Traditional Japanese Karate. Adult, Kids, and mixed classes. 4th Dan Sensei Randell brings years of…read moreexperience, diversity, and enthusiasm to each and every class. I highly recommend this school because there is something here for everyone!! Hope to see you there soon. OSU!

I want to thank Sensai Randall for saving a woman from getting kidnapped by a violent criminal. You…read moreare a hero, and I hope the young people you instruct realize that. I'm not from the area, but I wish great things for you and your business.

Very professional! Warm greeting and vey knowledgeable!!! We cannot wait to go back again soon.read more

Apex is truly a wonderful, kid-friendly, and caring martial arts center. I am so glad that I found…read morethem to work with my daughter! She looks forward to attending each session. Regina J.

I go here it is a fun place Mr Winkler makes things so much easier I love this place please come.read more

Great family friendly place to train and learn. My son has been attending for 5 years…read more Judo program on Mondays and Saturdays

Been training here for about a year and I can safely say that it has been one of the best decisions…read moreI've ever made! Everyone is super friendly and you'll get an amazing workout every time.

Ricky and Edie Smith are the owners of Sidekick. They put Excellence in the rating of excellent…read more Karate taken at Sidekick has been the best thing my grandson has ever done. His attitude his performance his attention to instruction has improved 1500%. The disciplines learned with Sensei Ricky's guidance have made my grandson look at life differently. He now strives to excel in all ways of life. His cooperation and wiliness to share with his sister and the rest of the family has improved. I wholehearted recommend Sidekick Karate to everyone at any age. This weekend I watched 4 Senior Citizens (65+) perform in a Tomoe which tested the skills they have learned as new karate students. They all performed successfully. It's never to late..

Edie is one of the owners of Sidekick Karate! She is absolutely awesome. She remembers everyone's…read morename and face, and always greats me with a smile and in a very energetic manner. Sidekick picks up children from their elementary schools and buses them to sidekick for karate after school. If your children need to stay longer after karate is over, there's a separate room with desks, a white board, a game system, a tv, changing rooms and bathrooms. On wednesdays they order pizza from dominos and feed the kids dinner and then around 6pm they go to a local church. This gives parents extra time to work or maybe time to run an errand before picking up their children. My son has learned a lot since he's started going to sidekick. The owners have absolutely thought of everything in terms of accommodations for children after school. You can tell that the owners truly care about the children in our community. We are lucky to have them as part of our community. I highly recommend sidekick karate for lessons, or for lessons and after school. It's well worth the money, and your children will learn impulse control, better judgement, overall discipline and they will get to socialize and be somewhere where you don't have to question whether they are cared for or not. I would 100% recommend Sidekick!

"Let me start off by saying ATA Karate Denver is my first experience with any formal martial arts…read moreschool for my children and I find them to be a 1 1/2 star school thus far. So how do I come to this decision with nothing to compare it to? How can I be so arrogant as to what should be the expectation? One of my children started back in March of this year and the teachers have been patient, encouraging and joyful to be around. However, one of my issues is the turn over of the teachers on the staff. Through the course of 7 months I have personally seen 6 different teachers come through the school and it's aggravating and disappointing for my children and for myself. How does one build a rapport and trusting relationship when teachers come and go? ATA Karate Denver also has issues with equipment orders and getting the correct size for children. When my child started back in March, he was given the wrong size headgear from the start and we had to wait about 2 months before we purchased our own headgear for him. We took our son out of the school because of other obligations and since we were under agreement the school let our daughter take his place. For my daughter who started 2 months ago we're currently still waiting for a chest protector. I find these incidents totally unacceptable and not the proper way to operate a school when safety is an issue. We've also dealt with less than ethical contractual agreement issues with respect to outright lying. When we decided to enroll our son into the school we spoke with some type of manager. He played well in getting my son excited about Karate and wanting to become a black belt. When it came time to discuss cost of tuition and length of contract time things became muddy and dishonest. We were told that the only option available was a 3 year agreement and what the tuition would be. It sounded off but what did we know? So again we asked him was a 3 year agreement the only option available and we were told yes, so reluctantly we signed up. After about a month we found out we were lied to because we talked to other people signing up with less than 3 year agreement and we brought it up to management. At that point we're told that there are agreements less than 3 years and the main office set us up with a satisfactory agreement that we could be comfortable with. So there you have it, that's our experience. Many issues to deal with and our contract will be up soon. Can I say this has been a learning experience? Yes. Can I say we will repeat it? No!, ATA Karate of Denver needs to become more honest, organized and consistent and have instructors stay for more than a couple of weeks. This has been extremely frustrating and I only speak for my family but I assure you that other parents feel the same. Could I recommend this school to you in good faith and honesty? No, look elsewhere and if you have any recommendations please let me know."

We have just enrolled with ATA Denver NC and are all exited to move forward with the program. The…read moremanager and instructors have encouraged discipline and a healthy lifestyle. My children are learning more respect through the classes and I have seen advancement in their confidence as they take pride in themselves when they "suit up" each week. It is a commitment on the parents part, as well. When I was approached by who seemed to be a recruiter, I was impressed with the assertiveness and self confidence of this young individual. Although I did not sign up immediately, there was no problem in communicating with the management to further understand the program. ATA Karate helps promote current, positive lifestyles for children and also assists in potential future endeavors for participants of all ages. Keep up the great work!

Not a good experience..kids are not closely monitored.. my kid gulped a lot of water while the…read moretrainer and the lifeguard were preoccupied.. such an incident happened previously with another toddler too in-front of our eyes..manager of the facility is not prompt to take any actions..earlier it was much better but off late it has deteriorated a lot Response to the message in google- 1. The lifeguard wasn't in his place when the incident happened. The incident happened on the backside of the trainer and i am not convinced that the gulping happened for 4 secs. So there was a lapse in safety. 2. There is no emergency contact to report or talk to. Academy following paper and email approach but when a kid is shocked and stopped talking for quite sometime, you should have a proper communication mechanism with the manager or owner which isnt there. 3. I wasnt sugary to the front desk since i was very agitated but neither i used any unparliamentary words neither i was unruly.. aggressive approach isnt the right phrase..The lady at the front desk was rude. Instead of calming a parent she just shrugged off her responsibilities by giving a pen and paper. So training issues there. 4. Email from the manager was really really unacceptable. Next step I shall post that email to different forums to show how inconsiderate you are. 5. You asked not to accompany my kid which is unrealistic.. baseless allegations of past unruly behavior was cited with front desk when I literally spoke in length with the front desk person for the first time..

- Hygiene was hit or miss, both in the pool and other facilities. During our final lesson, the…read morewater was so murky that you could barely see the lines in the pool (photo attached). The bathrooms were so neglected that we usually opted to wait until we got home to change. Even at peak-pandemic, hand sanitizers and hand soap dispensers sat empty for weeks at a time. - Safety was another concern for me. We were comfortable in a 1:1 lesson, but some classes were larger with teachers dividing their attention. The lifeguards frequently had headphones in and were actively engaged with their phones, and were sometimes not even present at our evening lessons even with a full pool (photo of empty stand attached). - Scheduling became a nightmare towards the end of our time here. We had a weekly scheduled 1:1 swim lesson. During our last month, two regular lessons were cancelled (one after we arrived at the pool due to a no-show sub, and the other in advance because they couldn't find a sub.) We scheduled two makeup lessons, and BOTH were cancelled after we arrived due to hygiene issues in the pool. So, a total of four cancelled lessons in about a six week period, three of those cancelled after we arrived, and we were only offered a $30 refund. - The pool where lessons are held is small and often overbooked. Sometimes there would be so many kids in the pool that there was no room for a lesson, so my son would be taken to the larger lane pool and would have to wear a life jacket for the entire lesson even though he can swim independently. It defeated the purpose for us a bit. - Customer service was what really killed our experience. After showing up for a lesson and finding out that it was cancelled (see above, a frequent issue), I sent an email to the director of the swim academy asking for a refund of that lesson. The response I got was angry and highly inappropriate. I spoke discreetly with a few staff members who confirmed this is a frequent problem - the swim academy director is married to the owner and often causes issues with her unpredictable outbursts and rude correspondence. There are dozens of other reviews in local neighborhood/mom groups complaining about her behavior towards parents who try to bring up legitimate issues. It's a shame, because we loved my son's teacher as well as all the makeup teachers we had over the past couple of months. Unfortunately we just can't in good conscience continue to ignore all the red flags at this location.