Mountainside Martial Arts Center

This dojo is one of the best I have ever seen. All of the black belts are very modest and put the students first. Your first impression of the place is a large viewing area that is always clean (cleaned every week) and looking nice. The training room is very clean fit with mirrors on one wall and nice lighting. One unique part is a room with couches, a TV broadcasting from a camera in the training room, and tables. This is for parents and students who wish to do homework and/or work before class starts or whenever in a quite environment. I have also seen people tutoring in this room. Once you are ready for black belt one of your priorities is to clean the dojo as reviewer below me said. This is to show character and that your take pride in the dojo. I did it and enjoyed doing it. This place is awesome. I would recommend it.

From the outside the Dojo it is clean and prides itself to be better then their competitors because they will not charge for belts, patches and advancement. That belts are only earned not purchased. This will be what you hear, BUT what you do not hear unitl your children have now made friends and have become attached, have set a goal of achieving black belt....this is what REALLY happens... My children have been attending here for several years, I'd love to take them out. owner will charge an outragious amount of money right after you child has earned a brownbelt. knows you'll pay it because the kids have now become invested in it. It's very frustrating for the parents! When it comes to belt ceremony's you are no longer aloud to take pictures of your children receiving there newly earned ranks. He has an agreement with an outside photographer. Oh, instead of hiring commercial janitors to clean, the brown belts must do it every weekend, if they want their black. It's all about money.

I have taken a lot of martial arts over the years and this dojo and their instructors stand above them all.