Thread: club vs. dojo
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Old 02-24-2007, 04:17 AM   #16
Kevin Leavitt
 
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Re: club vs. dojo

I currently run what I consider to fall more on the club side that the Dojo side. For one, I am NOT of Dan rank in what I am overseeing. Second, the people I am working would be somewhat put off by the whole dojo scene.

So, I am an informal leader of what is NOT a dojo, but more like a club. We all get together, work out, train...share ideas, problems, and work through them.

It is all we have, and it works out. I like it...I don't have all the answers, and we are an open community.

Sort of like the difference between Microsoft and the Open Source Foundation for software development. Both methods work, but I prefer the semi chaotic environment of a bunch of dudes getting together to share and explore and grow right now.

I think for this reason, you find the word CLUB attached to college and university programs, whereas more established mainstream organizations have an affinity for DOJO.

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