What do you think of this martial arts school?

I was planning on checking it out, but after I saw the website alarm bells started ringing. It sounds as if it was written by a double-glazing salesman:

I’d stay away from here. It stinks really bad. Here are a few things that bother me from just the quick look at their web site:
1) Personally i have a problem with any dojo that uses “Black Belt” as any part of their name. To me it implies that the school may be a “Paper Mill” (Read as McDojo).

2) Site starts with some really aggressive and bold claims that just don’t feel right.

3) On the Instructors page they mis-spell the title Shihan by spelling it sheehan? First I though it was a typo, then I saw that they repeated it several other places. Anyone familier with Japanese or Okinawan martial arts would never make that mistake.

4) One of the instructors looks like he is not old enough to drive. In 41 years of training I have yet to see anyone that young that is qualified to teach. They simply lack the experience, knowledge, and maturity. Simply is not seen in Japan or Okinawa.

5) The Blue Gi that several of them are shown wearing bother me. That is not to say that if someone wears a blue Gi that they are not good. It just makes me really skeptical. Why does any competent martial artists need to wear something that makes them stand out. It does not improve their skills. It does however give me that circus feeling.

Sorry I can’t go further on this. I’ve just got my feelings on this and they are telling me to stay away.

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