Our membership pricing rewards students who show up for class regularly. The more classes you attend, the less you pay.
While we were closed during Covid, we had a lot of time to think about what we value and how to make our school better. The most important insight was: nobody in our leadership group depends on the school for income, so wouldn’t it be great if we could offer Taekwondo training for free?
We can’t give free classes to everybody, because we have to pay rent and other operating costs. But the idea was so tantalizing, we kept thinking about it, and we realized how to make this offer even better. Our new membership plan offers discounts for dedicated students who come to most or all classes. It’s that simple: the more you give to the school, by showing up and working hard, the more we give back to you. We’ve found that students who attend the most classes are also the ones who become the best martial artists, so everyone benefits.
The most important factor that leads to both skilled practitioners and a strong school is good attendance from all our members. Therefore, our new membership pricing is designed solely to reward students who show up for class regularly. Once you pay your first month, you can earn free or discounted classes as long as you’re a member of the dojang.
If you’re a single parent, an artist, a recent graduate with student debt, a student still in school—or someone experiencing financial uncertainty for any reason—you might be an outstanding student in our dojang, but we understand that the $100/month membership dues may make it hard for you to come. We developed this program for you. Hard work is now the only qualification that anyone needs to train with us. In addition to receiving free or discounted classes, these hard-working students will likely become excellent practitioners of Taekwondo, which is always our true purpose.
See our “How It Works” section on this page and our FAQ/Terms page for details about earning free classes.
- New students pay $100 for the first month of classes. After week or two of regular training, students are eligible to buy a dobok (uniform), tti (belt), and Jidokwan school patch at wholesale cost.
- To earn free classes, students must give us a credit/debit card number to store on our payment processor’s secure server. Students authorize us to charge each month’s tuition to that card as necessary.
- Students with perfect attendance for a month get the following month’s classes for free. Anyone without perfect attendance pays $20 for each class they miss, up to a maximum of five missed classes.
- At the beginning of each month, we charge your card $20 per missed class, but never more than $100 in tuition for that month.
EXAMPLE: A student has perfect attendance in April, so that student pays no membership dues for the month of May. In May this student misses three classes, so they pay $60 for June classes (3 x $20). In June they have perfect attendance again, so in July they pay nothing for classes. However in July, they go on a three-week vacation (nice!) which means they miss nine classes. This means they’ll pay the $100 monthly maximum for August. If they come back from vacation refreshed and ready to train, and they come to every class in September, they get October for free, and so forth. . .
Each month the cycle starts over again with a blank slate. Once a student pays for their initial month of training (with free uniform, belt, and patch) they could potentially attend our school forever without paying for another class, as long as they come to every class on time and train with diligence.