Enrolling at the Cheapest School

This is probably the GREATEST mistake one can make when selecting a Martial Arts School. Going to a school just because it is the cheapest can be disastrous. Most people think that Martial Arts training is some sort of commodity that every school is about the same, therefore should be priced about the same.
Nothing could be further from the truth. In most cases, a simple visit and discussion with the staff can clearly determine why some schools charge more than others.
Don't kid yourself, you get what you pay for. I go into the pricing issue in more depth on another blog http://martialartsschoolwarning.blogspot.com/
Be realistic about what a school charges. Are they really going to provide all the great benefits you are looking for at a foolishly low price of say $60 or $80 per month? Schools that undercharge get by on a hope and a prayer at best. Many try to make up for the lack of revenue with hidden fees. In other words, they fool you into enrolling at a lower tuition price but TRY to make up the difference with deceptive fees like belt test fees. Another tactic is to make their group lessons cheap and lame so that you will need to take expensive private lessons if you really want to excel. Private lessons are great but you should not be forced into it because the group classes are not beneficial. In the meantime, you are most likely getting a lower quality experience because they lack the resources to deliver what you want. Most people will just quit and say they tried the "karate thing" and it did not work out. Most will NEVER set foot in a Martial Arts school again because they figure they are all the same. All the while, you miss out on all the great benefits of training just because YOU selected the wrong school by going to where ever was the cheapest. A school simply CANNOT be the BEST and the CHEAPEST for long.

The truth is that most owners have to maintain a full time day job just to help keep the doors open. How long can you expect them to keep this up and what kind of quality do you think they will be able to maintain running an independent part time school while meeting the demands of a full time job.
If you are serious about training in the Martial Arts to reap the amazing long term benefits of confidence, self esteem, focus, respect, discipline, fitness, self defense, and a whole lot more, expect to pay a decent tuition. At American Kempo Karate Academy, we provide a SUPER value for your tuition and we do NOT use deceptive business tactics like hidden fees. Visit http://www.akka.com/ for more information.