I too am seeing lots of new schools. Before they were TKD or a freestyle karate.
Now as you mentioned, they are MMA with jujutsu and boxing. Unlike your
situation, I haven't seen anything else.

I started wondering if I was going to get new students with this new fad. Too
much traditional training for the MMA sport I thought. Well, the increase in
numbers last month helped me feel better. There are those who still want to
learn the art, not just how to win a competitive sport.

Sifu Bry
goldenleopard.info

--- In shaolinkempo@yahoogroups.com, dimmaktimmah <no_reply@...> wrote:
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> It seems that even in the economy we have- McDojos seem to be popping up all
around me. Mixed martial arts is a big push right now and so one of the two
that opened within a half mile are one of those and the other is a non-descript
"martial arts" school. Are any of you seeing similar occurrences?
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