My son Emanuel Gonzalez attended this Martial Arts school from 2011 to 2014 thinking it was better than the previous Martial Arts school he trained at and that at this school, he'd get his black belt. Well cut to the time where he was a Dan Bo belt, the belt before Black Belt, he was tasked with multiple missions to do in order to barely qualify to rank up to black belt. That included 100 hours of volunteer work at the Martial Arts school, learning multiple terms in Korean, typing an essay on why he should be a black belt, and lastly, go to 5 weeks of personal training on Saturday at the school. The Personal Training sessions cost me out of pocket 300 dollars and the test itself was 500 dollars. Cut to the time he actually does the test and he fails, this isn't uncommon though and I still had faith he'd rank up. The second time he does it and he fails yet again so now I start to get worried. The Grandmaster, Chul Jin himself contacts me and says Emanuel needs even more private training sessions from which I agree to and pay another fee of 300 dollars. Emanuel did them for another 5 weeks and then went to another black belt test from which he failed yet again and now this time I'm very concerned and angry that even though I spent well over 600 dollars on him just for "training" he still hasn't ranked up. After the test, the Grandmaster contacted me and said he needs even more "training" and asks me for even more money to which I say no. The Black Belt test fee only covers up to 3 takes and so I was forced to pay another 500 dollars because I still believed at the time my son could still get his black belt. The test finally comes up and he does phenomenal this time and everything was perfect until it was time for sparring, now my son is rather tall for his age which at the time was 13, but they put him up against a grown man who looked to be in his 40's. The match went alright until the Guy punched my son in the jaw and gave him lockjaw. Both of his jaw bones are now permanently injured and he is at risk for developing arthritis in his jaw. Even after this you'd think he'd earned his black belt but nope, he still didn't and now I'm furious. I decide it to be best just to let his contract expire and never take my son back. What made me furious though was the fact that a young boy got his black belt on his second try, only paid for "training" once, and his black belt fee once. This School has poor sparring and class matchmaking based on very general age( Peewee Class is for 2-7-year-olds, Kids Class is from 8 to 12 years and Adult class is from 13 years to any age higher) and to rank up to any rank requires a fee ranging from 40 dollars all the way up to 500 dollars. I would not recommend Chul Jin to anyone and I regret even taking my son here. Hope you make the right choice of choosing a different Martial Arts school and not waste your time at this one. read more