There are downsides to training at Legacy 22.

Some schools offer “unlimited” training. We don’t. Why?

1. Most students can train sustainably, without getting burned out, twice per week with no issue. Consistency beats intensity.

2. If we offered “unlimited” classes, it would ruin our carefully guarded student to teacher ratio. Which is essential to ensure students always have enough instructor attention.

We participate in just one tournament per year. But that’s certaintly not the focus of our school. Our aim is to teach virtue and practical self-defense.

The problem with tournaments is that they oftentimes guide schools away from developing students for practical self-defense and martial arts, and towards “sport” martial arts.

Our staff works during their work hours, and does not work during their off hours.

We do not take calls, because they often turn a 30-second email into a 15-minute conversation. We just use a simple portal alongside email that always does the trick. Texts go out for last-minute notices.

If you’re highly intent on training in just one style, Legacy is probably not for you.

We are fundamentally and unapologetically opposed to “styles” of martial arts at our school. Because, in our experience, as soon as a school adopts a style, it confines students into a limited level of martial arts.

There are downsides to our approach, to be clear. But we think that the benefits are well worth the cost. You can learn more about this on our Self-Defense page.

Essentially all of our instructors are paid, full-time, front-line, & fully trained instructors.

Having Saturday classes would necessarily mean, in the long run, part-time staff that could give a different experience.

While possible, it’s very hard to find a high quality instructor willing to work six days per week, for the long haul.

That’s why we avoid Saturdays. It’s highly inconvenient for some families, and we regret that, but it’s essential to ensure the class quality remains sky-high for the students.

Some families are transferring from other schools.

To the extent that the child gained genuine skill from their previous skill, that will help them advance in rank faster.

But we do not just hand over a belt of the same color simply because a student earned that color at another school. Why?

1. Their school taught a totally different martial art.

2. Their school likely had an entirely different standard.

But again, if the transferring student is good, they’ll move up quicker than their peers.

If this is very important to you, there are likely schools in the area that will simply honor the rank. That’s not us. Because the skill of the transferring student almost never matches up properly.