Vegas Area Schools

[noobloser]

First post. Please don't kill me if I posted this in the wrong forum. And I have searched forever on this topic.

I go to a gym regularly and am looking to get into fighting/martial arts. The gym I go to offers nothing besides yoga.

I live in Pahrump, NV (about 50 miles outside of Vegas.) and the only two schools here are Dragon Cloud Chu-Go-Ku Kenpo Karate and Vagabond Northern Shaolin Kung Fu.

I called Dragon Cloud and here is how the conversation went:

Me: Hi. I'm calling to see what your rates are and how to get started.
Him: Umm... That's not how we work...
Me: Okay. How do you work?
Him: You have to attend a free class on Monday. After that, the class will "evaluate" you to decide if you fit in and after that we will negotiate a rate with you.
Me: Oh... Okay.

Now, I've never been to a school before. But that seems awful scammerific. I didn't know karate schools were so selective about someone who wants to take classes. Is that normal?

The Kung Fu school doesn't answer the phone the last 3 times I called but I'm not very interested in Kung Fu to begin with.

Does anybody know of any other good schools around Pahrump (or maybe even Vegas) that will take a complete noob like myself?

Thanks guys.

 

[genejo]

Extreme Couture and Master Toddy's in Vegas

50 miles is a long way out though...

 

[Sinister]

Toddy's I wouldn't bother with. 1-Kick Nick's is a much better place for Muay Thai.

But I'm not sure what schools are near Pahrump. You'd still have to come into the City for good training, at least to Summerlin.

 

[noobloser]

Thanks fellas.

Anybody have a link or an address for 1-Kick Nick's?
I googled it and it only came back with two posts on this forum. Nothing in the phone book either.

 

[CAP-10]

http://onekickgym.com/

 

[noobloser]

http://onekickgym.com/

Thanks! :icon_chee