Parma Family Martial Arts Center

$$ • Tai Chi, Martial arts school, Taekwondo, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu

5596 Ridge Rd, Parma, Ohio 44129
(440) 503-3732

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  • Chloe Boggs
    Apr 2026

    We love this place! We’ve going there approaching 3 years now

  • Kevin Sutyak
    Mar 2026

    Wonderful place can't wait to visit again

  • Lollie
    Dec 2025

    Nothing but great experiences for years!! Kids are excited to learn TKD every week and are super proud of themselves when they advance to the next belt! Love the TKD friends and instructors!!

  • Best Daddy Ever
    Dec 2025

    Took my daughter here for a couple of months. She loved it. The past two classes however she has had a new instructor, Mr Dooley. Her class is for 5 to 12 year olds. First class, I watched as he made these little kids do a total of 90 pushups while he yelled at them teaching them nothing. Next class, only 60 but he continued to berate a group of little kids while not teaching anything. The rest of the instructors are awesome, but that guy is just a jerk. I see other reviews also have issues with him, some from a couple years ago and he's still there.

  • Azn Chik
    Sep 2024

    The instructors are nice and love that they offer a free 2 week trial period for you to try before you buy.

    That being said, word of caution for taekwondo (TKD) teen/adult classes: be ready for a work out! For someone who wishes to stay physically active, these are great for that. Personally, I felt the amount of time focused on actual TKD technique & skill building, kinda fell flat. From an hour long class, only the last 15 minutes did we actually do TKD learning (45 min of gym class pretty much).

    Another word of caution is to not attend the teen/adult sparring days if you aren't confident in your skills yet. I had taken a friend who had zero experience in anything martial arts and she left with a broken hand (I left with 12 bruises).

  • Sandra Rose
    Jul 2024

    (If your child has special needs, I definitely do not recommend this place)

    As a special needs parent things are hard enough on us, Hoping the society accepts our children the way that we do. But sadly, in some cases, it's not like that which I experience today. I did my research. I reached out to this place and I explained everything that is special with my son and I was told to come in and he should be fine. I was there less than 5 minutes and I had a apple in my throat and it was the worst feeling. A parent could feel. My son is very adventurous and curious, as most children are, But my son has a little bit of extra sugar, added to him. That's how god made him, So he went on the mats which I guess it's not allowed. And after I was told I did correct him and tried to calm his excitement. But when the gentleman started speaking, it was not in a way that was comfortable to me or directed towards my son, I did explain to him as soon as we walked in that. My son has special needs and he gets very excited, Needless to say, my son was told by the gentleman that i was talking to, that he would get kicked out if he did not calm down and standstill. While I was talking with him, With some special needs children, they have a hard time focusing and holding in their excitement in a new area that they've never been before. I just don't believe the person that I was speaking with has patience an acceptance to children like my son. And reasons like this is why I hesitate to introduce my son to new experiences. Because some people do not understand how special some children are. I will never return to this place again,

  • Sandra Rose Reyes
    Jun 2024

    (If your child has special needs, I definitely do not recommend this place)

    As a special needs parent things are hard enough on us, Hoping the society accepts our children the way that we do. But sadly, in some cases, it's not like that which I experience today. I did my research. I reached out to this place and I explained everything that is special with my son and I was told to come in and he should be fine. I was there less than 5 minutes and I had a apple in my throat and it was the worst feeling. A parent could feel. My son is very adventurous and curious, as most children are, But my son has a little bit of extra sugar, added to him. That's how god made him, So he went on the mats which I guess it's not allowed. And after I was told I did correct him and tried to calm his excitement. But when the gentleman started speaking, it was not in a way that was comfortable to me or directed towards my son, I did explain to him as soon as we walked in that. My son has special needs and he gets very excited, Needless to say, my son was told by the gentleman that i was talking to, that he would get kicked out if he did not calm down and standstill. While I was talking with him, With some special needs children, they have a hard time focusing and holding in their excitement in a new area that they've never been before. I just don't believe the person that I was speaking with has patience an acceptance to children like my son. And reasons like this is why I hesitate to introduce my son to new experiences. Because some people do not understand how special some children are. I will never return to this place again,

  • Gabe
    Apr 2024

    Man I really love teakwondo my sensi is Japanese and he has been doing teakwondo since he was two years old and he is a legend at it.

  • Maile Pagan
    Aug 2023

    Instructors were very inviting and very good with the kids. We went in for a trial run and left with 2 new students. I'm so excited to see how this helps my children grow.

  • Maggie
    Feb 2023

    I took my children to two trial classes and one regular class. The first two classes were good. Alissa is a great instructor and is good with kids. The instructor (and owner) that we had for the second two classes does not do well with young children and singled out my child during the entire class. When my 5 year old (who was on his third class and was still getting comfortable with the classes, people and instructor), did not want to lead a warm up exercise because he was shy and not ready to do so, the instructor proceeded to punish my child by making him do 15 push-ups. Next, when my child laid on the ground/acted silly for a few seconds (like any typically developing 5 year old does) when he was supposedly supposed to be standing still at the end of sparring , the instructor made my child do 5 more push-ups. The instructor finished the class off by making an “announcement” to the whole class while looking at my child and stating that when he “asks you to do something, it’s not asking, it’s telling. If you don’t do it, you do push ups and if you don’t do pushups, you can go home." My child did the push-ups (I even did some with him because he was absolutely mortified and embarrassed that he was singled out). He was clearly uncomfortable and shy, he was not being defiant. I could see this if my child was a bit more experienced with these classes, was older and was actually being defiant. As soon as we got in the car to leave, my child said he never wanted to go back there. I encourage the instructor to reconsider the language he uses and the way he interacts with children, especially the younger ones. My child’s first experience with Tae Kwon Do and Martial Arts has been ruined. I had other parents tell me that they were uncomfortable during the class as well. Alissa, thank you for your time and attention to my children. To the owner and instructor, please use this as a learning opportunity. Treating children with shame and embarrassment is not good for anyone, especially a young child that was just wanting to have fun and learn something new. For anyone reading this, I encourage you to try at your own risk. Other than this bad experience, it didn’t seem like a bad place and there were several older kids and families that seemed to love the place.

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Parma Family Martial Arts Center

5596 Ridge Rd, Parma

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Hours

Monday: 5 - 9PMTuesday: 5 - 9PMWednesday: 4 - 9PMThursday: 5 - 9PMFriday: 6 - 9PMSaturday: 10AM - 2PMSunday: Closed