New students are welcome to attend two classes for free to try it out.  Afterwards, the cost is $4.00 per class or $30 for a 10-class card and $20 per card for each additional family member.  Initially, students can train in ordinary gym clothes that permit full movement of arms and legs.  After a few weeks students are expected to have a white karate uniform (gi).  A basic gi can be purchased from the instructor for $20 or bought from Amazon or any martial arts supply company.

New students are unranked, or 9th kyu.  As students progress in the kyu system the number decreases to 8, 7...to 1.  After 1st kyu students move to the dan ranks (black belt).  Rank testing will occur approximately every three months.  Testing requirements are found here.  Testing for brown belt ranks of 3, 2, 1 kyu and dan levels will be specially scheduled with the West LA Karate School.

The Ridgecrest Karate School will follow the following belt colors to correspond to kyu ranks.