Elite Tae Kwon DO

This isn’t a school that just teaches self defense. It teaches life skills as well. In the last three years, I have seen my child blossom into the young man I wanted him to be: self-​confident, self-​disciplined, respectful of others, and all around good kid. This happened not only because of how we raise him at home but because the tenets taught at Master Kim’s school: courtesy, modesty, perseverance, self-​control and indomitable spirit. He has incorporated them into his daily life. Master Kim and the instructors teach, encourage, support, challenge and motivate the kids to try harder and strive to be better at all things including Tae Kwon Do. I am confident that the skills (life skills and self-​defense) taught at Master Kim’s school will serve him well as he forges his own way through life.

We have been attending Elite TKD for the past 7 years. Our two youngest children have learned so much from Master Kim and his instructors. Master Kim and all of the instructors at the school are dedicated to helping all of the students succeed. My children have gained self confidence as well as great self defense skills. We have been involved in many different sports for our children over the years, but nothing has helped them become well rounded children physically and mentally more than Elite TKD. I would give Master Kim’s Dojang 10 stars if it was available!

I highly recommend this school. Master Kim takes the time to teach all the students himself no matter what belt level they are at. Great self defense, confidence, discipline, and Martial Art skills that will be very beneficial to all the students (parents actually learn a thing or two just by watching). I feel confident my son will never have any bullying problems at school. Proud to be a part of Elite Tae Kwon Do family.
Z.P.

This training is beneficial in so many ways. The Master and instructors are very good at what they do. This is a Black Belt school so be ready to work, train and be challenged.

Wonderful martial arts school. Lousy contract. BEWARE.
When you sign the contract you DO NOT have a contract with Elite Tae Kwon Do; you are contracted to Member Solutions Inc. So anything Master Kim told you is worthless.
I was told that I was making monthly payments on a Black Belt program. After 33 months the program was paid for. It takes more than 33 months to earn a black belt, so once the program cost was paid in full, my children would continue attending until they earned the black belt.
I was also told that if a child quit, I would not get a refund on previous payments, but I could stop paying on the program.
Well after 24 payments, one of the kids decided they had too many obligations from their AP classes and wanted to quit. I called Member Solutions to reduce the payments. I was informed my contract could not be cancelled or changed!
It’s pointless to talk to the folks at Elite Tae Kwon Do because they are not parties to the contract. They can’t alter it, and anything they told you when they sold you the contract is irrelevant.
Upon examining my contract more closely I realize I was an idiot to ever sign this thing! It is a particularly egregious gym membership, one with no means of termination. The school isn’t even contractually obligated to let my kids complete the black belt program after I finish paying.
So please, ignore what ETKD tells you about the contract. You will be making ALL the payments whether your kids attend or not. If you lose your job, you cannot terminate the contract. If you get cancer, you cannot terminate the contract. If your kids want to take saxophone instead, you cannot terminate the contract.
There are only three methods to cancel. 1 — DEATH, 2 — PERMANENT DISABILITY (Temporary disability only gets you more time to pay.) or 3 — RELOCATE more than 25 miles from their location.
If I had to do it over again I would refuse to sign the contract unless I had a cancellation procedure included, say a termination fee of a set amount of $ 100. If they can’t specifically add that to the contract, it’s just too big of a risk! Too many things might happen in the 33 months.
I have paid out about six grand, and I’m still on the hook for two grand more. Don’t be a sucker like me!

I would highly recommend this place to any parents who want to enroll their child here. The instructors as well as the master are very talented and make it a fun way to learn Tae Kwon Do. They are very friendly and wide known in a wonderful location. The martial arts is also taught from a Master Kim who had learned it with his Korean heritage, it’s as real as it gets!

If you want to do REAL TKD in the south-​east valley I would highly suggest this location.
I had been in Tae Kwon Do for many years, before blowing out my knee.
After my kids started getting older I went out to look for martial arts schools for them.
I went to about 8 – 10 different schools in the east valley and also the community centers. Note that many «Karate» schools actually do not teach Japanese/​Okinawan Karate, they teach TKD. Ask them clearly about this, and you will find out.
There are also many Mc-Dojo’s that more like fun-​gymnastics classes where you keep forking out money to get the next belt rank, even though your form/​style/​power/​method/​execution are not up to snuff. The community stuff is cheap, but the quality is low. Mc-Dojo’s and Community Martial arts tend to be weak on basics, stances, proper execution, have sloppy form and are easy to advance in rank, with testing that is only a test in name (read as no failures to advance).
Do not expect to be coddled here.
The lead instructor is very skilled and knows his stuff.
None of the Mc-​Dojo stuff you see around.
Basics are learned correctly here.
Discipline is taught here.
Correct form is taught, encouraged and enforced.
No sloppy «how did they get a black-​belt» students in this school.
Plan on learning to count and knowing your TKD terms in Korean here also.
The only reason we did not end up going here was that my kid’s (8 and 4 at the time) had trouble understanding his English all the time. He does have a Korean accent. Also, while I really liked the traditional training methods used here, the fun factor for smaller kids is not that high. Probably best for kids 10 and over, even though they teach younger ones. If my knee was not surgically repaired and arthritic, I would be taking classes here, right now.