Reviews of Lenderman Academy of Martial Arts, Inc

My family helped build the academy, passing out flyers at the mall and paying our monthly fees for 5 years. Sifu Master Cliff Lenderman got angry because during practice testing for Black Belt two of his buddy friends Don Moon and Danny Allen complained to him that I was too aggressive, after they hurt me during practice. .. and Sifu Cliff did not investigate but got in the ring and broke three of my ribs, which took three months to heal up. He had held up my blackbelt, along with my two sons, because he knew we were leaving once we got our belts. Five years we paid his bills, with no thank you nor apology for hurting a student. Not a nice guy. 😕

the classes are expensive for very low quality. the instructors there get rotated so often that its hard to build a lasting relationship with them because they always seem unhappy and leave. then a new instructor comes in. most real mma schools have several qualified black belts that train in their specific style. what i mean is there will be at least 2 muay thai instructors and at least 2 judo instructors, 2 wrestling coaches and so on. at the lenderman academy there's one guy (sifu) who is supposed to know everything and teach everything which is impossible. there is no way he is qualified to teach all that encompasses mixed martial arts. then consider the fact that he has limited mobility because he had bad knees and then had a operation on both knees at the same time and against all the medical knowledge and years of education, he was walking on his recently operated knees way before he was supposed to. he never let them heal properly and he complains about them all the time. he dont teach many kick techniques because he cant kick because of his knees. I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT SOME OF THIS STUFF BEFORE I WASTED MY MONEY. i would suggest looking for a place that has qualified BLACK BELT instructors. not just one guy trying to get paid. just another fyi if you are looking for high quality ju jitsu he only has a blue belt in ju jitsu so i dont even know how he qualified to teach it.

Was there for a long time to find out that unless you are in the click and don't mind being degraded in front of people this is the place for you also to see that Sifu Lendermans only treats u well if he knows he has something to gain and it is not family at all just a cult of people who think they are better then anyone else not my kind of family or want my family to be a part of,,