Jung Kim's Martial Arts

Feb 17th, 2024

We brought our 8 year old in with a year and half experience from one of the best Taekwondo Dojangs in the state and heard good things about Jung Kim's from locals as we settled in. We were regrettably misinformed. This place is below average in every category. These poor kids aren't learning anything. Its more of an expensive recess that parents can drop their kids at. Even worse, I'd say that there are high advanced belts here that can't tie their belt correctly. Most of the kids had very poor form, technique, and were being moved on to keep the parents paying. Poomse's and the foundations of Taekwondo are being misrepresented and disrespectful to the art and the culture. The fundamentals are being skipped. Kids are advancing and is a waste of money and time in my opinion. After only 2 months, we had to find another Dojang to meet our basic expectations and honestly haven't found anything that's been close to what we came from but did have better results elsewhere. While speaking with other incoming parents and students who had come from Jung Kims, same stories and same results. Jung Kim is very arrogant and sadly taking advantage of parents who don't know any better. I'm sure the intention was there at a time but currently, I wouldn't bring my kids there if it was FREE. Not an exaggeration.
Sep 13th, 2023

If I could rate lower, I would. I certainly don't recommend this school. The instructor pushes all his students to be promoted up to the next belt every two to three months, regardless of their skill level or how much the child struggles with the new forms. Though pushing a child and having high standards and expectations is not a bad thing, the instructor seems to have no patience with children when they need longer than two to three months to learn the new material. Unfortunately, sometimes children struggle with new material and new forms. Such was the case with my son. Instead of allowing my son to work at his own pace and take the time he needed to get the new material down, the instructor seemed rather dissatisfied that my son hadnt been promoted within his preferred two-three months timeline. When my son was pretesting in preparation for the upcoming belt test, the instructor stopped him in the middle. (My son briefly paused to think through his next step; apparently, this was a mistake). According to this instructor, my son was taking far too long to learn the new material (that he struggled with tremendously, though was making great progress)! He informed my son that should he not test in the upcoming belt test, there are consequences. The instructor thought the appropriate "consequence" for my son not learning the material quick enough was to demote him all the way back down to a white belt, regardless of the time, commitment, energy, and effort my son had exhibited to earn the belts he had currently, and that he had exhibited in learning the new forms. Stripping a child of the belts they truly earned is certainly not the way to motivate or encourage a child to continue working hard at something they enjoy! This teaching style does not instill any sort of confidence in the instructorship, nor does it teach one to respect the instructor.
Sep 4th, 2023

Mar 18th, 2023

Great school for Taekwondo training. I went there years ago and gained a lot of confidence in classes. Got to high green belt before my family had to move, but wished I could have stayed in. Both my sister and I loved it. The instructors were all amazing and very kind. I would recommend this class to anyone.
Mar 4th, 2023