Shaolin Do Kung Fu

2 of my son’s just joined, it seems like a great studio, look forward to watching the progress.

Myself and my children all have studied under Master Don Duncan for many years. We have had a great experience studying Kung Fu. Master Don and his teachers are phenomenal instructors both for kids and adults alike. The facility is also one of the best martial arts facilities that I have seen anywhere.
Most important is that the Kung Fu that is taught in this school — Shaolin Do is one of the most comprehensive martial art systems out there, and teaches both weapons and open hand forms. You can study for decades in this system and still learn new material. When you join this school you become a member of not just this school but of the Shaolin Do system which is spread throughout the country.
Whether you are an adult looking for an alternative to the mundane gym, or searching for a good self defense system, or you want to find a great extra curricular activity for your children that will teach them discipline, control, and self defense this is a great school to join.

Has been a great experience for us. We started out with the trial deal, but became members before it was over. Love the fact that they DO ensure that only kids who are ready to pay attention in class are accepted. Some kiddos just aren’t ready (I was worried at first that mine wasn’t!), and they end up distracting the rest of the class. Simple.
I also love the fact that not everyone passes every belt test. They want the kids to take this seriously, and part of that is not always «getting a trophy». Helps teach our kids to work for it.
Thank you, Master Duncan!

We got a Groupon for here and what a waste of money! Since we got said Groupon we are second class citizens to the «members». We were told that since they made no money off Groupon they needed to put members in classes first. 4 months later we finally get placed in a class and he gets his «uniform» but since he was there with a Groupon (where they include a uniform) he got a shirt and pants instead of the full outfit with jacket. I guess they need some way to tell who is worth paying attention to and who they can blow off.
Tonight was the last straw though, they changed his class time to an hour earlier so I needed to rush around to figure out how to get him there in time. My father in law takes him there and is told my son can’t participate because he doesn’t have his jacket (that he never got because he isn’t a member) we explain how he never got one and then they say «class already started we can’t take him now» At this point class is half over and I see a lady with a little girl signing up to be a member. After explaining the situation again they finally take him to his class along with the girl who is wearing pink leggings and a white shirt.
I guess not being in uniform is ok if you are a member.

Not very tolerant of children for a place that advocates the benefits of learning Martial Arts for kids. Brought my son for his first class. He was very excited. It turned out it was not a first class but an evaluation. The instructor told me he is not ready for Martial Arts because he was looking around (there was a big class going on at the time that he was watching) and not making eye contact when she was talking to him. She told me to try again when he enters kindergarten. He is 4.5 right now.
My son was so excited about this. Such a shame.
Manager called me after I left a message asking about why I was not informed that it was an evaluation. He told me kids are not always ready to learn martial arts yadda yadda. They have to have a certain level of maturity and attention span,
A faq from their own website:
«What age is appropriate for martial arts?»
We have programs for kids who are 3 years old all the way to teenagers. And we even have programs for adults.
So to be honest — every age is appropriate. No child is too young or too old. We have a class that fits just right.

I have been a student for over 9 years and I could not be happier. They teacher are excellent and have the patience to show you how to do things. Master Duncan is also an outstanding Martial artists which I appreciate. This has been a live changing experience for me.

After being a loyal customer and student for over a year, we are moving and our daughter started school, she found it hard to balance kung fu with school.
She hasn’t been in 3 weeks and they refuse to stop charging us until we send a certified letter and then it will stop after two more months of payment. That is at a huge cost when you are broke from moving and trying to run a household with children.
Seriously, a certified letter for a family business that knows us by our first name. That seems greedy and cold. My daughter plans on returning to kung fu after this first half of the school year. Sadly now it will not be here. I hope that getting our two months of payment without service is worth losing a loyal customer and student.
The only reason this place deserves a ONE Star is she had a good instructor Mr. Swain
FYI the cost is over 120 a month for 2 30 minute classes per week, so basically we have payed around 400 for services not used.