This seems to be common practice, at least where I live. All the stuff I checked out online was similar.
They all want you to be a member for 12 months minimum. One dojo explained this by saying that learing
a MA takes time. Great justification....
I mean what if after 2 months you notice that this stuff doesn't work for you or that your body cannot handle it?
Then you have to pay the entire 12 months. Imo this is not fair and not customer-friendly. But since they all do
it they obviously think that it doesn't matter cause people who are desperate enough to want to learn self-defense
will not be hindered by this, which is probably true. I mean somebody who wants to learn self-defense already has
his own personal reasons and he will probably not back down cause he has to sign on for 12 months.
But for me it's a big problem. It's a huge risk. You not only risk losing a lot of money cause the monthly fees are already
pretty high but if you really had to leave you'd also be very upset cause you still have to pay for the rest of the time.
Imagine you sign on for 12 months and then realize this stuff isn't for you then you probably won't dare to try other stuff
cause it's simply too risky. Imagine 1 year costs you 500$ total. Then how many different things would you be willing to try
out? How much money would you basically be willing to lose? What if you try 4 different MAs and they all don't work and
then you basically threw 2000$ in the toilet? Wouldn't this make you really angry? It would make me angry and then I'd
get upset every single time I think about it and this would also be really unhealthy.
They all want you to be a member for 12 months minimum. One dojo explained this by saying that learing
a MA takes time. Great justification....
I mean what if after 2 months you notice that this stuff doesn't work for you or that your body cannot handle it?
Then you have to pay the entire 12 months. Imo this is not fair and not customer-friendly. But since they all do
it they obviously think that it doesn't matter cause people who are desperate enough to want to learn self-defense
will not be hindered by this, which is probably true. I mean somebody who wants to learn self-defense already has
his own personal reasons and he will probably not back down cause he has to sign on for 12 months.
But for me it's a big problem. It's a huge risk. You not only risk losing a lot of money cause the monthly fees are already
pretty high but if you really had to leave you'd also be very upset cause you still have to pay for the rest of the time.
Imagine you sign on for 12 months and then realize this stuff isn't for you then you probably won't dare to try other stuff
cause it's simply too risky. Imagine 1 year costs you 500$ total. Then how many different things would you be willing to try
out? How much money would you basically be willing to lose? What if you try 4 different MAs and they all don't work and
then you basically threw 2000$ in the toilet? Wouldn't this make you really angry? It would make me angry and then I'd
get upset every single time I think about it and this would also be really unhealthy.