How much do you pay for karate?

[wagnerk]

These were/are the prices that I pay/paid

Currently:

Tang Soo Do: £20 per month for all classes (the first 6 months it was £10pm) as the association is a non-profit one. The price also includes all gradings, membership, insurance, a tee-shirt, etc.

In the past (all within the last 15 years):

Ex-JKA Shotokan: £5 per lesson (1 1/2 hour lesson)

JKA Shotokan: £3.50 per lesson (1 hour lesson)

Shotokan (based on skkif): £3.50 per lesson (1 hour lesson, but if you're a higher grade you can participate in the lower classes for free as you'd also be helping out).

Shotokan (independent club): £3.50 per lesson (1 1/2 hours lesson).

Judo: £3.50 per lesson (1 hour lesson)

GKR karate: £6 per lesson (1 1/2 - 2 hours lesson)

Ninpo: £3.50 per lesson (1 hours lesson)

JKD: £5 per lesson (1 1/2 hour lesson)

Kick boxing (American): £5 per lesson (1 hour lesson)

Kick Boxing (English): £5 per lesson (1 hour lesson)

Kung Fu (Lee Family): £3.50 per lesson (I hour lesson)

Kung Fu (Lau Gar): £3.50 (I hour lesson)

Tai Chi: £30 for a block of X amount of weeks - forget how many though.

Ni-Sen (Ishinryu) karate: £3.50 per lesson (1 hour lesson)

Though are the ones that I can remember. Membership, gradings, etc were extra.

What I've learnt over the years with the martial arts is that you don't always get what you pay for (alot of people think that the higher the price, the better the art or teaching - not true!). While I don't mind the instructor/sensei earning, I do expect good quality teaching and practice

[darksoul]

I used to pay over $200/month at USSD + grading fees.

With my new Master I pay $130 per trimester which comes out to about $3/lesson (2x 1 1/2hr + 1 3hr class per week)

No testing fees, just pay for the belt when you pass (or in my case, the embroidery for the dan stripe)

[Chunmonchek]

In a good year I don't have to pay anything to teach my class

[Harkon72]

I pay £4.50 a lesson, only when you train. Also £10 for a year's licence and £20 per grading.

[andell]

At my last school i paid $80 per month for 2x2hr lessons per week.At my new school i will be paying $800 for the whole year for upto 3x2hrs lessons per week of which i can only attend 2.It works out cheaper for the year but you have to pay up front.

[ShoriKid]

In a good year I don't have to pay anything to teach my class

Amen!

[blacknebula]

At my home dojo, $60/mth for me and $40/mth each for the kids. We have classes on Mon/Wed/Sat and can attend as many or as few as we want. I typically do 2 one hour classes on all three days, so that works out to a mere $2.50 per hour! My dojo operates out of a health club, so overhead is pretty low I think. I also train at another dojo sometimes. They charge $70/mth but I can only get there 3-4 times a month so I pay the drop in fee which is $10.

[Xuanlong]

Prices are current of the MAs I am currently training in:

I take 2 martial arts at the moment, Kyokushin Karate and BJJ.

$ 20.00 USD for 2 days a week training per month on Kyokushin Karate (2 hours a day) T and TH

$ 60.00 USD for 3 days a week training per month

on BJJ (3 hours a day) M and W and F

[IvcaMetal]

9 eur per month on Kase Ha Shotokan Ryu Karate-Do

[judobrah]

15 euros a month

not that cheap,but its an ok price

for two training sessions of 1 hour a week