I came to the US last April, and I looked for a good TKD school through internet (I had no friends or somebody to ask then…). I rejected several academies because they looked more MMA than traditional TKD, and finally I found a one that looked OK to me.

I’ve studied there 6 months and I’m not 100% comfortable, because it’s full of moms and dads with their children socializating more than practicing, and some kind of competition exists between the students to have the highest belt possible in few months, but their tecnique is so low… (I had studied TKD in other country for 3 years before and became blue belt so I know some things about tkd). The coaches never correct us, they always are telling us “you are SO good!” and they seem more interested on the money of the monthly testing, etc. than real learning. They force us to buy there the necessary equipment (of course it’s not cheap) and I could spend the night telling you disappointing things… *sigh*

But my hands are tied. I signed a contract for 3 years. (It was supossed to be just monthly payment as we agreeded, but when I came home, I found the surprise, and it has the financial penalty you mentioned before if I want to leave sooner…)

I’m so embarrased telling you all this but I just wanted to share it with somebody… Do you thing I could have imagine all this before I took their classes? Because I took classes for one week to see the academy and everything looked OK… =(

Best wishes from TX

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