lvmalone1

It is a middle class area about 50 miles from San Diego and 70 miles from Los Angeles. When I trained in Rhode Island, which is anything but affluent I was paying 300.00 per month for a family and 70.00 testing fees, 60.00 tournament fees (interschool tournament at that).... I just feel everyone who wants to train should be able to and I don't want to price the people who can use the training out of being able to.

I have recently relocated to Southern California and am looking into opening a school here. I have also been making some calls and inquiries to continue my own training. The one thing i have noticed is prices are outrageous here in California and I am considering looking for a community center or a public school gym to use and offer a low cost school to allow a lot of kids and adults who might not have the opportunity to train due to the high cost, the opportunity to learn MA. My questions is: since I am going to be using this as a source of income, as well as because I simply love to train and teach, what are some of the pricing structures that you have seen. I am looking at offering 2 options, monthly price for individual and family as well as class block pricing. I have been thinking $75.00 for individual or 125.00 for family, and a 5 class block for 35.00 or 10 class block for 65.00. I have gotten prices as high as $400.00 for families here since I would also have my son continue training with me. I look forward to your feedback. Thank you!

As an instructor the tuition is relied upon consistantly to pay the bills. However if a student of mine comes to me and has a certain situation where they will not be able to train for a month, I will not require them to pay for time they can not train. You have to take care of your students, after all, they are what allow you to do what you love, train them and practice the art you enjoy. When you treat them as a number and are hard-lined you lose them permanently rather than for that month. Lvmalone