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Anonymous
It's overpriced bullshit.
My academy (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) is $100/month, and definitely has the best facility and instructors around. Also, as a rule of thumb, ANY martial arts school that requires you to pay for "testing" (basically paying for higher belts, not to mention blatant $$/year to keep a black belt) is Evil. Also, my school lets visitors try as many classes as they would like before signing up, offers student discounts and if you're tight on money you can work for the school to lower your rates. My place also offers four or five other martial arts (muay thai, krav maga, MMA, etc), and you pay half price to sign up for a second martial art.
tl;dr Your intuitions are correct, sir.
Some rules of thumb in finding another school, because if you sign up with these shitheads I will hunt you: The only thing except monthly tuition that you should be paying for is equipment; any school asking you to pay for "testing" or otherwise for each belt is ripping you off hard. Average prices in my area for every school I've looked at are around $100 up to $150 a month. Most will let you do a shorter contract for incrementally higher rates per month. You'll get a much harder workout by doing brazilian jiu-jitsu or wrestling. Grappling styles are generally more intense exercise with less risk of injury. Tae Kwon Do and pretty much all other traditional martial arts will not help you very much when it comes to actual fighting. Modern styles are the way to go if self-defense or fighting effectiveness are a concern at all - the main ones to look for are Muay Thai (kickboxing), american boxing/wrestling, brazilian jiu-jitsu, or maybe krav maga. Basically anything used recently in UFC/Pride/etc. See if the students ever socialize outside of class hours. The school I've been going to regularly meets up to watch UFC nights, go over tapes when one of our guys fights in a tournament, etc.
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