Baseball is no better. Some of these "academies" cost $30k+/ year and will only take your kid if you can start them early so they're guaranteed a decade of tuition. If you say that you just want them to learn the basics, they get offended. Like if they're some ancient Kung-Fu masters and you're mocking the mystery of their "art."
If you say that you just want them to learn the basics, they get offended. Like if they're some ancient Kung-Fu masters and you're mocking the mystery of their "art."
This gets even more absurd when you realize that mastering the basics of a martial art is pretty much a lifelong endeavor and will carry you further than anything fancy.
Baseball is no better. Some of these "academies" cost $30k+/ year and will only take your kid if you can start them early so they're guaranteed a decade of tuition. If you say that you just want them to learn the basics, they get offended. Like if they're some ancient Kung-Fu masters and you're mocking the mystery of their "art."
I was thinking more opportunity and physical health costs for the child.
But you're right, wherever retards congregate someone will inevitably fleece them of their money too, that includes wannabe hall of famer parents.
This gets even more absurd when you realize that mastering the basics of a martial art is pretty much a lifelong endeavor and will carry you further than anything fancy.