This page shows Reviews & Testimonials of KARATE @ THE DOJO by Frank Hargrove in Newport News, VA. 5 Reviewer rated KARATE @ THE DOJO by Frank Hargrove as Good. Read detailed reviews below.
If you are familiar with this school, please share your experience and help your local Martial Arts community.
Average Rating: Good (5 Reviews)
- Quality of Instruction:
- Very Good
- Other aspects:
- Good
3 out of 5 Reviewer recommended KARATE @ THE DOJO by Frank Hargrove.
Learn more than Self-Defense at THE Dojo
May 03 2018 by Blaine Rowe (Active Student with 3 - 5 Years Experience at this school)
- Quality of Instruction:
- Excellent
- Other aspects:
- Good
- Recommended:
- Yes
our son is growing very quickly under his tutelage
May 02 2013 by Gerald (Parent of a Student with 3 - 6 Months Experience at this school)
- Quality of Instruction:
- Excellent
- Other aspects:
- Very Good
- Recommended:
- Yes
Mr. Hargrove combines the skill aspect of karate with the reality that with whatever your situation may present you, it is up to you to deal with it in the most effective way possible.
He is great with the younger children and often during their sparring one of them may take a solid punch or kick and will want to cry, get scared and perhaps give up. He will talk to these children and effectively communicate with them that crying is not the best way to deal with the pain and that they should make the other child stop hurting them by concentrating and fighting back even harder. Amazingly, this message sinks in and the child will focus and give the best fight he or she has.
Win or lose, the child learned a little bit about dealing with adversity and doing the best you can in that type of situation.
He is very effective at bringing out a child's inner confidence and will to compete.
(1 of 2 People found this review helpful)
Stay away!
Aug 13 2012 by Hornaday (Parent of a Student with 1 - 3 Years Experience at this school)
- Quality of Instruction:
- Poor
- Other aspects:
- Poor
- Recommended:
- No!
Based upon my personal experience with "So-called " "Kyushu" Frank Hargrove.,.I would advise any potential student to stay far away from Frank. He simply can't be trusted & is in my opinion...a disgrace to Okininawan Karate. If he's talking...he's lying...also he claims to be a Man of God...he's a dirt-bag.
Excellent Instructor
Jun 02 2011 by vt (Active Student with 5 - 10 Years Experience at this school)
- Quality of Instruction:
- Excellent
- Other aspects:
- Very Good
- Recommended:
- Yes
The best instructor on the east coast
(3 of 4 People found this review helpful)
Save Your Time and Money for Another
Dec 29 2010 by NotWorthYourTime (Parent of a Student with 3 - 5 Years Experience at this school)
- Quality of Instruction:
- Poor
- Other aspects:
- Poor
- Recommended:
- No!
Frank Hargrove is slime. He preaches discipline and yet he does not practice such in his own life. Stay far away!
“Learn from the root, not the fruit!” -Brian Hobson, Hanshi
What better way to learn martial arts then with the most experienced and qualified instructor in Hampton Roads? Most of the Karate (and many other systems on Eastern Virginia have lead instructors who were taught by Sensei Hargrove. Come in for free lesson, and tell him Blaine sent you!