Elite Black Belt Academy

They’re the best, they really care about our kids, they not only teach them to defend themselves they teach them values like confidence, respect, discipline, they teach them to be a better person every day. I love this place and I’m very thankful with the teachers
Mr. Mohammad, Mr. Tarek, Mr. Ahmad and Miss Jaritza for their dedication, when we enrolled our daughter she was not doing so good, hitting kids at school, being disrespectful at home but she has changed a lot and we know is thank to Elite Black Belt Academy, these teachers make you feel like family and they really care about our kids future, they take time to have long talks to the kids when they are not doing good at school or home. I definitely recommend Elite Black Belt Academy 1000%, bringing my daughter to them was the best decision my husband and I ever made.

My friends and I bought the month Groupon pass for this location so we could do a fun workout together. The Groupon was a great deal, I think it was around $ 25 for a month and you can chose a month of karate or kickboxing. We chose kickboxing. This place appears to be mainly aimed towards karate classes for kids, but their kickboxing classes are 3 nights a week. Keep in mind, you do need boxing gloves so if you don’t have them already be prepared to spend at least an additional $ 20 buying them. The location is in clifton/​patterson, but it’s in a safe area.
PROS
This class is really fun and definitely gets you sweating. It’s 45 minutes long and goes by rather quickly. I recommend purchasing the groupon with friends, it’s a great way to socialize and keep in shape. There are always two instructors (I forgot their names-​oops!) helping you and available if you have questions or need help. Class sizes were rather small, the biggest group there was maybe 10 people, but usually it was between 5 – 7 people. They offer classes 3 times a week and there was definitely enough variety between the days to keep things interesting. I liked that it wasn’t ALL kickboxing– there was a combination of stretching, running, punches, kicks, squats, planks etc.
CONS
The two instructors that are there are young which isn’t a bad thing, but it didn’t seem like they had too much experience teaching groups. Knowing kickboxing and knowing how to TEACH kickboxing are two different things. There were many times that one would go around and show me a technique one way, and the other would come and tell me to do it differently. There didn’t seem to be too much cohesiveness in the way they taught. Secondly, my friends and I enjoyed the class enough to look into purchasing additional months. We spoke to the girl at the front desk who said that it was around $ 70 for a month pass. This was kind of pricey in our opinion because they only offered classes 3 times a week with no variation on days or times. Since I work far away, I would only be able to make 2 classes a week and that amount did not seem worth it to me. Plus, the $ 70 would just be for kickboxing, there is not other gym equipment there for us to use. We asked the girl if we could have a discounted rate of somewhere around $ 50 if we all signed up (there were 5 of us) but she spoke to the owner who said no. It’s unfortunate for them, they are teaching the class regardless of if we sign up or not, but now they missed out on a chance to make $ 250 more a month.
In conclusion, if you’re thinking about trying kickboxing I would definitely recommend this location but not for the full price. Try to look out for the discounted rate with the groupon!