The owner is a self proclaimed Black Belt instructor who will gladly take your money to put you or your child on the fast track to receiving your belt. We were clients for one and a half years and found ourselves ""nickeled and dimed"" to death with his money raising tactics for our child to work up the belt ladder. Owner constantly prints and sells new t-shirts and then quickly considers and disallows previous t-shirts that you have purchased from being worn to classes. In addition, increases of fees to test, practice for testing and for workshops are added later and ""strongly encourage"" to you for your child to be ""successful"". All equipment and supplies must be purchased solely through HIM or you and your child will not be allowed to participate in class. We routinely found much cheaper supplies but were forbidden from using them in his studio.\r
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If you don't want to take my word for it, interview several other Tae Kwon Do Instructors in the Summerlin and North Las Vegas area and they can bring you up to date on his ""reputation"". \r
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Good luck finding a great studio. But if you want to earn your belt from a qualified and reputable Instructor, ATF Blackbelt Academy is NOT the place.
Pros: Classroom size
Cons: Lack of quality instruction, being ""nickeled and dimed"" to death with additional fees, expensive supplies and required items
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