How much should a karate school cost?

[FangPwnsAll7]

My dojo costs $110 a month. If you pay by a 6 month or 1 year, you get a discount of I think 15%.

[Harkon72]

It is difficult for me to reflect the cost here in the UK, the price of martial arts can vary greatly. If you can justify and afford it, it's your business to pay what you think is right.

[oitsuki]

I'm not sure whether this is of any use for you, but here in Spain I pay 25 euros per month for 2 weekly hours of Karate. It seems a bit expensive to me, since I don't live on a big city (where things are always more expensive)

[Harkon72]

Oitsuki, that's not too bad; there are some schools in the UK that charge over £50 a month and over £30 per grading regardless of whether it's a city Dojo or not.

[cheesefrysamurai]

Judging by what people are paying, I feel like Im paying quite a bit.

I can't see leaving over 10, 15 or even 20 dollars a month. I hate that class is only offered 2 times a week. I feel for 135 / month, there should be more going on.

He also charged a registration fee and promotion fees. (neither of which i have had any prior experience with)

I am happy there though. Its a little painfull doling out that 135 but i would never try to express that I question the value of his instruction

[JusticeZero]

Well, there are other costs involved too.

One thing that bugs me when I hear about "how much things should cost".

Take bicycles, for instance; people go looking for these box store bikes because "When I was a kid, you'd go to the store and pay $50 for a bicycle and it'd last forever." Yeah, and then you'd throw it in the truck, drop $10 to fill the gas tank, and grab a $0.49 burger. Also, the bike was a single speed cruiser without suspension. Today the price point for that class of bicycle is about $250-300. The box store things with a bunch of fancy frills that you can buy for less than a hundred dollars are engineered to last 70 miles from store to dumpster, and use nonstandard parts. I can put more miles in than that in a week of commuting.

"Back in the day, martial arts schools only charged like, $20 a month..."

...yeah, and what was their overhead? all that stuff is affected by inflation.

[cheesefrysamurai]

I understand prices go up.

I would never question him on value nor do I want to. I just wish i had more then 2 75 minute sessions 2 times a week.

I would rather pay what I pay and be happy as I am then go somewhere else and be flooded with classes that I may not care for

[JusticeZero]

I'm sure some of that comes from having to structure to deal with the "zomg when I was a kid I could get a month of classes for $40 and you want $60? omg mcdojo" crowd.

[xo-karate]

Our dojo is 25€ a month or 300 € per year. You can get 5 classes per week and use the gym when ever it's free or do open mat training when there is no class.

Also an other dojo offers 100 € for year and they have maybe 3 - 4 classes per week - and some possibilities to use dojo for personal training.

I thin the most expensive would be some where 500 euros per year? With maybe 3 - 4 classes a week.

[Tkdampbjj]

At the Dojo I teach at prices are kinda high by most of your standards. Our basic program starts at 179. I live in Boca Raton which is a well to do area. Our price is about average for this area. I know our neighbor down the road charges 200, I heard of another in the area charging 300 when the students upgrade. Crazyness....... I paid 125 in boston and 125 at American Top team. To me 125-150 is acceptable if you are getting good instruction, and getting value when you train.