Everything. My daughter loves it there. She enjoys learning different types of classes that they…read moreoffer .

Great instructors and masters. I learned core life skills like patience, discipline, and…read moreperseverance. Would strongly recommend.

My husband and I believe this is the best teaching center in the NY area....My son has been apart…read moreof this team for almost five years now he is Nine years old now! We are pleased with the staff and their teaching methods.

Great place for some discipline and fun for kids of all ages. They work with you and your children…read moreto give them the most upbeat and positive experience with martial arts. Great place in this area of Yonkers

Big fan. Ive been taking classes for 6 months and love it. Krav and boxing have been great for my…read morefootwork and it shows in all of my other sports (skiing tennis pickle). Also great to know some self defense. I'm 62 and there's a nice crew of participant who all help each other. I see a lot of kids during the afternoons and they love it too. Staff is positive friendly and professional.

RESPONSE TO BUSINESS REPLY IN ANOTHER REVIEW. I'm keeping…read morethis anonymous, as this business has a history of harassing former students, and although I'm not sure if they've ever done it over what I'll discuss in this review, I don't want to risk it. A small disclaimer that I am not a current student, so it's possible that things have changed. Highly unlikely, but still possible. There are many issues with Steve Sohn's gym, not the least of which is Krav Maga itself. This is not an effective self defense form in the slightest. If you need to tell your partner to stand differently or use their other hand in order to for you to complete the technique, it's not a good technique. And most of the techniques are not good. The "choke from the front one hand pluck" defense is tragic. It involves "plucking" the attacker's hand from your throat. If that were possible for most people, no one would feel the need to learn self defense. The instructors at this gym refuse to acknowledge that size, sex, and age DO matter, and that things that are possible for 6'0 men may very well not be for 5'5 women. This refusal is dangerous. The last thing any woman needs is to be delusional about whether she can protect herself. Krav Maga is marketed as the most effective form of self defense for anyone and everyone, but it's actually the complete opposite. If you are anyone who isn't a man who is over 6'0 and in excellent shape, Krav Maga techniques will not help you. From the outside looking in, Krav Maga looks very impressive. Very cinematic. But life is not cinema. Do Muay Thai or BJJ. You can likely do both for a fraction of what you'd pay at this place, and learn something valuable in the process. Now on to the more touchy part. This is a shady operation. I've heard/seen other stories about their sketchy money antics, but I'm not here to talk about that. The main instructor has an odd view of women. He seems simultaneously amused and angered by them, and will disproportionately and relentlessly use them in unnecessary demonstrations of techniques. He doesn't fully respect when they tap out. If he stops at all, he stops for 30 seconds and then continues whatever it was he was doing. Tapping out is sacred. Once someone taps, you stop. It doesn't matter how you feel about it. You stop. Not him, though. I have pictures on my phone of bruises that were caused by him not respecting when I tapped out. He spends a lot of time making sure everyone in the room hears him get verbal consent to touch someone's ankle or wrist, saying he doesn't want to "catch an accusation". A small amount of that would be understandable, but it's unbelievable. Why talk about it so much? I counted one class how many times, and in a 1 hour class, it was 11 times. Why? The owner is very, VERY friendly with young, single women. Not as friendly with older, married ones. He is overly handsy with the women, and will pass flirtatious comments to them as well, despite being an elderly man with a wife and family. Weird. It comes down to this: A Krav Maga student is vulnerable. The intricate techniques are useless in a real situation. Maybe the weapon defense ones work, but the hand to hand combat ones do not. If you don't want to listen to this review or your own common sense, look it up. Look on YouTube, martial arts forums, social media. ANYWHERE. It's not real, and making people believe they're in a position to protect themselves and their families when they very much are not is neglectful at best, but based on their history with stealing money from former students, it's probably more manipulation than neglect. Don't allow yourself to fall for it. I would LOVE to see a fight between a student from this place and a student from any MMA gym anywhere. Maybe that's what it would take to convince Krav students that they're wasting their time and money. Don't come here. Especially not if you're a woman. There's a reason very few of the women that start there stay there, and it's not because it's "too hard". Other dojos and gyms in Westchester have a significantly higher female student retention rate than this one. But even if you're a man, why waste your time?

My kids started at Master Kim's Scarsdale Taekwondo about 2 months ago. They did their…read moreintro/assessment with Master Kim who was able to tell right away way they needed work with (one with focus, the other with confidence). We signed up right away. Unlike many other activities we have tried with our kids, we never have to force them to get ready for TKD. They look forward to their 2 classes per week. Last night they had their first belt testing and got their yellow stripe. One of our sons also got a trophy. They have a great way with kids and teaching them motivation, discipline, respect, focus & confidence. Looking forward to them attending for a long time. Open now with safety measures in place (masks, no one allowed in lobby area etc,). Enroll - you won't regret it!

I highly recommend this school. The staff is very friendly and they take pride in delivering…read moreexcellence in their teaching. From beginner to black belt the discipline of Taekwondo is a discipline that you will be proud to be a part of and carry with you throughout your life.

This review is for my past experience. I do not try to be negative, but since leaving years ago,…read morewhen the structure of Forms and Japanese Philosophy was more prevalent (from what I've been told has dissipated) I'd like to say a few things: For one, I was taught under Shihan Merkar(?) he is since long gone and deserved to be rid of. I witnessed many things that should've never happened. Of all the things that bother me most was him holding me back (I was a brown belt with at least 3 or 4 stripes -- I forget now) for I'd say a year and a half to two years while many of my friends flew by me. I was bumped up to adult classes before I was 13 because my sparring was somewhat more physical. I was complimented on many occasions, even by Shihan M. about how I was going to be a great Sensei one day and teacher. I had the respect of my fellow classmates and on many occasions lead the class with the TS mantra before we'd go home. I was on my way. This all sounds wonderful. What did I do wrong? I got on Shihan M. bad side and he made me pay for it; embarrassing me in front of my fellow students and thus holding me back. This was the second time. The first time I was held back was when they instituted the BBC CLUB. I was part of the first generation Tiger Schulman's Yonkers youths being groomed to represent the expanding company and or have my own school one day. When the BBC Club (Black Belt Club) came into effect (essentially prolonging your stay with TS for at least another year or two) I was one of the only members of that first generation that was held back to have the BBC Requirement. While everyone else I trained with did not need to take it; apparently. I was fine with it since I always liked a challenge. Not knowing this was just an easy to hold someone back. The reasons vary. One of it had to do with my religion as Shihan M. mentioned in class in front of all the students (something you couldn't do today). I'm not sure why since Shihan would tell me to hit harder (to the students he didn't like). I basically did everything he asked me too and I finally spoke up about me not advancing. This was the worst thing I could do as he made sure I would never advance after questioning him. The other reason was that I was a threat to the other students in my age group. Simply being better than all of them. In particular, his favorite (A---) I think Shihan and the aforementioned kid's mom had something going on. Anyway, I finally had the chance to spar with 'the best' student after he avoided me and tried to get me into trouble for writing graffiti that he ended up admitting to. We sparred, and I whooped him. That was my last glory as I then got pushed back even further. Until I simply gave up being a brown belt with useless stripes. Dozens of students asked me why I was being held back and to their credit a few of the adults that had respect for me mentioned it to Shihan. Truth was, he's an overgrown child with an ego problem that held me back. The positives of the training are still with me today. I have a great work ethic. I don't think there is a day where I don't do some sort of physical exercise. My reflexes are still excellent. My awareness of my space (just in case) no matter where I am e.g., home, work; restaurant is always active. I'm not writing to make anyone look bad. As a matter of fact I'd put my success as a human being up against any of my former classmates. I've let go of any grudges, despite the fact I was tormented from the many people in my life that expected me to finish my training. I wrote this while listening to an audiobook of "The Book of Five rings". Something in me was triggered. It reminded me of the old TS -- which could've been an amazing Karate School.

After receiving a promotion online for Tiger's Schulmann's that states reopening special free…read morebeginner class and clearly states $50 off 1st month membership, I signed up and received a call and pay $30.00 as a deposit for us coming in on Saturday with the intention of enrolling my two boys, Liam 4 years old and Julius 10 years old. On Saturday, August 22nd, we were greeted by Shihan Peter Tirelli and the boys received their lesson. I agree to continue the process and I mentioned the promotion. While I was talking to Shihan Peter the boys were given uniforms, the cost of the uniforms was not indicated. Nor was I informed the fee for the uniforms was waived. To be honest, I thought it was included in the package for the 12 months. Instead, I received the pricing for the boys in 2 separate contracts Julius would be $239.00 a month and Liam who's 4 years old would be $191.00, I guess that's because of sibling discount that's suppose to be 20% percent off. On Saturday, after paying $30.00 before arriving I also left a deposit of $100.00 towards the tuition cost as I was not prepared or expected that we would have to pay the full amount for the month already upfront. We agreed that I could returned on Wednesday to pay the remaining balance. Yesterday, we returned to pay the remaining balance for the boy's for the month and for them to start training. And I asked the Sensei who was there that I wanted to confirm that $50.00 promotion was applied to the account and I wanted to know why I pay $30.00 for the beginner class of it was suppose to be free according to the promotion. He said, "hold on let me look into your account, I don't think we take that promotion...and wait I see it! so that went to the uniforms for the boys." And I replied, I wasn't informed there was a cost for the uniforms, I was only told to buy gloves for Liam who's 4 years on the tiger website for $60.00. That experience left a bad taste in my mouth, so I asked him for a detailed receipt indicating the cost for the kid's tuition and the breakdown showing that the $50.00 came off for the uniform cost for the kids. He said we really can't do that and gave me a receipt that just reflected a balance due, it does not state the cost of anything only what I paid for. At that point, I was feeling more uncomfortable and told the Sensei I needed to call my husband before I continued the process he said okay. So then I waited in the sitting area and he asked me to leave saying parents were allowed to stay in the waiting area to wait outside and pick up the boys from the back at the end of class. I said what do you mean the back, yes the kids are usually released from the back of facility and there's space for the cars there. I said wow that was also not communicated to me on Saturday. Especially, since on the website they have parents sitting waiting on the bench. Now upset standing waiting outside in front of the facility Shihan Peter calls, I explained everything and he apologized for not mentioning the cost and all these different details that were not discussed at the beginning of orientation and offered to cancel the contract for the misunderstanding and would provide a full refund. I said I would let him know. After, the boys finished the class, I just decided it was not going to work for me. I was afraid that the prices were not going to match pricing at different Tiger Schulmann due to the poor communication from the beginning. I felt like I was being misled and started looking at Tiger Schmann's in Manhattan. I called him and cancelled and he said "No problem, please send me an email requesting the cancellation." I emailed him right after our call but Today, I received an email from Shihan Peter: Yonkers yonkers@tsk.com wrote: Yes we will cancel their contracts but considering you took a 2 uniform and we only charged for 1 one your kids for a private lesson we should be even. I immediately called him and questioned his unprofessional email and offered to returned the gear. He said we can't take it back. I said, why did you offer a full refund if that was not going to be the case. He said let's just be honest you couldn't afford the class. Talk about professionalism. Parents BEWARE!!!

Great place, world class coaches who actually live and breath MMA. Instructors actually have Pro…read moreand Amateur fight records in Mixed Martial Arts. Very open and diverse. The owner is a great person and his gym is a good reflection of himself and the team. Very welcoming to all age, gender and experience. The price point is also very reasonable.

A gritty place to get great MMA training and to workout. I consistently went to this place for a…read morewhile before moving from the area. It was my first experience with MMA training. I learned a lot and this place was a great place to learn. I competed in a jit competition with a group from this place and it was truly a great experiences. I miss this place a lot and will always be an Animal!

Both Master Oh and Master Yu are amazing. I can't thank enough!! My boys ( 8 and 5 ) both enjoy the…read moreclass very much, and learn so much more than just technics. Masters and other students in Hong Ik show positive attitude and great efforts and it has great impact to my boys. Meditation and breathing technic help my boys to control their anger and emotion. Masters are always like water without wave, they control their emotion perfectly, kind, polite, professional and considerate. I love how they treat kids with respect, and my boys respect and admire masters very much. I have started to take Taekwondo class here recently, and I am loving it! I highly recommend the adult class too. We have learned so much from Taekwondo, and we are excited to learn more! We are so lucky to have such great Taekwondo school in this community!!

Master Yoo and Master Oh have opened a beautiful new school in Bronxville. Both are excellent…read moreinstructors who are equally talented at teaching both adults and children and at cultivating a positive learning environment. In just a few months, our adult class has learned so much. Classes provide a perfect balance between learning an art form and getting exercise. I highly recommend both the Tae Kwon Do and the Kigong/TaiChi classes. You will not be disappointed!

I have been attending Westchester Krav Maga for the last several months, and I have absolutely…read moreloved it. The instructor is incredibly knowledgeable and professional, and he also has a great sense of humor. I have learned something very practical with every single class (e.g. punches, defenses against being choked or grabbed, etc). It has also helped me get back into shape. I postponed coming to my first class initially because I wanted to get back in shape first after a busy stretch of work, but when I eventually went, I realized the key is just to show up. No matter where you are in terms of fitness or experience, you will learn very practical skills, be active, and feel more positive coming out of the class.

I have been extremely active in the martial arts community over the past 10+ years and can say with…read moreconfidence that Westchester Krav Maga is the real deal! Sensei Vlad is an amazing martial artist who gives his all in every class. He's been a great help in not only my training, but every student's. He caters classes to the needs of the students, and makes sure to emphasize on the importance of real life situations. if you're looking for a new place to train- this is it!