Welcome to Upstate Aikido. Now Open in Anderson SC!
Upstate Aikido Dojo

Facility Offerings

The Upstate Aikido dojo has been built out to present a very serene, Japanese Zen-like atmosphere to allow instructors to present and teach without distraction. Inside Facility - front to back

Though the name implies that only Aikido is taught within the facilty, the dojo is now available for other disciplines and training. Training such as yoga, meditation, stretching, other martial arts and other concepts can easily take advantage of the facility allowing instructors a consistent environment in which to grow their practice.Front of Facility

Programs have been created for instructors in a way to allow them to start up easily and grow quickly.

Facility features:

  1. Serene Zen-like atmosphere
  2. Air Conditioned
  3. Soft Mats on which to work - 1 inch of rubber and 1 inch of foam - 48ft X 32ft
  4. Lobby for receiving or for waiting family or friends
  5. Bathroom
  6. Locker for Instructors
  7. Mens and Womens dressing rooms
  8. Exercise equipment is available - let the dojo know of additional needs in this regard
  9. Mirror at waist height on back wall, additional mirror on side wall
  10. Charging stations
  11. Surround-sound system, connect via bluetooth
  12. Wall Mounted 55" TV wired to surround sound
The two programs that are offered are as follows:

Independent Instructor

This program allows an appropriately licensed practitioner to start or continue growing their business utilizing resources provided by the dojo. The facility will be made available to the practitioner and allow them to grow their business as they see fit and maintain their own business. The Independent instructor pays a monthly fee for the required hours within the facility and bills and collects all revenues related to those efforts. The Independent Instructor selects from available times at the facility, and must be responsible for the facility at those times.

An instructor can select an hour slot per week, or multiple hour slots per week, but must commit to those time slots and will need to pay regardless of class attendance. Following are some examples of slot costs.
Premium$150 per Slot hour
Non-Premium$125 per Slot Hour

Example 1: If an Independent Instructor wishes to book Tuesday and Thursday morning from 8:30AM - 9:30AM that would include two slot hours per week. As those are not premium hour slots the cost would be $125 for Tuesday and $125 for Thursday, or a total of $250 per month for that time slot on all Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Example 2: If an Independent Instructor wishes to book 7:30 - 8:30PM Friday night only that would be 1 premium slot hour or $150 per month for all Fridays within the month.

Example 3: If an Independent Instructor wishes to book 8:45 - 9:45PM all five nights that would be 5 premium slot hours or $750 per month and would include all 5 days of that time slot for the month.

Facility Availability

TIME SLOTMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
7:15-8:15AMOPENOPENOPENOPENOPEN
8:30-9:30AMOPENOPENBookedOPENOPEN
10:00-11:00AMOPENOPENOPENOPENOPEN
11:30-12:30OPENOPENOPENOPENOPEN
1:00-2:00PMOPENOPENOPENOPENOPEN
2:30-3:30PMOPENOPENOPENOPENOPEN
4:30-5:30PMOPENBookedOPENBookedOPEN
5:30-6:00PMPREMIUMBookedPREMIUMBookedPREMIUM
6:00-7:15PMPREMIUMBookedPREMIUMBookedPREMIUM
7:30-8:30PMPREMIUMPREMIUMBookedPREMIUMPREMIUM
8:45-9:45PMPREMIUMPREMIUMPREMIUMPREMIUMPREMIUM

Saturday hours are booked on a scheduled basis. So an approved Instructor can book the dojo on one Saturday for 1 or more hours at a cost of $100/hr. This is often used for seminars, student testing and such, and must be booked and approved independently of the monthly contract.

The Independent Instructor program can allow for growth over time in terms of facility costs - please inquire for details on this matter.

Facility Instructor

This program allows a practitioner to focus on the skills within their respective disciplines as well as the teaching of the discipline. Less time spent focusing on sales, marketing, accounting and other necessary business duties. This program provides a fixed amount of revenue per hour class to the instructor regardless of student count. The Facility Instructor simply sets up for class, teaches the class and cleans up after the class regardless of the number of students.

The Facility Instructor requires the approval of the dojo and class content, fees, and times must be agreed upon by both parties.

Facility Rules

  1. The facility must be watched for the entire time alotted - YOU are responsible for the facility during your hours.
  2. No food or drink allowed on the mats.
  3. ALL students must have filled out the Dojo Liability Form
  4. No one is allowed on the mats except for students which have filled out the Liability Form
  5. Any damage or alterations made accidentally or intentionally to the Dojo will be repaired and charged to the instructor
  6. No lewd or lascivious behaviour will be tolorated - the instructor in charge will be immediatly dismissed and no money back or further compensation to the instructor will be provided. The Instructor in charge will be held 100% responsible and they will forfeit any rights whatsoever to any return of money or compensation and may be pursued for additional damages.
  7. The Instructor acknowledges that security cameras exist in the main dojo area

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