Our Instructors

Facts and Questions

Questions About Tuition and Fees

Q: How much does it cost?
 
A. Drop in or Single Class- $15.00
Monthly (when attending one class per week)- $50.00
Monthly (when attending two or more classes per week)- $80.00
Family Rates and Private Lessons call for information 501-413-8147.

 We feel that our rates compare very favorably with other martial arts schools as well as with other instructional services that offer lessons in a specialized skill.

If you are shopping around for martial arts lessons, you should consider that very few martial arts instructors have the professional credentials that our instructors have .

Q: Are there any hidden fees with your programs?

A: Never. We are very up front about what we charge and what your costs will be. The only required additional fees associated with our programs are testing and promotion fees that run $35 (this includes a new belt or uniform shirt and a certificate for your new rank).

In addition, we only promote our students when they are ready, instead of on a predetermined schedule as other schools do. This is because we are in the business of teaching martial arts, not selling belts.

Questions About Memberships

Q: Are there any contracts?

A: Never!  We only want students who want to train with us.  Making students sign a contract (for example, to train for a year) makes students who want to quit feel some obligation to still come to class, because they think they owe us a year's worth of dues.  However, a student who is not happy training here is not helping himself/herself or our School.  That is why we work on a month-to-month basis.  If, ever you want to quit, we wish you well, and hope you feel you have gained something from your time with us.

Questions About Promotion and Rank

Q: How long does it take to reach black belt in your school?

A: There is no predetermined time for reaching black belt in our school. Once again, we are in the business of teaching martial arts, not selling rank. Each student progresses at their own pace, so there really is no way to tell a new student how long it will take to reach black belt.

Q: How often do you promote your students?

A: Schools that promise their students they will be promoted on a specified time schedule are selling belts, not teaching martial arts. We only promote our students when they are ready, so each student can rest assured their rank has been earned, not bought.

On average students at our school can expect to be promoted every three months, so long as they attend classes at least twice a week and can demonstrate the required skill and knowledge for their rank.

Questions About Our Style and Curriculum

Q: What style of martial arts do you teach?

A: In the children's and teens classes, we teach TaeKwonDo, a Korean martial art that is very similar to Karate. Kids and teens really take to learning TaeKwonDo, due to it's emphasis on kicking techniques and the exciting free-sparring training they get to participate in at the more advanced levels.

In our adult classes, we offer a practical self-defense system composed of several martial arts (American Combat Arts). This allows us to offer our adult students a broad curriculum and to tailor the training to suit each student.

Each adult student learns a comprehensive core system of strikes, kicks, locks, traps, escapes from holds, covering self-defense from standing to the ground, with the focus on self-protection and safety in training.

Q: I'm worried about getting injured - is it safe?

A: When you learn from a qualified and experienced instructor, martial arts training is one of the safest activities and forms of exercise you'll ever participate in.

As for our kid's classes, martial arts programs have proven to be much safer than activities such as baseball, where the rate of emergency room visits due to getting hit by a baseball or bat are very high.

And, although our adult classes do emphasize practical self-defense training, we use a system of progressive resistance. This allows the beginning student to learn to perform techniques against a resisting opponent without the fear of injury.

Lastly, in any activity where contact is likely to occur, safety equipment is mandatory, not optional. Plus, we instruct our students to reduce the level of contact to the comfort level of their training partner, so everyone can train at a level of intensity they are comfortable with.