Joel Neely’s Martial Arts Academy

My 4 year old son did not enjoy this class and only agreed to try it for the last 5 – 10 minutes of class. My 6 year old daughter tried it for a bit longer but injured her foot when trying a kick because the instructor didn’t give her enough direction as to how she should kick. The class seemed to have lots of sneezing children and one asthmatic child that reported having lung problems to the instructor. The instructors response to the child «go tell your brother». Are you kidding me! The drive way getting to this place is cracked up and the building itself is an OLD metal building in disrepair. The inside looks as bad as the outside. I was also given a lecture on how great martial arts is for children when I was trying to leave with 2 cranky starving children, how where eye level with the candy that was for sale. So picture a mom of 2 young children standing at the entrance only wanting payment info on classes and uniform but given a lecture by a young instructor and while trying to wrangle 2 hungry kids that are trying to get me to get the candy that’s for sale. NOT cool. We won’t go back.

We have been taking our 7 year old son here for 3 years. He LOVES it. The teachers are all excellent. They are not all about the money. It is still a business, but they have proven that they are more concerned about the children. The kids all seem to have so much fun and they don’t even realize how much work they are doing. Great for learning discipline. I highly recommend this place. Master Neely and his crew are the best.

My son Brandon has been training with Master Neely and his staff for almost two years. He has developed tremendously in skills and discipline. I highly recommend!