊重，而不是获得尊重。


47. Red gi for the grandmaster, black gi for instructors and white gi for regular students.
47.宗师穿红色道服、教练穿黑色道服、普通学生穿白色道服。


48. You must pay for an entire year up front, no refunds (long-term contracts with no termination clauses).
48.你必须支付一整年的费用，不可退款（无中止条款的长期合约）。


49. Your sensei sounds and acts like a motivational speaker.
49.你的老师的说话语气和行为举止像一个激励讲师。


50. Besides teaching Karate, your grandmaster also teaches ‘cardio kickboxing’ (or similar).
50.除了教空手道，你的师祖也教“有氧踢拳”（或类似的东西）。


51. Reference is repeatedly made to the notorious “street”, and what works/doesn’t work there.
51.课程不断地提到关于臭名远播的“街鬥”，以及哪些招数是有效/无效的。


52. The dojo has an official mascot.
52.道场有一个官方吉祥物。


53. Your sensei can’t explain the meaning of any given technique.
53.你老师无法解释任何一个技术的含义。


54. Nobody ever fails at a grading.
54.从来没有人在升级考试中不及格。


55. Kids’ classes are more games and chaos than actual Karate.
55.比起真正的空手道练习，这里的儿童班更像是玩游戏和一片混乱。


56. First thing that greets students when they enter the dojo? A cash register.
56.第一件迎接学生进入道场的事物就是...？收银机。


57. Senior students are required to recruit new members door to door.
57.师兄/姐们必须挨家挨户招揽新会员。


58. Your dojo website doesn’t say anything about the actual style of Karate, but instead makes lot of reference to “empowerment”, “mindfulness”, “concentration” and tournament results.
58.你的道场的网站并没有说明该空手道的实际流派，反而多次提及“授权”、“正念”、“集中力”和比赛成绩。


59. Time-based progression through ranks, rather than achievement-based.
59.升级的进展以时间为准，而不是以成就为准。


60. Your sensei has registered his fists as ‘deadly weapons’ with the local police authorities.
60.你的老师已经在当地的警察局把他的拳头登记为“致命武器”。


61. Your grandmaster rarely teaches stuff hands-on (he has assistants for that).
61.你的宗师/师祖/大师鲜少自己动手教导（他有助手）。


62. There are “forbidden” techniques that only certain students are taught.
62.某些“禁忌”招式只传授给特定学生。


63. You’re wearing a taekwondo uniform.
63.（其实）你穿的是跆拳道服。




64. Cross training is discouraged.
64.交叉训练是障碍。


65. Other schools are talked down.
65.其他流派都被弹。




66. Kyu grade students are recruited to become instructors early on, and put in ‘accelerated learning programs’.
66.Kyu（级）等级的学生很早就被招募成为教练，并且参加“加速学习计划”。


67. Your grandmaster has a habit of dating students.
67.你的宗师/师祖/大师有约会学生的习惯。


68. “Sensei, when will I learn my next kata?”
68.“老师，我几时可以学下一个型（套路）？”


69. “When you buy the DVD!”
69.“当你购买了（我们的）DVD！”


70. You are rarely taught philosophical concepts, strategy or theory.
70.很少教导你（空手道的）哲学概念，战略或理论。




71. Doing stuff that’s “correct” is seen as more important than doing stuff that actually works.
71.做“正确”的事情被看成比做“可行”的事情更重要。




72. You practise harnessing your ki/chi power.
72.你练习如何驾驭“气”的力量。


73. Quantity is encouraged over quality – both physical and theoretical.
73.从物理性和理论性方面来看，数量比品质更加被鼓励。


74. The sensei is always right, everybody else are wrong.
74.老师永远是对的，其他人都是错的。


75. The style is always right, everything else is wrong.
75.（你的）流派永远是对的，其他一切流派都是错的。


76. The dojo is always right, everyplace else is wrong.
76.（你的）道场永远是对的，其他一切地方都是错的。




77. Questioning the style, teacher, lineage or dojo is a big no-no.
77.质疑流派、老师、传承或者道场都是一大禁忌。


78. New students aren’t allowed to watch a class; “Just sign the dotted line.”
78.新学生不被允许旁观课程，（除非）...“就在虚线上签名吧”。


79. Your sensei adds/changes/removes techniques when he feels like it. Which is basically every week.
79.只要你的老师喜欢，他可以添加/更改/删除技术，基本上每个星期他都在做这事情。


80. Your sensei teaches crescent kicks as disarming techniques for handguns and knives.
80.你的老师教导弯月踢法作为打掉手枪和刀的技术。


81. You train defense against baseball bats by blocking with your forearm.
81.你练习用前臂格挡棒球棍攻击。


82. Your sensei invokes fear.
82.你的老师善长利用恐惧。


83. You bow to a huge portrait of your sensei hanging on the wall.
83.你向挂在墙上你老师的巨幅画像鞠躬。


84. There are “hidden” techniques in kata.
84.在型（套路）里面有“秘藏”技术。


85. When you practise self-defense, it’s always based on a scenario where your opponent steps towards you with a straight punch and then leaves his/her arm dangling in front of you as you execute 5-10 different finishing techniques.
85.你总是基于这样一个场景来练习自卫：你的对手向前踏出一步对你做出直拳攻击，然后他/她的手臂在你的面前悬挂着，任由你执行5-10种不同的必杀技。


86. Your sensei knows the ‘no-touch K.O.’
86.你的老师懂得“无接触K.O.”。


87. Your memory to recall techniques is tested more often than your actual skill in performing techniques.
87.比起测试你的实际技术，你更加频繁地被测试从记忆里回想起技术。


88. Your instructor prefers to use “grandmaster”, “master” or “sensei” rather than his real name. Both in print and person.
88.无论是在印刷品和人际关系， 你的教练更加喜欢用“宗师”、“大师”，“师傅”或“老师”称号，而不是他的真实名字。


89. Showing techniques you learnt from someplace else is frowned upon.
89. 你从别处学到的技术是无法接受的。




90. The dojo equipment can’t stand full contact use.
90.道场的设备抵受不住以全接触的方式使用。


91. Students scream more than they bow.
91.学生们的尖叫的次数比鞠躬来得更多。


92. If you make a mistake, it’s quickly (and often loudly) pointed out by your sensei. But when you make something correct? Crickets.
92.如果你犯了一个错误，你的老师会快速地（通常也是大声地）指出来。但是，当你做了正确的事呢？鸦雀无声。


93. You practise backflips.
93.你练习后空翻。

Tiras

實在是太有趣了。還好我的都沒有這些除了套路多以外。

哈哈！謝謝分享。

合气求道

这篇看过了啦。
甭那么麻烦咯，一看就知的。
行家一出手，便知道有没有。

自护吉翁

Tiras 发表于 22-7-2015 12:04 AM
實在是太有趣了。還好我的都沒有這些除了套路多以外。

哈哈！謝謝分享。

是的，有几项真的很搞笑   

飞天马骝

那篇文确实讲中了很多啊！给他一个赞～

daveloh

McD这样才有钱的嘛～
难道要像我一样带这条东西十多年都没钱换meh~
连名字都没钱刻～

自护吉翁

daveloh 发表于 29-7-2015 07:58 PM
McD这样才有钱的嘛～
难道要像我一样带这条东西十多年都没钱换meh~
连名字都没钱刻～

Sensei Loh, 你的这条腰带才值钱啦！  

daveloh

自护吉翁 发表于 31-7-2015 03:55 PM
Sensei Loh, 你的这条腰带才值钱啦！

卖你RM10000，好不好？
不过从没洗过，拿回家自己洗洗干净～
呵呵～开玩笑的

家驹

这是美国式空手道常见的，他们其实非常商业化!!!!!!!