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I am classed as the local ninja in the manner you are thinking about... if a new dojo opens up, the senior guys make an effort to attend a class if we dont know the new guy on the block. If he is any good, he can spot us a mile away. If not... at least the other students can take a look at something proper! It keeps the mcdojos down to a minimal level and people know we do it. I got the idea from a friend of mine in the Isle of man, where they have a panel of all the senior MA people on the island. They are lucky in that they basically ask any new guy to strut his stuff, and if he fails to make the grade, they do not allow him to open up a dojo!
Its a shame we cant do this more often on the mainland, when some new trampolinaboxakaratecise class is invented for the unwise to attend...