2. Choosing a martial arts school based on equipment
alone. No question your martial arts school needs first
rate equipment, but it also needs highly qualified
instruction. Many schools have great equipment but they
don't have the expertise of a highly qualified instructor.
Make sure to ask for their Black Belt certificate and who
gave them their Black Belt rank. A lot of schools will use a
nice facility to disguise the low quality instruction.

3. Choosing a martial arts school based on low price.
Lowest price without good instruction is a recipe for
disaster. Qualified instruction isn't usually the cheapest
option. You are looking for the best instruction you can
get for the best price of course.

4. Choosing a school based on a single telephone call. A lot
of people will call up just price shopping and try to pick a
school over the phone. Instead you want to tour the
facility take a tour and see all that they have to offer.
Most times the cheapest option is not the best option.

5. Choosing a school without a Money Back Offer. In my
view every school should be fully accountable for their
instruction and if you don't feel that you improved you
shouldn't have to pay for it. Not all schools offer a
guarantee. Make sure to ask the school if they offer a
money back guarantee offer. I like performance base
guarantees, that way your guaranteed of reaching your
goal.

6. Choosing a school without getting testimonials from their
students. Any school can say how great they are, but it
matters most what their students think about them and
the results that they get from training at that facility. A
good way to get testimonial is to stop in at the gym and
just ask the student what they think about it and how
their experience have been.

7. Choosing a Martial Arts school that doesn't have a
certified Black Belt Instructor. This one really drives me
crazy, people look for the cheapest option and choose a
blue belt or purple belt unqualified instructor. With the
popularity of martial arts and mma, you have schools
popping up everywhere. This is one of the worst ways to
get started in martial arts. In the beginning if you learn a
bunch of bad habits then its going to take years to correct
them. Make sure you always look for a school that is run
by a certified Black Belt under the IBJJF for Brazilian Jiu
Jitsu for Muay Thai under MTIA or for MMA under the
MMAIA.

8. Choosing a Martial Arts School that doesn't use the most
up to date cleaning methods. Most schools don't even
know how to properly clean their mats and training
equipment. Make sure they are at least using the top of
the line anti-bacterial and anti-fungal methods. Most
schools are too cheap to buy the really good cleaning
products. If they even clean it all they just buy the basic
cleaning stuff from Walmart and use that. You want a
gym that uses the best cleaning supplies available.

9. There are the seven mistakes to avoid when choosing a
martial arts school. Give us a call at 817-614-9325 and
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