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Gold Medal Martial Arts

Gold Medal Martial Arts

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390 El Camino Real #f, Belmont, California, 94002, United States
(650) 595-2440 www.goldmedalcenter.com
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Mar 10, 2018
A great place to work out and learn, A great start for your kids,

Jun 14, 2017
Not sure who the last reviewer was but obviously not a member Jose Benscome is the student of Mike Swain 5 time Olympian and Jose is the instructor and manager of Belmont location. Additionally he is a Judo Pan Am Gold Medalist and National Champ. He currently trains under the 1992 Olympic Champion in Taekwondo as well and teaches all the young kids. From time to time bad intended reviewers have a bone to pick or their child goes to another school in the area. Gold Medal continues to provide the best value and instruction in San Mateo County as it has for the past 12 years. Visit and see why they are the number one choice for life skill and martial art development.

Jun 20, 2017
GoldMedal is 99% about taking your money and 1% about teaching martial arts skills and philosophy to children. Your child will advance belts so long as you pay for the promotion tests, and there are many opportunities for them to make you pay. The proprietor is too concentrated on expansion and not focused on providing value to the members. He is an absentee owner and has no clue how useless the instructors are because he is never there. Also, there is a serious lack of competent instructors. Seems like the owner hires anyone with a belt without any teaching qualifications. There is a revolving door for the instructors and most of them don't know how to teach nor interact with younger children. They get frustrated and set up an obstacle course to deal with overcrowded classes. Last year for a period of time all they did were obstacle courses without any meaningful teaching of the basic moves. We decided to take our daughter elsewhere because the classes were a waste of time with very little learning value for her. Lastly, my daughter was a member for over 3 years, and there was never a Mr. Jose Bencose instructor as alleged by another reviewer. UPDATE: Be leery of reviews placed here by members of Gold Medal Gym that offer nothing but praise of their business!

Nov 14, 2015
Mr Jose Bencose is the heart and soul of this high quality Judo dojo. I am a black belt holder, and former competitor myself, and can only say that Jose's knowledge, skills and ability to enthusiastically teach the art of Judo is exemplary. My kids (5 & 8) love him, and benefit tremendously from his classes. Jose provides a great mix of skills, competition, and respect. All balanced well with a good sense of what the kids need.

Apr 2, 2018

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