My child has adhd and autism and with Mr Roger's compassion, patience, structure, and expert…read moreteaching, my child earned his black belt. You can tell how dedicated these children are because they stay with the school year after year. He builds a culture of inclusion and respect. The kids are great. Their new studio is beautiful

Great for kids and adults! My son comes in for taekwondo classes and enjoys the exercise, teamwork…read moreand friendly environment. I come in for personal training and wish i started years ago!

The teachers are very attentive to the students and enthusiastic about Marshall arts. The classes…read morehave been a great source of confidence and inspiration for my son who puts his all in the work. When you enjoy what you are doing you practice good habits of hard work and dedication naturally.

This KTKD place was amazing when I first started I was not able to show respect. After a few months…read moreI was able to show respect and self control. It really helps with your behavior. The Masters are so nice. They teach well and help train your confidence. I started from little champion and now after all that training I am a black belt Dan 1 level 2. I will definitely recommend this place!!!

Enrolled my very timid 6 year old and the changes I've seen in his behavior since beginning make me…read moreso happy . The instructors are attentive and they have many seminars and special days that make him enjoy his overall experience even more . I love that they have the option to throw birthday parties for the children , picnic days in the summer and camps on days when there isn't any school . They also give them honor student cards which help the kids earn rewards . I will say this place is on the more expensive side but it's a good investment in your child's confidence and learning to defend themselves .

Initially, I wrote an average/neutral review but after running into dozens of other local parents…read morewho have had negative experiences with Spirit and having a lackluster experience with them myself, I am going to leave a more transparent review including PRICING below. I am in sales AND a small business owner, so I generally give a lot of understanding to other small business owners but they have a bad rep locally and I'm just starting to see it's for a reason now. They have a lot of 5 star reviews because they used to push and pressure parents (during their kids' lessons) to leave a 5 star review to build up their ranking, but I highly encourage you to look into the 1-3 star reviews and more recent reviews. They require you to sign a year long contract that is $1,900 (perhaps more now) or you can pay in one lump sum and save a few hundred (and pay just under $1600). The free classes/passes and "specials" are literally to get you in and get you into a sales room and pressure you into the contract. Can't knock them as they're a business but just know, they run on high pressure sales tactics. I've been to other studios where the owners just give prices and allow you organically decide what package you want to sign up for and that's what myself and most people prefer. They are also getting kids in the door so they can push the birthday party packages as that's where the real money is made for them. I've attended parties there for my kids' friends and had a parent friend tell me they overcharged them, didn't deliver on multiple (expensive) upgrades as promised and were smug about offering any resolution. I hate that this seems to be a pattern for them. I believe the uniform was $140, boards at $3 each for days they do board breaking and belt tests are $70. Seems belt tests are given every 3-4 weeks so long as the child is on track. I've recently bumped into other parents at my kids' school who've said they got locked into 3 year contracts where they paid upfront or even $6,000-$10,000 contracts (with multiple kids) and I didn't even know that was legal to do. The craziest thing is I've even bumped into parents who had issues with them 5+ years ago.. same thing. The reason businesses like these are still around is because not enough parents speak up. Unfortunately, we were only able to use 35 of our 95 lessons and they were unwilling to work with us. I've attempted to give many chances for them to provide a resolution as a company but at this point I have to be honest, they are completely inflexible and pretty smug about it. I'm a small business owner. We CAN always work with our customers. They are 100% able to work with parents without losing any overhead/time, they just refuse to. OUTRIGHT. They'll keep the money & give you a nice "sir" or "ma'am" and basically "no can do" and expect you to spend thousands more. Now I'm seeing why so many reviews say they're money hungry. If you've had a poor experience, I encourage you to post about it, too, because these other parents are unknowingly being taken advantage of because they see an inflated business rating that has been masked by the other on-the-spot reviews.

Everything. My daughter loves it there. She enjoys learning different types of classes that they…read moreoffer .

Great instructors and masters. I learned core life skills like patience, discipline, and…read moreperseverance. Would strongly recommend.

Taekwondo has become a real part of my life and I have this school to thank for it. Highly…read morerecommend!

Our son has been attending classes at the Upper East side location for over 4 years now and he…read morereally likes it! The teachers have been wonderful and his self esteem is reflecting the teaching and the sense of accomplishment from incrementally harder exercises as one moves up the belt levels. I would definitely recommend this studio to anyone interested in martial arts!

the best dojo ever the master is so so nice the helpers are very noce also and taught me alot of…read morethings

My dad used to go here when he was my age…read more My sister and I used to go here when I was in middle school...I got all the way to purple belt. I don't really remember why I stopped going other than that I started high school. But seeing my sister do it makes me wanna come back. This is 3 generations . Today I went to see my little sister who is 6 take a class. She loves it! She was singing in the car on the way there "I get to go to karate...". She's got her uniform and was counting in Korean today. The instructors are fun. It teaches discipline and it's great for staying in shape and it's self-defense.

Highly recommend. Ron has been my son's taekwondo instructor…read morefor a few years now, for both the group sessions and private lessons and he is absolutely amazing. He really challenges children in their own individual way. He understands their weaknesses or struggles and works hard and helping them. Very dedicated instructor who knows what he's doing and knows how to get the most out of his students to meet their full potential. My son looks forward to every session and Ron keeps him engaged and challenged with a wide variety of different activities and exercises. Ron has been beyond accommodating and is great with kids. Could not recommend more

I can't say enough good things about this studio. My 7yo son has been practicing tae kwon do with…read moreInstructor Ron for about a year, and I've seen such an improvement in his focus and discipline. Ron is amazing with kids; he commands respect but is not mean. Then I started taking his adult cardio kickboxing class, and it has changed my life. I work full-time with two kids, so although I've always loved working out, I haven't had the energy over the last few years. This workout is so much fun and feels so REAL. I look forward to going and have gotten strong again really quickly. Kicking and punching the bag give me energy I've never felt before, even running marathons (in the distant past). When I haven't gone in a few days, I feel the need to do push-ups at home (?!). Just as with the kids, Ron knows exactly how much to challenge us without making us feel bad about ourselves. Plus it doubles as a self-defense class. It's empowering and affordable. I can't wait to get back to the mat.

Used to be an unbelievable program, but after substantial staff turnover including both the…read moreteachers and the office --- its not really kid friendly anymore. If the staff changes back, would be great, but I can't see continuing given how they interact with kids.

This is for the BBT class for the kids…read more Mr Elias's focus and coaching of the techniques, including saying when it was not done correctly. Also the playfulness that made it fun for the kids.