McDojo Breakdown: The Bullshido Mystics Dogmatic Hypocrisy 

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"I dropped a super-heavy akasha into his mind"...is that what we're calling it these days? Well, in that case, I too just dropped a super-heavy akasha.

It's funny as fuck that someone says that they're mad that people position themselves in a sense of superiority, while he's the one claiming he has magic powers. Okay.

Why doesn't he come show his powers on you? Oh wait, you know the "tongue in the roof of your mouth" and "wiggling your toes" defense.

Chic says, "This is the most bizarre feeling ever.". Oh, honey, quit lying. You know what that feeling is and you've been feeling it since puberty. It's called going along with a guys bs because he gives you the tingles...

So he is an expert in many things and just 15 years? I have been training in Martial arts for 42 years and I still don’t consider myself an expert.

Flat earth kung fu.

Let me guess... he won't accept any challengers.

i just love it when these super hero driven cult leaders are given a freindly handshake and a tactical taste of professional but helpful criticism, they seem to instantly go on the defensive and basically declare war on you...oh and there wordplay when it comes to ther responses....poetry my guy..pure i can't understand wtf your tryna say poetry

This channel should be so much bigger.

I would run away too if that guy with no shirt grabbed my wrists and focused on my "akasha". 😂

So all these "masters" have enough control of their powers to safely demonstrate them on people, but they don't have enough control to use them in a fight or sparring session with out killing someone? They all seem great at force pushing people but I have yet to see one that can force hold someone up. You find me someone that can beat me in a fight or sparring session (I havent fought in years) with their powers, knocking me down with a spirit bomb then keeping me from hitting the ground with their chi, I'll be the first to sign up for those $1000 a month classes!

Love you man. Echo chambers aren’t just healthy/unhealthy. I’m gonna make the full-throated claim that if you refuse to engage with alternative ideas, your ideas are 100% nonsense that can be dismissed out of hand. You HAVE to at least entertain skepticism or difference of opinion for your opinion to be taken seriously. If you refuse to engage with any criticism, you can dismissed as BS without further investigation. Full stop.

I love discussing differing opinions. It's the only way to resolve issues.

Next for him. Start his own church...😅

dude another insane video. People should share opinions and ideas more, a be respectful about it. If we show the young how to communicate respectfully then the future of society would be bright. Echo chambers in real life or on the internet of this era are unavoidable. If we wanna make the distance we do it together, rarely alone. So we are gregarious and will tend to join like-minded people. We must not forget the respect no matter how far we've come along the road. Other groups might have a better idea than yours and you might miss it. Anyhow, I feel like you're putting great effort in staying grounded and not let the internet life get to your head. Respect to you brother, your work and what McDojo stands for is worth the hassle. peace

A super-heavy akasha! I'm calling "ning!"

Wow. Haven't watched this channel for a while, and it has 100k followers . As a young guy growing up in the 80/90's it was so difficult to find a decent school./gym. Mostly because a lot of them seemed decent at first.Often you'r in for a while, before the woo woo gets introduced. I wasted so much time trying new things .Sometimes it took months before admitting to myself it just didn't work, or it even being pure B.S. . Magazines played along with all the Ninja/ Chi/whatever nonsense, and there obviously was no internet. Channels like this one would have saved me a lot of wasted time and money back then .

Now this is funny from his website "I do my best to teach in a way that would've SHAVED YEARS OFF my own learning curve had I had my current self as a teacher." In other words I would be even better if I was my teacher 😂

I believe that it’s best to have interactions with people whom don’t have the same ideologies as myself. Because I’m human and I can be wrong. I have found that I often better myself doing this but I also found that you have to have a healthy level of cautiousness because of people like the 2 gentleman in your video.

idk what pisses me off more, the big words, the random nature walking or the fact hes wearing a ski cap during it

Bro ur just a straight up hero to martial arts u need to be thanked every day for what u do

When they use those big 25¢ words. You know their full of it. 😂

I've tried having conversations with people in echo chambers. An interesting/frustrating habit I noticed they have is assuming my half of the conversation. It's like they're reacting to things I'm not even saying, assuming my argument is different than it actually is. Reminded me of talking to a chat bot, but the conversation was in person.

As always another great video, great live show glad I didn't miss all of it this time.

That girl in the yoga pants, if nothing else, made him look even worse

If you haven't already done it. You should do a piece on the pressure point dojo. They guy is a disciple of George Dillman and would be a prefect example for McDojo video

People who claim to be open to discourse yet shut down any challenge are incredibly deluded

"And...Im also lost in the woods...my chi gps isnt getting any signal...please send help..ive been here for days..."

Thats a really good and spicy question of the day rob! I think being for, or against echo chambers menas you arenxt thinking hard enough. The question is more complicated than right or wrong. If you take a moment to genuinely think about it we all end up in our own echo chambers at some point. While saying you support echo chambers sounds bad, the truth is we like the people who affirm our ideas and disprove ideas we disagree with. I think that echo chambers are naturally occuring simply because someone is right, and someone else is wrong. For example, we all know 1+1=2. Someone proposes that 1+1=3 we all shun them for being wrong. Now whoever believes 1+1=2 stays in their echo chamber, and whoever believes 1+1=3 stays in theirs. And both sides will pedal their reasons for it, but who's wrong? Well with martial arts we can test right and wrong. Arguements about numbers however, are arguements about language. I find arguements about language dumb, when the meaning behind the language is whats important. Not the words. #2Isn'tRealItCan'tHurtYou

I also love his walk in the woods, trying to be all one with nature as he pontificates. Another great video Rob.

Echo chambers are one of the worst things to be involved in because you end up being so certain you’re right and everyone else is wrong without ever having even viewed all the evidence of a situation or idea. It would be like a court case where only the prosecutor or only the defense got to state their case and then thinking you know if the person is innocent or guilty based on that one side’s testimony alone.

It's all provable with a neutral party. If they truly believed in what they can do why would they not demonstrate on someone from outside their mcdojo.

Just subscribed. Decided the algorithm is doing something right showing me your videos and not the other guys 😂

Your superior derisiveness is off the charts

From a outside perspective, even his usage of the word "akasha" seems weird. (I looked it up on wikipedia) Echo chambers are very limiting, even if we all have them to a greater or lesser degree. If he changes his mind regarding taking you up on your suggestion he would at least show a willingness to both let people in and out of his own. And that is just very basic wisdom, something a teacher of teachers should easily grasp.

Actually, I think you got 1 think wrong. His claim was that he is a teacher of teachers and experts... in many fields. He's not just an expert in many fields, he teaches the experts!

I purposely follow people on social media who have different views than me in an attempt to not end up in an echo chamber. One of my favorite things about training martial arts is meeting people from a wide range of backgrounds and getting to know them on a personal level first.

If someone starts telling you that your brain is encapsulated in a magnet box/field….. I got confused…RUN! Not after after he pushes your hands down and you look to the sky, and you pay +44…BEFORE.

My man your channel is gold. I get my ass kicked every day in BJJ and I get furious when I see these gurus promoting their superpowers and charging money for that. Keep on it my friend, that is god's work we must expose them

In regards to echo chambers, I think they're all just derived from a desire to feel safe and comfortable, and the tighter the echo chamber, the more likely it is because of the bigger our insecurities. We all want to be around people that think like we do, it makes us feel safe and comfortable, and I think that's healthy. If we're confident with who we are and our beliefs, we usually have no problems conversing with those who think differently than us and hearing outside opinions from time to time, and though we spend the majority of time with similar people but we're not uncomfortable when the situation arises to discuss things that our contrary to our own views. If we feel fragile and insecure about ourselves or the world that we've created in our own minds, that's when I think we shut ourselves out from any outside opinion, and though being with like-minded people isn't inherently bad, we stick strictly to those people in order to not expose our own fragility. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. Keep up the great work!

The girl is like” I’ll go along with this, just don’t touch me”

Top notch as always! Extra points for Matt Foley😂

I would love to see another collab with you and XMartial. I missed out on the rash gaurds you did last fall unfortunately.

I think echo chambers cause people to have their ideas reinforced in such a way that they become part of their identity. They stop truly challenging themselves to look at other perspectives or new ideas. Also, confirmation bias becomes such a inherent practice they no longer recognize that when they are doing it. A person becomes concealed in their comfortable, reassuring views which makes it harder or maybe even impossible to see another point of view or take in new information and/or evidence that could help shape their perspective.

Every single time he takes a break in his speech you can tell he's thinking "What big word can I use to make myself sound smart here?"

I think open conversation and echo are both equally needed. You have to have open conversation to find your your group. Echo chambers encourage your ideas then you need to take them back to open conversation to see what your idea looks like from a different perspective.

Qi Gong. If they list that magic nonsense, it's already impossible to take em seriously. It's effing telekinesis lmao.

I asked Gpt, what McdojoLife is all about. Loving the response: Rob from MCdojoLife is the founder of the MCdojoLife platform, which focuses on exposing fraudulent practices and questionable techniques within the martial arts community. Rob's work involves analyzing and critiquing martial arts schools, instructors, and videos that demonstrate unrealistic, ineffective, or outright deceptive martial arts practices. The goal of MCdojoLife is to promote transparency and integrity in martial arts, helping practitioners and potential students avoid scams and find legitimate, effective training. Rob often shares videos and commentary on social media, pointing out red flags in martial arts instruction and sparking discussions about authenticity and practicality in martial arts training. His approach is both educational and entertaining, using humor and a no-nonsense attitude to engage his audience.

Echo chambers are obviously bad, and their danger is increasing daily. We had Terrance Howard on Joe Rogan, for instance, and due to the "echo chamber" presentation that Joe offered his acting friend, he needed a follow-up podcast with Eric Weinstein just to "set the record straight." I'm glad there was pushback, but it was not forceful enough to dissaude the already poisoned viewers who took what Terrence said and thought, "Hey, that 1x1=1 thing is wrong! 1x1=2 is correct! Good job terry!" Look at any science youtuber trying to debunk those claims, and they're getting tribally attacked by Terrance Howard and Joe Rogan fans. And what's worse is that Joe presents his podcast as real people having real debates. "We're just asking questions.". Nah, that's BS. Joe platformed a rich maniac in the midst of a crisis. Those are bus-stop ideas you get from an alcoholic hobo. 1x1=2. Yep. We're crushing it. Real debate with the ability to mend in the middle is going the way of the dinosaur, because compromise doesn't get clicks. Facts are not valued either -- any claim otherwise could just be shot down as fake news. Content creators of a size have a responsibility to be open with their viewers. The whole "I'm just asking questions" Joe Rogan pulls is quickly becoming bad-faith as an approach to arguments. But if you're too harsh to your debate partner, it becomes an excuse for them to claim "personal attacks". So now the person and the facts are off the table in 2024. Normally, a real debate would include a 3rd neutral party. Someone who can speak to facts or keep pacing controlled. Also, you need someone to keep the pace going when it DOES devolve into personal attacks. Historically, newspapers, TV, and radio couldn't really do it. And now RU-vid is following. You're good btw, lol. Not saying you don't take a good faith approach. But my relationship with RU-vid as my primary media is becoming tough, just due to how poisoned the ground has become. I know we can do better.

I think its okay to have "echo chambers" so long as you've had the life experience and knowledge to curate your fact and fiction. As well as being able to step out when a new topic arises to get other views and genuinely compare them with your own. When it comes to consuming martial arts media I definitely have an echo chamber and while I'll respect other people's thoughts and ideas I'm not gonna sit down and have a conversation about "magic" or "chi" in fighting. Constantly "debating" or what have you over something like a "death touch practitioner" is just asking for a headache that will lead into hearing the same tired spiel that they all end up giving. That said I thank you for giving your time and energy to bring some of these conmen to light as there are many people who have probably found this channel and began to search deeper into many of the common tactics these guys use to deceive.

You are wrong Rob. These forces exist, they are even stronger. Every time I ask my kids to clean their room they disappear into the backyard (that is power of mind and speech) when I just think about sitting down and relaxing for 5 min, kids are asking for snack (that is should be telepathy) The only different is this con man is asking for money and I don't. I lose money whenever kids see me coming through the door 😁😁 Love your content mate... cheers

Wait there's side quests?!?!? Sign me up, I've been a Legend of Zelda fan since '86!

At least this one is in shape, unlike most of his kind.

Need the likes of thai boxers Judoka and so on with hidden cameras to go to these clubs and not comply with the voodoo hoodoo. Echo chambers are bad, one should seek wisdom by exploring every avenue and then weighing the odds.

Wow! Instead of boxing, I need to be training to become The Mind Flayer like this fucking guy!

I think echo chambers are dangerous places. A great public example of an echo chamber is the flat earth society. Everyone in there is hyping each other up and this leads to crazier ideas. It’s important to step outside your bubble and get different perspectives. I’m currently in the USAF was enlisted and now I’m an officer so that experience broadened my perspective by interacting with all kinds of people. But my world really opened up when I started BJJ. Because it got me to talk to non military folks from all walks of life. While it is fun to be in a place that makes you feel like you’re right it’s a lot more rewarding to learn more about others.

Using big words doesn’t make you a big man. Ups…🤔 (nothing to do with his height)

I think it is good to discuss and fined out what other think not be stuck in you're own opinion

That only depends on how open minded is a person, and what is looking for by attending that type of reunions.

The "teacher of teachers" is the type of person who constantly uses big words to sound intelligent instead of actually saying something intelligent.

The echo chamber thing is interesting because i dont think its possible to avoid. After a hard day of work you dont go yell at strangers in the street, you talk with friends or people in similar groups. So the echo chamber naturally forms. Knowing this, its your duty to purposely make yourself uncomfortable by seeking out different ways of thinking and look at them fairly. I was at an anarchist bookfair and a old black activist spoke. His take on lgbt issues was pretty close to the average opinion there. But he kept stressing with the audience to be patient with the old folks who don't understand your pronouns. That even though they come from a different time and place, they shouldn't be cast off for commiting a current day faux pas. It was a great "recognize your echo chamber" challenge to the mostly young, radical audience

And the cycle continues with their son, you can tell these people are the type to absolutely never think they’re in the wrong and they use aggression as a form of winning an argument. Seems like they’re just used to bullying and throwing tantrums to get their way.

Echo chambers can be dangerous, in my opinion, but i also think there are levels. As an example is if you are learning boxing, and your coach teaches yoy how to jab, your echo chamber is you and your coach. It should be this way for a while until you have mastery. Then, you can seek other ideas as youll come from a place of confidence of your own technique. Contrast this we the wcho chambers we see in politics, for example, and its easy to see there are very few willing to listen and understand the opposing side. This devolves quicky and we have the environment we have now in the US. All in all, i think there is some nuance to it.

I hate getting my mind and spirit sucked out and up by magnets only to have it all defragmented, disappeared, and thrown over there.

Could you start linking your prior videos that you reference in your vids in the comments or description? It would be a huge help!

Not a question of dum vs. smart, rather a question of real vs. fraud.

I kept waiting for him to blabber on (trying to use expanded vernacular to imply intelligence), then wander off the path, and eventually catch on and add at the end of his grandiloquence, “…and where the hell am I?!” As in Naked Gun.

I'm in the wrong field.... needed to get a degree in lying.

The guy who claims that he can "defabricate" a person's mind with "akashic magnetism" while fleecing gullible people out of their money to "teach" them the same describing anyone else as having a pathological self-aggrandizing superiority complex is a simply laughable level of irony.

A narcissist generally acusses others of the things they are guilty of , so everything he accused you of is exactly who and what he is , a real master would welcome your questions and if with respect , or just simply brush it off without a care...but you triggered him and he has to back peddle to defend his hurt ego

No not a fan of echo chambers. Then nothing will get done . We can have a healthy debate/conversation . We can agree and disagree on things. And come to a middle ground that’s why it’s called a conversation . No name calling or being disrespectful or just disagree aggressively

He's too powerful to live around simpletons like us and that why he lives in his van at the woods.

Some guy who rakes in people’s money so he can connect his Akasha to their magnetism. All the time spending extra time with that cute little girl or boy in the class.

If you end up in a Mcdojolife video and are not awarded approving Myagi’s your doomed 😂💯

The only other person ive ever heard say absolutely nothing with THAT amount of word salad is DSP.

This dude makes Oswad Bates sound like a Rhodes scholar.

*Watch video at 25% speed & you can see the opponents feet pivot and turn to push off sideways. I'm 99% confident that this is BS.

I'm interested to know if there's a statistically relevant amount of mental health/personality disorders among these "chakra masters". It could maybe explain the cases that aren't just an obvious cash crab.

Echo chambers make you stagnate, like the water. And stagnating water tends to be poisonous.

If I remember right, isnt this some kind of classic narcissistic behaviour when they say its the person calling them out is tying to be superior instead of admitting it themselves? Also I think they really hate it when people call out they are a narcissist

Wow. Talk about, "every accusation is a confession". I wonder if he has enough self-awareness to realise it.

This Guru seems High as a freaking Kite! The signs are all there, the uncontrollable smirking and little laughing outbursts are huge red flags.

Imagine having to break the fourth wall to try and explain what the hell you’re talking about😂

Funny, how they only demonstrate their magical powers on people that *DESPERATELY* want those powers to work. 😑

I recall you giving a positive shout-out to a guy who successfully defended his home from a home invader... using Aikido. You're open minded enough to give credit when credit's due and something surprises you, so this guy's accusations fall flat.

There's also a Pathological Behavior called *Projection!* 🤦

Reading through the comments, and then got distracted by your 'fist shaking' mime...... Ive been training Judo, for nigh on 43 yrs now, and trust me when I day, I'm in no way an 'expert', but then again,what would I know. Saying that, I spent many many years fully subscribing to the 'mythical Jefi space warrior' type of thing. However, I then came to my own conclusion that it doesn't exist. However much I wanted it to. Ditto so much. What I have learnt is that the basic ls, done well can easily confuse the uninitiated into a belief in mystical abilities; well...the one time, I came very close to believing that thought was when a frirnd of mine threw me for a perfect, text book ippon. I was attempting to be more aggresive and less defensive, and he timed it perfectly. The one, and so far only time Iver been thrown in a 100% ideal ippon. By all means plenty have scored ippon against me during shiai,but this one guy was so real. There was a genuine 'wtf just happened to me' buzing roubd my head. As for the i dividual in this vid, I am disivlinrd to buy into his belief system, not because I have anything inherentky against it, but rather, I am not sufficientky financially secure to spend my hard earned on someone who's mrthods appear to me to be a touch doubtful. Besides which I do find his attitude to this channel inappropriate to say the least. A question is a question, and I prefer it when folk treat a question as a question. 💜🌶🧠🌶💜

Rob from McDojoLife has the ultimate and unbeatable power of butchering the pronunciation of a person's name so bad and not giving a f@ck that his victim has literally no chance of recourse or recovery from it! 🙂

Wow, this guy is a projection machine, and he's lacking in self-awareness and doesn't understand he's just exposing how he thinks about others. So typical of these conman, cult fellas.

I suspect that the term "echo chamber" is implicitly critical and a charge that is only ever thrown at other people. I don't think I've ever head someone bragging about their own echo chamber (Oooh, my echo chamber is the echoiest!), and it generally amounts to a complaint that "those other folks aren't listening to *me*." I personally like talking with people who have things to teach me, but not everyone who disagrees with me does. Some people just haven't thought things through yet, for any of a variety of reasons. Other times people just aren't interested in any kind of critical dialogue. And I am sure there are other cases too. I guess my question for you Rob, would be what you actually stand to gain by claiming someone else is in an echo chamber. Is there a response to that question that advances the discussion, or is it really just posturing? I mean this respectfully. I am just thinking it through with you. BTW, I enjoy your videos.

I love your page and the videos. But do they all have to be so long?

I cant stand this trend of calling people "humans" instead of "people".

For Any idea to be worth sharing with others it has to pass the test of opposition. Its the very first test when learning for safety. I think I can jump a bike a certain way but I ask people first because I want to be sure I don't wipe out right? Without such scrutiny at bare minimum the idea isn't worth more than fantasy. Write great fiction with it.

Echo Chambers is the epitome of ignorance. If you don't have your thoughts or your beliefs challenged, what is the point of even having them?

I have an open challenge for any teacher in a drivable location within the uk to recreate this nonsense on me and on camera. I also offer to travel to them as is customary in the Chinese martial arts from the challenger. I’ve had two people accept but both changed their minds leading up to the meeting and told me that I wouldn’t be allowed to film the exchange. I wonder why…

Banned in the ufc, too dangerous

You might want to change 3 to "claims supernatural martial arts abilities". Frankly, supernatural is next to useless as a word but there's no denying the mystery of the potential of human minds, even minds extended beyond our bodies. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check out Rupert Sheldrake.

I’ve been in martial arts for 30 years. Yosukai karate and BJJ with Roberto Traven. It’s not that complicated, some people are insecure sheep who believe idiots like this who are out to make a buck from their eccentric personalities. Sad frankly