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All Star Martial Arts
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citysearch c.
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After our first week, my husband went in and talked to the owner and requested a refund of our money (minus uniform and 2-week trial fees). They did not refund any money, but made a lot of excuses.
Our son was attending the daytime classes for students with no prior experience, plus some kids with higher rank. Here’s what we observed:
1. The kids are not warmed up properly, risking injury during more strenuous moves.
2. The instructors did not demonstrate or teach. There were two
very young instructors with a class of about 50 kids. The instructors walked around telling the children to ""practice their forms"". When my son asked what to do, the teacher said, ""well, just watch the other kids and copy them."" That might have worked except it was clear that the other kids had no idea what they were doing either. The teachers did not demonstrate the proper way to do any punches or blocks. No attempt was made to correct any of the kids' technique.
3. Many of the kids could not hear the instructor due to extremely loud music from the next room. I told the woman at the front desk that the kids in the class could not hear the instructor because of the music. She said ""well it's never been a problem before."" The music did not get turned down and many kids went through class without hearing much from the instructor.
4. There was zero discussion of the responsibility that comes with
learning a martial art. Martial arts are dangerous. You learn how to disable and kill people. This comes with a lot of responsibility to use the art in an ethical, responsible way. One of the precepts we recited during every karate class I attended was ""there is no first strike,"" meaning that you are NEVER to use your karate aggressively to hurt or intimidate others. It is to be used defensively ONLY. There was nothing about this during my son's lessons at All Star. Respect and self-discipline are essential to responsible martial arts and this was sadly lacking.
5. When my husband spoke to the dojo owner about our concerns, he was told that the day-time classes are not really serious classes, that they don't really teach much, that we could come to an evening class to actually learn the basics (the morning class was full of beginning students who should be learning the basics), and that we had not been there sufficient time to make an accurate judgment. My husband and I and our older children spent 5 years studying karate at a dojo in Oregon. We are perfectly competent to make a judgment about the quality of teaching in a martial arts dojo. It really does not take long to observe that students are not being taught anything. If no one is requiring the students to pay attention, no one is demonstrating anything, and no one is correcting anything, then obviously no learning is taking place.
I'm appalled at what we observed and experienced at All Star. I will not take my son back. Not only is this a waste of my time and money, but it's irresponsible and dangerous. This has been a very expensive learning experience and I'm hoping to help some others avoid a similar experience.
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