I enrolled my grandchildren online. When we got there we realized this was my husbands old instructor. Previously, my husband had paid the owner/instructor to get his black belt which was around 3000. Give or take. Once he paid the money the owner/instructor shut down and left the area. My husband texted and called him over and over with no response. While he was still trying to reach him, he opened up a studio on the Southside. He never refunded my husbands money or trained h. When we walked in, he remembered my husband, yet he avoid saying to much to him but focused talking to me.
My kids enjoyed the classes but only one of them got a uniform, the other a t-shirt, with a promise of getting him a uniform. After they told me it would be 6 weeks before he got a uniform (which the class was over in 4 weeks) we made a point to order one off of Amazon. He felt embarrassed about coming without a uniform. so I purchased one on Amazon, so he wasn't so very embarrassed each time he went. Every time we showed up we were pressured to sign up for a full year at a cost of 3000. Per child, however if I paid the full 6000. Our entire family could come. They were in the middle of remodeling but also felt it was always dirty and not even close on following the board of health rules or the Covid basic guidelines. No sanitizer, the parents were sent to a group of (broken down) theater chairs and we were sitting side by side, no seats were closed on them to maintain the 6 feet guidelines. Children not enrolled in class ran lose in the seats coughing and nose running. Another child about 8-10 was pushing a child approximately 12-18 months around in a stroller in front of the bleachers, letting the baby in and out of the stroller, the youngest would then randomly go to people and want to be held.
The kids took their shoes off at the door and walked on the mats that had clearly not been cleaned in forever. From looking at the feet of the instructors, there was fungus on a lot of toes.
It's sad they couldn't offer a better facility. For what was offered I wouldn't pay the special rate of 48.00 per person for 4 weeks. We may not have paid the 3000. Per child but if it had been cleaned and then was offered a monthly class, we would have probably paid it. But the disarray of the place along with past experience with the owner and high pressure to purchase a year membership gave us a bad taste in our mouth. We will be searching for another facility. read more