Northshore Academy of Martial Arts

"On a trip passing through Illinois from Butte, Montana I was lucky enough to be able to train one night with NAMA…Elite skill level AND elite level of teaching skills as well . Guru Mark Halek taught the Kali class I attended and I was super impressed !!"

"This martial arts school has been amazing for my son. He's only just turned seven, but in the last year that he's been attending the youth classes, he's been encouraged to really push himself, to focus, to become an all-around good person, and to meet challenges with energy and perseverance. Plus, it's a great amount of exercise for a young kid. I can very highly recommend NSA! **ETA, both my children have attended NSA now through their curriculum to the level of probationary black belt (daughter) and first degree black belt (son). They've also started taking Combat Archery classes in addition to youth martial arts. They love NSA, and have benefitted from the exemplary instruction, guidance, support, and friendships."

"I should have listened to the previous reviews about their payment setup system trapping customers. They have a third party payment system so they aren’t directly liable should any issues occur. I was able to get one of the owners to agree to a month to month payment plan verbally over the phone (my first mistake) over good faith that I will only be attending for less than a year before I moved. Not a week in one of their instructors (or volunteer teachers) injured my ankle while rolling. I asked to stop paying because I needed to nurse my injury but I was told that couldn’t happen because I was in a contract. (I signed previously but was told they would speak to the third party to make it month to month which was a blatant lie). I complained and was told they would give me three free month so I can nurse my injury (another lie). I rolled for a few weeks and decided I needed to stop since my injury wasn’t getting better. When I eventually checked back my credit card history it showed they were syphoning off money for the months that were suppose to be free. Ultimately I got the payments to stop but this was scam like. Don’t get me wrong their instructors are great teachers and very nice and facilities are good so I’m not bashing everything about them but they took my money unfairly (I was being stupid trusting their word). Beware any contracts you sign with them! You’ve been warned"

"Tried out the kick boxing class really loved it, instructors were willing to work with me at my pace. Great atmosphere and fun learning environment. They also were really good about the Covid precautions, mask mandates and sanitized equipment. Really felt like they where on top of things here."

"My 8 year old son has been at NSA for the last six months and I would highly recommend it. I have watched my child go from quietly participating in the back row to volunteering to lead his class last week in drills. The instructors do an amazing job of bringing out the best in kids, and teach them self-respect, as well as respect for others."