New Karate school

Last month it was official, Michael and Robby's karate school was merging with another karate school. This school that they are merging with is run by the very instructor who introduced my family to Shoto Kan karate when my baby brother Curt joined many years ago. The assistant instructor there ironically was , though much older, a fellow student of Curt's that tested for his black belt the same day as Curt did. These two men had not had a school in years but just opened this one maybe two years ago. The whole merge process so far has been a win win situation for our family. First off, tuition did go up but because we have two enrolled we get the second at half price and will pay exactly the same as we have been for now. Second, instead of the twenty minute drive to class ( if we take the rout through a not so good neighborhood, longer if we bypass this neighborhood )we now have a five minute drive. These are all great things but the most wonderful of all is that the karate school is located inside of a really nice health club with every weight machine, treadmill,exercise bike, elliptical, stair machine, spinning bikes , etc that i can think of being in a gym. Also there is a pool, hot tub and sauna.And the best news is that the families of those enrolled in the karate class are allowed to use the facility free of charge while their family member is in karate as well as a little before and after with the karate member.Just for fun I looked at the price for a family membership and on sale for a month only the price would be $800, what a perk !
Though the merge will not be finalized until September, the schools have invited members to join each other for classes this month. This means that we can go Tuesday and Thursday to the school that the boys have been attending and Wednesday and Saturday to this new school, so this month we double our karate for free. Considering that Robby is almost ready to test for his green belt, this is wonderful ! Michael started going to both last Saturday with Curt and since Robby was in North Carolina with us he started last night. During the class I spent 1/2 hour on treadmill and stationary bike, 1/2 hour on weight machines, and 1/2 hour in the pool. Mike did some weight machines with me as his back could handle and then hit the pool and hot tub. I used to love Curves but working out is so much better if Mike can join me so I think this merge was a great idea !