needdirections
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- Alabama
I appreciate your time to make this site possible and I will endeavor to be brief. I am a father of a 12 year old boy. My son has taken karate classes for 5 years. Over that 5 year period the instructor has really shown his true colors. He has always talked really bad to the kids and i chalked it up to is office. I thought maybe he knows more about discipline form his self proclaimed 30 years teaching. I could go one with examples and lists of cringe worthy attitudes and moodiness, and children and adults leaving and not returning, but I'll let that be unless it's requested.
I would like to tell what happened last which was last night 8/15/2018 at 5:30 pm. The instructor has lost several students due to him stating they weren't ready to test for their black belts. Yet all of a sudden a 11 year old has been awarded his black belt. We thought that weird but felt great about the kid getting it. My son started this school at the same time as this new black belt kid, but my son did required foot surgery and was off for several months so naturally he should have fell behind in training.
Last night we all could tell the owner/instructor was in one of his frequent holier than thou attitudes and his contradictions were rampant. to get to the point my son and the knew black belt sparred and my son bested the black belt. All that really happened was that the kid and my son tangled legs kicking at the same time and the black belt fell. But before this a blue belt girl had accidentally bloodied the blackbelts nose and several other kids of lower belts had bested him. I suspect the instructor to issue with this due to all of the parents watching. Nevertheless when my son sparred with the kid and he fell, the instructor stood watching and bent over my son and mumbled something that my wife and i couldn't make out 30 yards across the room. He said "someday you'll get yours" while holding his stop watch in a threatening manner.
My son is now scared too death that this man is going to hurt him. The adult man made my son feel like a bully. Asked several times last night if the instructor knew where we lived after we finally got him to tell us what he said. I am done with the whole thing, making excuses for the instructor my son is not going back. My question is : should I file a police report and is there a way I may get the $900 dollars of paid money back. We paid up front and there is a contract yet I feel we need some satisfaction. It must not go on. My son loved taekwondo, is a red belt, and this is the only school in our small area so his dream is crushed. My path was to file a police report, my wife's was to call and ask for our unearned money to be returned or just let him keep it and never return our son there. If you were in my place what action would you take? I would like to teach this man this behavior is not tolerated . I simply just can't let it go, it doesn't feel right due to the fact my son is not the only one.
I would like to tell what happened last which was last night 8/15/2018 at 5:30 pm. The instructor has lost several students due to him stating they weren't ready to test for their black belts. Yet all of a sudden a 11 year old has been awarded his black belt. We thought that weird but felt great about the kid getting it. My son started this school at the same time as this new black belt kid, but my son did required foot surgery and was off for several months so naturally he should have fell behind in training.
Last night we all could tell the owner/instructor was in one of his frequent holier than thou attitudes and his contradictions were rampant. to get to the point my son and the knew black belt sparred and my son bested the black belt. All that really happened was that the kid and my son tangled legs kicking at the same time and the black belt fell. But before this a blue belt girl had accidentally bloodied the blackbelts nose and several other kids of lower belts had bested him. I suspect the instructor to issue with this due to all of the parents watching. Nevertheless when my son sparred with the kid and he fell, the instructor stood watching and bent over my son and mumbled something that my wife and i couldn't make out 30 yards across the room. He said "someday you'll get yours" while holding his stop watch in a threatening manner.
My son is now scared too death that this man is going to hurt him. The adult man made my son feel like a bully. Asked several times last night if the instructor knew where we lived after we finally got him to tell us what he said. I am done with the whole thing, making excuses for the instructor my son is not going back. My question is : should I file a police report and is there a way I may get the $900 dollars of paid money back. We paid up front and there is a contract yet I feel we need some satisfaction. It must not go on. My son loved taekwondo, is a red belt, and this is the only school in our small area so his dream is crushed. My path was to file a police report, my wife's was to call and ask for our unearned money to be returned or just let him keep it and never return our son there. If you were in my place what action would you take? I would like to teach this man this behavior is not tolerated . I simply just can't let it go, it doesn't feel right due to the fact my son is not the only one.