American TKD Academy

My twins spent about a year here, we found it to be a great after-​school activity for them. One thing I will say is that the owners (Peter and Mark) are very serious/​passionate about the curriculum, they care about the students and studio and it shows. I also liked the strong emphasis on respect for yourself and others. The classes are well organized and focused.

Wow. Bait and switch? This place is supposed to be teaching honesty an respect but how about honoring a commitment? My son won 6 months free tuition at this place. We called to set up a time to check it out and get him started after the holidays, because we didn’t want to start and have too many gaps in his instruction. This was agreed upon by the person who my husband spoke to there. However, that is not what happened when we arrived. We spent 45 minutes getting an introduction and tour. When that was over, that’s when we were told they would no longer honor the 6 month free tuition. We were stunned. Instead, we were offered a rate of $ 139 a month. What? When my husband and I expressed our disappointment, we were offered 3 months free.
I don’t understand how we were expected to start a relationship based on a lie. We’re supposed to send our son to a place that teaches respect and integrity that has neither? We are totally shocked. The only explanation we got was that their employee (who they claimed was only there for a week, although my husband had spoken to her on more than one occasion) didn’t know about the expiration date. Apparently, the offer expired 3 weeks ago. However, that was never expressed over multiple phone calls, or written ANYWHERE.
We plan to take our son somewhere else. I suggest you do the same.
This happened in January 2010, but I thought I’d share and save a few people the same disappointment.