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White Tiger Taekwondo & Martial Arts

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1605 NW Maynard Rd
Cary, NC 27513

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(919) 469-3553
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White Tiger Taekwondo & Martial Arts - Cary, NC
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We relocated to Cary, NC the Summer of 2009 and in looking for martial arts schools to continue practicing Tae Kwon Do we visited a lot of schools in the area. We were very imp...

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My family and I have been members of White Tiger for several years now. What attracted us to this school was the uniqueness of it. There are many taekwondo schools around but ve...

Run like the wind from this place 11/4/2009

Current owner uses F rated better Business Bureau rated martial arts contact company. Pros: used to have qualified intructors Cons: Messy Divorce, most talent is gone, more

A Balanced Review 10/11/2009

Although there are some who have been very unsatisfied with White Tiger?s contractual conditions, there are many more that are highly satisfied. My family is one of those highly satisfied. In our case, I enrolled my son for a 3 year contract. After 2 years, my husband signed a yearly contract for himself; then, my daughter and I decided to join but this time, since I was not sure if I would last, I signed up only for a monthly contract. As it turned out, in the case of my husband, he experienced knee pain after 8 months; moreover, his work and business travel schedule made it very hard for him to continue. He stopped shortly before the expiration of his contract. In the case of my daughter and me, we are now only a month away from our black belt test, a feat I was skeptical I could achieve, but here we are! We have experienced many benefits of martial arts. Aside from the strenuous training to build our skills and to keep us fit, we also have developed self control and discipline. Let?s face it, education, and life as a whole, is what you make it. White Tiger has excellent unmatched facilities. The masters are very highly qualified, determined, enthusiastic, and dedicated. Tae Kwon Do is their life. If you diligently do your part as a student, there is no reason why White Tiger will not be able to help you develop in a systematic way from the basic level through each succeeding level until an acceptable degree of mastery is achieved; thus helping you meet your overall objectives. Since White Tiger is also a business venture, they prepare a contract with terms and conditions, including your financial obligations, for you to sign, if you agree with it. The company also protects itself from liabilities by asking prospective clients to sign a waiver against any lawsuit in case of a training-related injury. Even if we assume that White Tiger is not very clear in explaining its terms and conditions, it does not free one from its consequences. That is a part of life. However, if White Tiger wants to actively demonstrate its good faith in getting into contract with its clients, I suggest that it prepares a clear statement of its offer and of the different options available, including a copy of the contract before it is signed. These could be both downloadable from the White Tiger website and could be readily available at the office, so that prospective clients can carefully consider whether they are amenable to the contract terms and conditions. It should also refrain from getting people to sign without being fully aware of the consequences, explaining its nuances clearly. Then it could greatly reduce the recurrence of unsatisfied and angry clients. White Tiger renders exemplary services. It would be wise for it to give more attention to this problem because it does not deserve reviews which tarnish its otherwise excellent reputation. Pros: Superb facilities, Excellent Masters Cons: Contractual relations need improvement more

SCAM OF THE CENTURY 7/31/2009

I went to cancel my contract after one month and was told I signed a 3 year contract and nothing could be done. This was the same person that told me that I could cancel my contract at ANY TIME and NEVER ONCE talked about a 3 year contract when I was signing my child up for an experience that I thought would be positive. She then explained that they ""sold"" my contract to an outside financial company - Global Finance Inc. - and that I would need to call them. I did and the person that I spoke to told me to send a letter to a PO Box. When I asked for his full name, a physical address, what the letter should contain, and the expected outcome, I was told that he could give me NONE of that information. I am sure I know what the expected outcome is.... Meanwhile , my bank is working hard to protect me but the fact is that these companies KNOW what they are doing and can keep debiting the bank account despite putting STOP PAYMENTS into action. The other recourse is to completely cancel your entire bank account and start over which takes endless hours of contacting legitimate business partners to explain the situation. Even then, Global Finance can use lawyers to garnish the money from your bank account although it is unlikely given their shady reputation. I am incredibly sad that White Tiger exists ONLY to scam honest people. And, shame on me for believing their words and not reading the fine print. Stay tuned for the final outcome..... Cons: MONEY SCAM - DO NOT SIGN CONTRACT more

Another Round of Canned 3/4/2009

It is abundantly clear from the date of the recent rush of like dated positive comments about this horrible school that the comments were canned comments, probably dictated by the school. Don't be fooled, this is a money machine, with a lot of hoopla and little substance. There is a lot of feigned respect and honor in the school by virtue of a ton of pomp and circumstance, but I'd like to see how much of that supposed honor and respect transfers to the students' real life? In my experience, very little. Pros: pomp, circumstance, fluff, show Cons: cost, more

Short Sighted comments....... 10/14/2008

I will respect the opinions of the very negative opinions placed by other readers. Everyone has an opinion.... Pros: World Class Training Cons: People looking for an after school program. more

Best Takewondo school, really recommend it 10/10/2008

White tiger is the best taekwondo school in all of the United States, but especially North Carolina. All of the negative ads on City Search and anywhere else are just as I have seen said on other reviews, jealouse remarks.This is because of White Tiger's excellent curriculum and respect for all the members and parents of White Tiger. I am 11 years old and am on the Elite Sparring Team and the Leadership team, i have been attending White Tiger Taekwondo for almost 8 years. Now I think it is easy to say that I have quite enough experience with the school and I am true to my words. Black belt life skills are an important part at White Tiger and are great things to use all of your life. They teach you(referring to the black belt lifeskills) respect, self-discipline, leadership, and many more. They teach you these every week and in every class. You always have to show respect to the masters, higher ranking belts, and adults(at leats the ones that you know). Attending White Tiger brings friends, families, and good times together so that you can feel comfortable and enjoy it as a sport and as a hobbie. Attending regular teakwondo classes is not the only things you can do. You can join weapons where they teach you a certain weapon for a while and then switch the weapon, you can join master quest which is advanced techniques and skills for black belts, you can join demo and elite team, demo team is where you perform coreographed forms and self defenses by our own Master Lee. Elite team is an advanced sparring class for the team which you get in to by trying out for it. The teacher is Master D.R. Kim. Master Kim is an Asian Games gold medalist in sparring. His classes are intense and help you with stamina and builds your confidence which I've used in school and every day life. I can not imagine training in any other school than the best, White Tiger. Pros: The best masters in the nation more

my second home 10/10/2008

I am a student of White Tiger for 4 yrs. I am 8 yrs old. It feels like home because I am part of hapkido, leadership team, demo team, and taekwondo which makes me go to more classes and makes me feel like everybody there are part of my family. i like all of the big events that happen at White Tiger, They all are very fun like the Halloween party. I have learned a lot from the past 4 yrs. I have learned mostly forms and kicking for Taekwondo. Everyboy I know treats me very nice. Every body gets tought as much as they need to. I have many friends there and I love all my masters. I go 5 days a week. And my mom has to drag me out of there most times. more

TRUE, IMPARTIAL OPINION FROM A MASTER 10/7/2008

I live in New Jersey and have 2 Taekwondo schools. I have been doing Taekwondo since I was 4 years old. I am now 28. I actually drove down to Cary with my fiance and five friends to visit this school because I had heard so much about it within the Korean Taekwondo community as far north as NY/NJ. Pros: Best facility on the East Coast of United States Cons: Staff is seriously overqualified. Youtube Korean Tiger Team. more

i love white tiger 10/4/2008

I AM TRAINING IN WHITE TIGER ,ITS A GREAT SCHOOL I FEEL CONFIDENCE AND SECURE.MY BROTHER IS COMING FROM LA. TO LIVE IN CARY,HI WILL GO TO WHITE TIGER,BECAUSE IS GOOD SCHOOL,HIS WHANT TRAIN WITH ME,AM LEARNING HAPKIDO TAE KWONDO.IS MY OPINION. more

White Tiger 9/23/2008

After watching videos, I rethought what I said about the school. They have a great Martial arts program, I was just upset about an experience. If you are looking for the best instructors to teach your children, this is a great place, the atmosphere is friendly and the people are caring. The instructors teach because they enjoy it, not just for the status. Besides my experience, I was highly impressed with this school. I wish I could go back and fix the situation and stay at the school, but thats not an option now. more

All flash reviews correct, miserable contract 9/11/2008

In addition to agreeing with the all-flash reviews, it should be noted that there is no easy out of for their contract. Somehow, we ended up signing a 3 year contract for an 11 year old. When she lost interest in the program, we called to cancel and they stated that this was impossible to do unless she was injured or we moved. So we need to move to stop them from debiting our bank account. Just beware. I would avoid business with this company. Poor martial arts training in general and poor business practice (and read the fine print on the contract :) ). more

Do Not Give Them Your Business 8/20/2008

I have read the following reviews of White Tiger and I absolutely agree that the only honest reviews of this facility are the negative ones. The very phony trite reviews come straight off the White Tiger website and were undoubtedly written by the owners. The fact that the one kid with the 2 brothers loves the ""ample parking spots"" and an aparent college student probably wouldn't use the phrase ""White Tiger has something for everyone, and class times to fit almost any schedule."" These are marketing phrases, plain and simple. So ask yourself, why would I want to be part of a place that feels the need to be soo deceptive? What are they afraid of? more

DO NOT GO HERE!!! Only interested in money, Give away belts, Many other great school in the area!! 8/18/2008

My son started at White Tiger when they were still in the Shopping Center at Chatham & HIgh House near the bowling alley. For several months, he and my neighbor enjoyed the classes for the youngest members, despite my concerns about the fact that they GAVE awards to everyone at the end of each month whether a particular skill had been mastered or not. Cons: Huge Classes, Expensive, Give away belts more

Quite a bunch of canned reviews below that don't make sense. 12/16/2007

While it is true that there is a lot of fake ""Horrah!"" in this ""school"" it is more whoupla to hide the fact that what you are learning is minimal. The only reviews that don't look canned here coincide with my experience, which that this school is all for for money, none for the education. It is obvious that either the instructor either directed his students to write the canned promotions of the school, or his staff wrote them in the first place. I agree that there is good cardio work,...BUT this is not being promoted as Cardio Boxing, it is being promoted as a Martial Arts school, which IMHO it is not, or at least not a good one. The students' skills looked far less proficient then their belt would suggest. Colored belts had rigid mechanical motion, not the flowing motion I expect from a martial artist on level. Pros: Cardio, Facility Cons: expensive, low quality, easy promotion more

White Tiger Taekwondo - best martial arts school around 12/14/2007

I have trained at White Tiger for over 8 years and have enjoyed my time there. I find I am challenged with improving my skills daily and improving my cardiovascular health. I am inspired by the instructors who come from Korea (the country where Taekwondo originated) and inspire me to challenge myself and improve my skills. Several different martial arts are offered by top notch instructors so you are guarenteed to be learning from one of the best. It is a facility that offers a well rounded exercise program (weight training, martial arts classes and exercise equipment). I highly recommend this school! more

Wonderful school -- true community 12/5/2007

As a student at White Tiger for the last 4 years, I greatly appreciate the many opportunities to learn through formal classes with the masters, special seminars with the Korean Tigers when they're in the US, one-on-one training with leadership team members, and overall willingness of the students to share with each other. It is a wonderful community of people. Master Rondy Chang manages the business end of our school which leaves her husband and co-owner, Master Do-Hyung Chang, free to devote all of his time to his students. Please take the opportunity to visit the White Tiger web page to learn more about our school. Pros: Professionalism, Excellent Facility, Convenient Schedules more

Belt Factory Exraordinaire 11/23/2007

This school is one of those horrible belt factory schools that are rapidly making American martial arts the joke of the martial arts world. As a practicing martial artist for 20 years (on and off, mostly active for the last 7), I am ashamed of the existance of this school. Pros: facility Cons: belt factory, expensive, low standards, more

Fake Reviews 8/14/2007

Below reviews are fake. Read them through. I do not know this school, I've never seen this school. But the reviews are pretty disgusting. Reviews are written in the same manner, without specific experiences. If you read through them, you'll see what I mean. more

School of execellance 8/25/2005

I've study martial arts for 9+ years; have visited several other schools in the area and found White Tiger to be the most consistent and welcoming school in the Triangle area. The instructors are master level, many of which are former world champions and all are recognized by the World TaeKwonDo Federation ""Kukkiwon"" and the Dae Han Hapkido Federation ""Korean Hapkido Federation"". When a student achieves black belt status through, White Tiger its recognized world wide, as the certification comes directly from the martial arts founding body, in South Korea. There is no hype, just a drive for excellence for each student. more

Martial Arts Excellence 8/23/2005

White Tiger offers a variety of different martial arts styles taught by master level instructors. Regardless of your skill level or experience they challenge you to become the best you can be. White Tiger is a very welcoming and encouraging environment for all students preschool age through adult. In the year since I started training at White Tiger I've made great friends, become much more fit and have learned skills that will help me throughout my life. Pros: 1st Rate Instructor, Friendly People, Flexible Hours Cons: n/a, n/a, n/a more
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