My daughter loved karate and the teachers here are friendly and made karate fun. Every week she is asking to go back to class and learn more and play fun games.

Our children attended El Cerrito Martial Arts for over a year, so we have been able to observe the priorities and changes over time. When we began, we felt that there was a focus on teaching children, and there was a high ratio of teachers to students. While the teachers were high school students, they seemed to be well-trained and focused.However, over the last six months or so of 2018, we noticed big changes that have caused our attitude to change: we noticed that there was not consistent teaching and training - some of the high school students seemed to be more concerned with what Cody (the owner) thought of them than focusing on the children. There is no concern about making sure there is appropriate staffing: at some sessions, there might be 20 children and 3 teachers. This is absolutely NOT OKAY when there are children who are practicing jiu-jiutsu moves in an unsafe manner. One child was hurt during our last class, when we finally decided we had enough. What was most disturbing was that we, from the sidelines, had to point out the injury to Cody - who was busy chastising us for coaching from the sidelines.We left unhappy and sad that while we started with a lot of hope in our children learning safe and respectful martial arts moves, we felt we were just customers at Codys growing business, and if we were problematic, oh well.I would urge you to consider: if you want childcare, this might not be safe. If you want your child to learn martial arts training, this is definitely not a good long-term option.

Hands down one of the best Martial Arts School in the are.We had our son there for years and my son still remembers the amazing experience that he has in there.Amazing place to learn Martial Arts and Life skills!

This school is great! They have great trainers here. Whatever you want to learn, boxing, muay thai, bjj, mma, they have it. Their boxing coach is this grizzled old badass boxer that will turn you into a killer, their kickboxing coach has actual competition fight experience, and their Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt instructor is right out of Sergio Silvas camp. There are no slouches here, only hard workers that will push you. I have been training here for a little less than a year, I have lost nearly 30 pounds, my joints are healthier, I am stronger, and I have met a great group of people that train there.

Great structured environment with teachers that genuinely care about the kids.

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