Chris Saltmarch
May 20, 2018 18:39
Update: The lead instructor reached out to me after my review and was more than gracious in his attempts to address the situation I first encountered. I was actually humbled by his sincere engagement. With a leader like that, I'm sure I'll be back again to make this a 5 star rating. I haven't had the time to stop by but the owner and lead instructor is definitely a class act!!
I don't know what happened. The reviews on the place are so good. Let me say that the jiu jitsu I saw being trained was quality and without a doubt, I'm certain there are awesome Jiu Jitsu practitioners training there. Probably a group of really dedicated and cool people. My issue is I didn't meet any of them. I showed up early on a Monday night and no one, I mean not one person came up to chat, greet, inquire, anything. No engagement. I've trained at BJJ gyms all over the world and not one time have I ever had zero interaction with the practitioners. Always, one person, the owner, coach, professor, regular students, I mean someone will come and engage you. Here nothing. After sitting by for 45 minutes, I gave up and went somewhere else to observe their class and meet.
Now mind you, I'm not saying, stop what you're doing and treat me like I'm Santos Rene Rivera, Mackenzie Dern, Kron Gracie or someone haha. Not at all. I mean, even a quick, hey, i'm so and so, never seen you, do you train? Lets chat after class or once we start rolling and have a moment. Something haha but alas nothing. It was weird.