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Horrible and rampant with Child abuse and Bulling
Jan 18 2025 by W (Active Student with 6 Months - 1 Year Experience at this school)
- Quality of Instruction:
- Poor
- Other aspects:
- Poor
- Recommended:
- No!
Even though this establishment is now close, this place gave me a lot of severe mental health issues growing up. I was 11-12 when i joined this place back in 2012-13 (im 24 now) and even now i have nightmares of how the staff (mainly the two owners, and the 18 year old black belt) would incite bulling and cruel punishments for their miss behaving kinds. Primarily those who are Neural divergent/ On the Spectrum.
They would Punch us in the faces, kick our legs, and in act hamulating punishments. Like how they forced me to hold a heavy weight for over an hour even though at the time i had a leg injury. All because i could not keep up or clearly understand the program they set up. Not to mentions the two Owners; Sensei John and i think his Wife at the time were CONSTENTLY fighting in front of us. The Wife would even blow up at the other staff who were doing nothing but trying their best to keep the program going as intended.
John's assistant, his 18 y/o black belt (who will call Brice for now) Would have a massive power trip punishing his students, He was the main one hitting us and beating us when ever we fell out of line. Brice would also make fun of us, calling us Retard or faggots to, keep in mind; LITERAL CHILDREN!!!! and he isn't even the worse of it. There were a few kids who would also bully other kids in this place, so many of them would have bruises and even bloody noses, and the main staff would not even punish the Kids who would bully, instead would be harsher and mean to the victims for "Not standing their ground. "
Safe to say I'm glad that circus of a "Karate studio" is gone. I want to get this out there for anyone to know why this place may be gone and have it be known as the Day care where literal child abuse would happen. I hope that everyone who was directly involved in the abuse of everyone of those kids their never have another position of authority over Minors ever again.
Sincerely: W