Hello, I am new this forum as well as Martial Arts in general. I have always wanted to take a Martial Arts class but until now never had the time or the money. Recently though we enrolled my 5 year old son into a training program and he loves it. I also saw a big change in him so I decided to join as well. So far I love it and everyone there is great but my wife has issue with the Belt testing fees. It is $30.00 for my son to test and $50.00 for me to test. I dont really mind the price and for me Karate is not about the Belt rank so much as it is for fitness. I really like the instructor but I do not want to test unless I am really ready for the next rank. Is this standard practice ? My wife sees it as sort of paying a bribe to get to the next rank. What do you think????
