If you haven't noticed, khf, many have tried the ATA cirriculum, and have come to the conclusion that they are out for your money, and/or have low-quality training.
Remember, martial arts don't have to only be about fighting, but first and foremost, fighting/self-defense is what they were designed for. If you lose the fighting aspect in the martial arts, it's better off for you to put your kids in the boy/girl scouts.
A least they don't require you to spend a truck-load of money to come to meetings or go on camp-outs, but I see no good reason to spend hundreds of dollars a month on ATA training to make my kids better citizens and to teach them life lessons when I can do all that by myself, as a parent should.
Now I may not be a parent, but at least I can recognize that life lessons and what-not are a responsibility of the parent, not the TKD teacher.
Remember, martial arts don't have to only be about fighting, but first and foremost, fighting/self-defense is what they were designed for. If you lose the fighting aspect in the martial arts, it's better off for you to put your kids in the boy/girl scouts.
A least they don't require you to spend a truck-load of money to come to meetings or go on camp-outs, but I see no good reason to spend hundreds of dollars a month on ATA training to make my kids better citizens and to teach them life lessons when I can do all that by myself, as a parent should.
Now I may not be a parent, but at least I can recognize that life lessons and what-not are a responsibility of the parent, not the TKD teacher.
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