
United Studios of Self Defense
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United Studios of Self Defense Overview
United Studios of Self Defense has 4.7 star rating based on 5 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly satisfied.
- Rating Distribution
Pros: High quality training.
Cons: Promises not fulfilled, Very poor service.Review authors value the most Reliability and Customer service. The price level of this organization is low according to consumer reviews.
Anonymous
United Studios Of Self Defense Customer Care Review
I have been involved recently with this studio. Up to this point I am impressed with the staff and their willingness to ensure the student retains the information, and answering questions without the frustration. Often I recommend the studio to all who inquire about what I am learning and hope to learn.
Reason of review:
Poor customer service
Contrina Rsf
United Studios Of Self Defense Customer Care Review
Joining United Studios has been one of the best decisions I have made. As a youth, USSD gave me the confidence and humility to help place me on a responsible path. Increased health, grades and personal character are just a few of the things that I benefited from while enrolled at United Studios. After taking a break, I came back at the age of 35 with the hope of regaining and strengthening my mind, body and spirit. I also came back with a lot of anxiety and self doubt in my ability to physically keep up with the group classes and in my ability to remember all the martial art material while handling the basic adult responsibilities such as fatherhood, career and higher education. My fears were quickly dissolved as the best parts of USSD growing up only got better and their many services continued to stay (student focused). I would recommend martial arts to anyone as the benefits are seemingly endless, however United Studios of Self Defense is the best organization for me as they have earned my respect and admiration by consistently providing top quality instruction and individualized goal assistance.
Reason of review:
Good customer service
Anonymous
USSD Murray Utah Dojo
I recently joined USSD within the last couple of months and have been training at the Murray Dojo in Utah. Sensei Aaron Faber is amazing at what he does. He helps students of all ages tap into their own motivation & goals to inspire them to achieve. He has several instructors working with him and they treat students at every level with respect. I wish that I would have joined the Murray Dojo long ago. I joined the Kempo Karate training but they also have regular self defense class for those that do not want to do karate. I like having the goals of working towards the next belt. I have felt benefits physically, mentally, and with overall well being & confidence. If you are at all considering something like this, you have to meet Sensei Aaron Faber.
Pros:
- High quality training
Reason of review:
Good quality
Anonymous
United Studios of Self Defense - Review in Education category from Murray, Utah
I have never been happier than I am with the guys at USSD Murray (Utah). It takes a special kind of person to teach children with just the right amount of firmness and discipline. These guys teach with great ability, but also just the right amount of tenderness. Kids do need that too. Aaron and his staff are phenomenal. I would not trust anyone else with my child. She adores them all.
Reason of review:
Good quality
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Verified Reviewer |United Studios in West Valley City,crushed my little boys self esteem!!!
As others parents stated, not only did they take our money and promise great tutoring, they made my little boy timid about anything to do with kempo training. On the third day of training I found my little boy standing in a closet?? for reasons unknown till this day. I still haven't seen any refund, probably never will- however I will open my mouth to gebhart, so he can warn other parents about the abuse I have gone through. My little boy is now in another school, it's taking him awhile to even participate, I would like some sort of retribution for the action United Studios caused to my little boy and me as a parent. The next thing I'm doing is posting this on facebook,I have over 1000 friends!!!
Loss:
$195
Cons:
- Promises not fulfilled
- Poor attitude
- Very poor service
Reason of review:
Bad quality
Preferred solution: Full refund
Resolved
karatemomma
Resolved: USSD - there are other options parents!
My daughter enrolled at $200 per month and attended every class with vigor. To make a very long story short, when we moved, we were told that she should have never received the belt rank she had, and that she didn't know half of what she should have. I was not surprised by this because after she won trophies in the annual tournament, it was almost like they quit teaching her. She was ready for challenges, yet was being placed with white and yellow belts. I brought this to their attention several times, but to no avail. I witnessed other children being brought in and treated better with lower monthly rates than ours after I started raising questions on the caliber of education. It's disappointing to me to see an organization that focuses so much on profit instead of teaching kids like they claim. Someone else mentioned it was like a used car sales every time and they are right on. Every time I walked in I was being pitched...$$$ every single time. I've found several other schools that offer good quality teaching and don't make you buy ONLY THEIR GEAR. I'm just sorry my daughter had to be lied to every time she had class, being told she was excelling when in reality, she wasn't being taught anything new.
Loss:
$2400
5 comments
Anonymous
United Studios of Self Defense
This place is a joke...or should I say nightmare! I was sucked in by an amazing instructor (and the owner) teaching my child. That lasted about 3 lessons before he traded my child off to someone who simply didn't care. It's all about the money with them. They don't care if you're happy or have any respect for your time or schedule what-so-ever, only their paycheck. It's highly frustrating. I've come close to pulling my son out of the program many times and each time they pacify me with empty promises just enough to keep us there, only to have it all fall apart again! My child deserves better than this. Every person who is interested in the program, save yourself a lot of time, money and heartache and keep looking!! (Unless you enjoy throwing money away and having your schedule change constantly)
karatebum L
USSD not worth the money or the heartache
I was in line for brown belt when I moved and changed to a different USSD dojo. The sensei there never trained me in brown belt material. In class he'd take me away from my brown or green belt partner and send me down to work with the white belts. He'd never teach me brown belt material although he taught it to his pet students who were a couple ranks below me. I was supposed to have a private lesson every week where I'd get specific, personal training for improving my skills and moving up in rank. The sensei would disappear after a couple minutes to either train other students or sit in his office and get on the computer or just yak with other people. He'd come out a minute before my lesson was up, which wasn't enough time to do anything with. I was paying almost $200/month, yet I was treated with disrespect and made a laughing stock in the class. I was an older student, and obviously not a jock, but I took my martial arts training very seriously. I tried everything I could think of and gave the school every chance I could, but it became painfully obvious that the sensei saw me as a permanent white belt despite the color I was wearing around my waist. And I'm now too old and too disheartened to start over with another school and another style. I honestly can't recommend USSD to anyone. I'm sure there are martial arts schools that treat their students with respect and give them their money's worth in training. USSD is not one of them.
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Anonymous
Fishy USSD review from 2003
Prior review of USSD is pretty fishy. Sounds more like something written by a competitor. Let's see, the reviewer claims 30 years experience in martial arts and has studied Kung *** himself, yet it took him 1.5 years to realize that his kid wasn't being taught Kung *** (USSD clearly teaches Kempo Karate with a slight smattering of Shaolin derived defensive manuevers.) Kung *** and Karate are quite different; hard to imagine anyone with any martial arts experience not being able to tell the difference. But then, anyone with martial arts experience also knows that there are many ways to block a punch and no one correct way. Oddly though, the reviewer seems to think that there is some "correct block" and his son wasn't taught it. As to belt colors, USSD has the same 10 belts like most other schools these days. Nothing new there unless your 30 years of experience in m.a. were all prior to the 70's. All in all, that review smells awefully fishy. Dan in West Covina, CA
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Joining United Studios has been one of the best decisions I have made. As a youth, USSD gave me the confidence and humility to help place me on a responsible path.
Increased health, grades and personal character are just a few of the things that I benefited from while enrolled at United Studios. After taking a break, I came back at the age of 35 with the hope of regaining and strengthening my mind, body and spirit. I also came back with a lot of anxiety and self doubt in my ability to physically keep up with the group classes and in my ability to remember all the martial art material while handling the basic adult responsibilities such as fatherhood, career and higher education. My fears were quickly dissolved as the best parts of USSD growing up only got better and their many services continued to stay (student focused).
I would recommend martial arts to anyone as the benefits are seemingly endless, however United Studios of Self Defense is the best organization for me as they have earned my respect and admiration by consistently providing top quality instruction and individualized goal assistance. Great appreciation for Sensei Aaron Faber, Master Martin and many many others.