Deception In The Dojo w/ Rob from McDojo Life

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Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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This week's guest Rob has been training in martial arts for over 24 years and has earned a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Karate and a Purple Belt in Brazilian jujitsu. He was on the International martial arts team Full Circle and ran his own martial arts school for four years. He has been consulting for martial arts businesses for 10 years and because of his experiences in the industry, he founded McDojo Life, a web entity where he has been exposing fakes, phonies, frauds, and pedophiles for the last decade. Throughout the conversation, Rachel and Rob both examine the similarities between cultic religious groups and martial arts schools. He points out the red flags students should look out for and what questions to ask potential instructors. Rob demonstrates with Rachel the five objections technique employed by salespeople, cult leaders, and martial arts instructors alike. Before You Go: Rachel provides further insights into how to be safe from control in a teacher/student relationship in any setting and reiterates the importance of examing these relationships even in seemingly innocuous organizations. Follow Rob's project McDojo Life: https://twitter.com/mcdojolife?lang=en https://linktr.ee/mcdojolife https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj0hSixOVSV4HvmbAQjk0WA Check out the trailer for his upcoming documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkjaGq3DcAw Thanks to all our Patreon supporters!! You can help the show for free by leaving a review on Apple/ iTunes. It really helps the visibility of the show! To help support the show monthly and sign up for cool Indoctrination stickers and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Want to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link! www.paypal.me/indoctriNATION Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to indoctrination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.
0:11.0	I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
0:14.4	Hi, everyone. I wanted to make sure that you knew about the former cult member support group that I run online.
0:24.2	It's for former cult members and for people who have been in relationships with narcissists,
0:30.7	anyone who is coming out of a situation where they feel like their heads were played with,
0:35.9	basically, without their consent or their knowledge
0:38.4	a lot of the time. And also, there are some family members and good friends who join the group
0:44.8	just to be able to share some of their struggles and to learn from the former cult members
0:51.7	to find out what helped them leave and what they needed after they left.
0:55.6	If you're interested at all, please let me know. You can email me at Bernstein LMFT, F as in Frank, T,
1:05.3	at gmail.com, and let me know, or at the indoctrination show at gmail.com email as well and just let me know if
1:15.9	you're interested it's every other wednesday evening starting at 6 p.m. Pacific standard time.
1:23.5	It's a resource out there and I wanted to make sure you knew about it.
1:35.2	Thank you. It's a resource out there, and I wanted to make sure you knew about it. Over the years, in my practice, I have worked with a number of people who have gotten involved in martial arts cults.
1:49.0	It was either karate or jiu-jitsu, many different kinds of boxing and mixed martial arts.
2:03.4	And what made it a cult was, of course, the person in charge.
2:09.6	If the person was a sadist,
2:13.6	and this was true in almost every case,
2:26.2	where people were pushed so far to the point actually of having their heart stop a number of times.
2:37.3	And that they had to devote their lives to this person, that they had to sacrifice everything for this person. And they had to see them not only as people, but as superhuman. Then you have a dangerous situation. And a lot of
2:47.6	these people are still feeling like that person's voice is in their head,
2:54.8	controlling them, belittling them, making them feel shame about not working so hard,
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