Casting the first stone

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My definition of McDojo:

1.) Schools that tell encourage anyone who has the money to open a school, regardless of thier experience/ability
2.) Schools that lie about what they are doing just to draw students
3.) Schools that teach crap, yet harp on it’s ‘realism’ - yet noone in 3 generations ever fought with it

My definition is more broad, there are some schools that are ‘old way’ and eschew a sporting aspect. I still consider them a martial art, but for every generation that passes where it is no longer used profesionally (like caravan gaurds, military, etc) it creeps that much ****her in Society for Creative Anachronism/McDojo land. At the same time the are martial ‘sports’ that I don’t really consider to be ‘martial.’

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My school used to do moderate to hard sparring and somewhat traditional. Getting a little hurt was normal but nobody complained and we enjoyed it. The sensei wanted to add some new equipment so he started a kids class to bring in some extra money. We enjoyed the new equipment that the kids were buying for us and laughed about it until they took over the school. The more kids that came the more their parents influenced the school.

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Hard enough that if you take a flush shot in the face, it’ll snap your head around/back.

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That’s a good definition then. In my mind I see a difference between full contact and hard sparring. More than 50% but less than 100%.