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Originally Posted by TRIANGLEFROMGAURD  I deal only with fight team members. I hold periodic tryouts for my team(I prefer some sort of MA back ground i.e. my newest fight team members are former sectional wrestling champs). I charge $85 a month with three months tuition due at sign up. The three months includes five days a week of training, a free double weave gi and a free pair of fight shorts. Students are required to buy, their own gloves mouth pieces and protective gear. I have a bunch of community boxing and mma gloves but they are all rather stinky and most opt to buy their own. On top of that I charge 20% of all pro purses and bonuses i.e. fight of the night, ammy's who receive bonuses keep their entire purse. In my area I am actually one of the cheapest MMA schools but, the midwest is a wash with MMA. I'm also able to work out deals on seminars and what not through our sponsors. So far we've been able to train with Hughes, Sherk, and AA for free so thats always a plus. |
Sounds like a very reasonable deal. And training with former UFC champion is priceless.
As for the testing fee, I remember it being a flat fee for all the color belts in the past (~$30) but I had noticed a new trend a while ago where they are now charging $10 more per each higher belts, ($30, $40, $50, and so on). As soon as one school started doing it, all other schools followed.