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[quote=Anonymous]In VA, the Springhill Rec Center has great classes.  The other private academies all want a year to a three year contract ("to get your child to black belt"  yeah, right).  Do NOT sign one of these contracts.  The usually Korean owner immediately sells the contracts at a discount so the contract is out of his hands.  When you then go to him for complaints about smell, mold, hygiene of place, etc., he just shrugs.  If you ask for your money back, he says "I sold contract".  It's a HUGE racket.  I think our contract was for $1300 for a year and we took a $900 loss.  There is a long thread on the contract abuses these studios engage in.  I reported ours to the VA attorney general who, at that time, was investigating all of the martial arts studios who demand the 1-2-3 year contracts and then immediate sell them at a discount so they can claim they can't give a refund.  One poster was going to start up a class action against the studios.  Check the yelp reports on them and you will see how angry people get at these martial arts studios.  Go with your local rec center - our son did it and had a great time and we paid the standard session fee for @ 8-10 lessons.

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