Well for months now I've been interested in taking a MA, I'm a weight lifter and I really wanted it for cardio. But hey learning to defend yourself is a bonus right? I'm a 22 year old male living in O'Fallon Missiouri, its about 30miles west of St. Louis MO. My main goal is to find something near my gym so I can make sure I don't slack on my lifting. There really isn't much around me most schools either don't have websites or they are designed for children and I think I could honestly destory the instuctors. However there is one school I'm pretty interested in, it teaches Hapkido. Here is a link to the site.... http://www.hapkido-usa.com/ I went in for the free class and really had a lot of fun. The joint locks are flipping awesome The instructor spent a good amount of time going to each pair of students while we were practicing making sure we had the moves right and would even give us some alternate ways of doing it or even another combination. All in all I felt like I walked away with something. Now here is where my problem begins. Once it was over I spoke with him and his wife, I knew a sales pitch was coming. Basically it boils down to this, 6mo contract for $109, 12mo $99, 24mo $89. Plus the cost of the uniform/sparring gear. The 24mo plan I attend 5 days a week, and they the instructor said he won't stop anyone from training and that I can stay for both classes each night, begininer and then the advanced if we want to. Which appeals to me, as I love working out. So if you guys can either calm me down about a contract, or tell me to keep looking I'd be very grateful, better yet if someone from the St. Louis can help me find a good school that would be awesome, but probably to much to ask
