Life Experience Martial Arts

We just got home from throwing our son’s birthday party here and it is FANTASTIC! The instructor was amazing– had all the kids in line and doing some super fun martial arts games. We had the upgraded party (we bought it from livingsocial) but I think it would have been worth it even without the discount. They did an hour of martial arts games (half of it was a nunchuck class– and they got to keep the nunchucks!) Then another 20 minutes of pizza and cake, finished with a nunchuck show for the parents that stayed. Each kid also got to take home a pretty substantial goodie bag! Totally easy, totally fun and I did NO work! :)

This place is the textbook definition of a cheesy McDojo. Test fee’s-check.Contracts-check. Kids birthday parties-​check. Don’t even get me started on the neon sign in a strip mall. Besides, what martial art are they teaching? This place is a joke and a half.

I have been involved in sports and music all of my life and know a good coach/​teacher when I see one. At Life Experience they have some of the best. My son has come a long way and is doing very well with their guidance and instruction. Sifu John and Miss Mandy are very good with all the students and teach great principles of life as well as how to control your body. I think every kid and adult could benefit from this school.

My daughter has had major improvement in her attitude towards other people since attending classes here. They teach on the kids level and teach them self discipline. They learn when to use their skills to defend themselves. I am very glad I put my daughter in the white belt class here.

My daughter has been going here for over a year now and she loves it. She was super shy, it took her a long time to warm up to people, but since shes been in karate she has gained alot of self esteem and it has helped her in school too. The instructors are great. I cant wait to start taking the adult classes. I wouldnt pick any other place to go too.

This place is great for young kids but not so much for adults. I took the adult class with my daughter. It was some thing we could do together and made me feel better knowing my child would learn to protect her self. However as time went on i noticed the instructors spent a lot of time talking, joking or having to spend class time getting on to other students. There were only two instructors when i went there and they both taught different ways to do the same thing, which got confusing. This place really doesnt let you spar. There were 8 people in my class, before my daughter and i left, after we left it was down to 6. I heard from a friend i made there that the rest of the class quit to. They moved on to a place that allowed sparing and didnt joke around so much. Like i said its great for younger kids but not for teenagers or adults who really want to learn.

I just took the intro class and can’t continue right now ’cause I am super poor. However, I was really impressed with the instruction I got. The prices were fair and the studio is a nice set up. I would definitely recommend anyone to give it a shot.