Hi there, I'm hoping to get some insight from those of you with experience in the industry. Background: I have a 7 year old daughter who loves martial arts. In March I started her with WTTU Taekwondo. I paid an upfront down payment of $210 (I'm assuming this was for the outfit??), in addition I pay $137 a month regardless of how many sessions she attends a week (only 3 days a week are offered), and I have recently discovered belt testing is every 6 weeks at $79/test - note Canadian $. Is this normal? For the first 2 belt tests I was fine with it because she had the forms down well. But this summer I had her in it mainly to keep her busy, so we missed some weeks with holidays and to be honest I didn't think they would be doing testing. Next thing I know the teacher is telling me to register her for the test coming up - which she clearly wasn't ready for. "She'll pass", he tells me. This got me thinking. I understand the concept at this age to gain confidence, etc, but I'm not going to register her for the test if she hasn't been practising and knows it. Apparently they want all the kids doing the tests regardless if they have the moves done correctly or not. I have a bit of an issue with this.
Just a note, I'm not looking for an association that trains students for sport sparing, etc. I'm looking for strictly real life self defense that will actually work. I am now under the impression that this may not be the right fit for her and I should look at ITF Taekwondo? or another discipline.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
Just a note, I'm not looking for an association that trains students for sport sparing, etc. I'm looking for strictly real life self defense that will actually work. I am now under the impression that this may not be the right fit for her and I should look at ITF Taekwondo? or another discipline.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated.