Simms Park — Attraction in Bellflower

This Review is for the Little Dragons Program they offer at Simms Park.

Warning for parents of 4-year-olds deciding to sign up for the Little Dragons program at Simms Park in Bellflower for the Little Dragons (4-6 year old program) by 360 Martial Arts Academy instructed Mr. Ramirez. I would advise against signing them up for this program until they are older as Mr. Ramirez’s teaching style is not fit for 4-year-olds.

We recently signed up my 4 and half year-old son for this program for the Jan 2024 classes. It was his first class ever as other classes we tried to sign him up for in the past have either been cancelled by the instructor before it started or were full. So, you can imagine my boy would be excited to be surrounded by new kids.

That First class my boy was too excited and started following another kid that was not staying still and trying to play with him. His second class we were told by Mr. Ramirez that he did better this time but we need to work more on personal space. My son missed the third class, because he got a cold and we didn’t want to bring him and get everyone else sick. For the fourth class, he was excited and was just all over the place to back in class with these new kids from the 10 minutes I saw as they left the door open for stragglers. After this fourth class Mr. Ramirez already decided that my son was not worth his time for this class as he provided comments discouraging my son NOT to return. Such as, we should hold off on getting the uniform as it might not work out and that he might be too young for the class.

My wife called the Bellflower Parks and Rec office and spoke with a director who even admitted to my wife, as he has kids as well, that 4, 5 and 6 year olds are different in demeanor. So why is this program offering a class to include 4 year olds if their instructor can not handle a demeanor of a 4 year old. They should change the age for this program to 5-7 year olds as Mr. Ramirez’s teaching style is more fit for older kids as he doesn’t have patience for the 4 year olds.

We asked for a refund as we were basically ran out of the class by Mr. Ramirez’s comments but Bellflower policy is no refunds but their office is trying anyway due to this bad experience. If we don’t get a refund they basically took our money without rendering services. Would you call that a scam? I wonder how much money 360 Martial Arts Academy has made from them running away parents whose kid did not fit their teaching style and still took their money?

So you’ve been warned parents of 4 year olds. If you decide to sign your 4 year old for this little Dragons class you’re just paying to have your kid evaluated to see if they are worthy of this class. So there is a 50/50 chance that you will be informed by Mr. Ramirez that your child might be too young for this class and not to buy the uniform as it might not work out. I guess this is what you get for $72. Remember there are other classes that teach “Honesty, Integrity and Respect” too, not just karate.

We might try sports later on within the Bellflower Parks and Recs system but were gonna take a little break due to this bad experience. I was hesitant putting him in this little dragons class as Karate is an antiquated martial art as everyone knows Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is the top martial art form. I should have listened to my gut and just waited another 6 months to put him in the Gracie Jiu Jitsu Little...

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