What is a reasonable price to pay per month for kyokushin karate?

The facilities are the best in town and the teacher is Barry Johnston who is in the hall of fame or something and he wants $75.00 per month is that a good price?|||$75.00 a month is cheap. Assuming that the training is good go for it. As for your comment about the instructor being in the hall of fame, anyone can be in the hall of fame. There are a many of them. They are mostly con games. They contact martial artists and tell them that they have been nominated for an award. Then if you are willing to pay the high fees, you get inducted into the Hall of fame. I get 3-5 offers every years to be in one of these. They always want me to pay a large fee to be inducted. Some Award. Do your own research on the instructor. If he is legit, you should be able to verify his background with the Kyokushinkai-Kan.|||I%26#039;d say a qualified %26quot;yes%26quot; - $75 a month is on the lower edge of low. 100-120 a month is probably average, with 120-150 being %26quot;high%26quot;. (Personally, I pay $150 a month for my Escrima lessons, and I think it%26#039;s worth it, but that%26#039;s the outer limit for me.)





HOWEVER - check to see what the hidden fees are, including:





1. Belt tests - a lot of schools require that you pay for these: anything from 50-200 each. If you just think if this averaged out over every 6 months or so it%26#039;s not a real big deal, but you should be aware of it. Check to see how often belt tests occur: again, if you do one in the first six months, then one a year after that, it%26#039;s probably OK. Any more and it sounds like you%26#039;re being milked.





2. Seminar costs - a lot of schools give these out as well. If they%26#039;re optional training it%26#039;s fine, but if you find yourself %26quot;needing%26quot; to go to the seminar to learn the system, watch out. Usually if seminars are once a quarter, you should be OK. Again, look for a cost between 80-150 a piece.





3. Equipment fees - Most places require that you buy workout clothes there: the gi, basically. That%26#039;s probably OK. If they require that you spend $200 on all the official gear from the offical dojo store, that%26#039;s a warning sign.





4. Long-term contracts: I%26#039;m guessing this place probably doesn%26#039;t have them, but if they do, look out. Go for the monthly rate to start, and if you like it enough then shift to the quarterly one. Year-long contracts are probably not in your best interest, as inevitably there will be a month or so that you can%26#039;t go for whatever reason (vacation, illness, schoolwork, etc.)





With all those in mind, the TCO (Total cost of ownership) for being in a dojo can probably tack on an addition $100 a month. So make sure you understand their pricing scheme before you commit to anything.|||yes we pay 79.00 mo for three days a week, but you can come three hours a day if you want.


if you sign for a two or three yr contract it goes down.