Straight answers, including the ones about money.

Book a free orientation. It takes about 45 minutes, one of the owners runs it personally, and there's no cost and no obligation. You'll tour the school, watch a real class, and your child gets on the mat and tries it. If we're a fit, they can start the very next day.

An orientation is a conversation, not a free trial class. We watch how your child moves, we ask what they're like at home and at school, and we work out together whether this is the right place for your family.

We will show you pricing if we think we're a fit, and there's an incentive to enroll the same day. We tell you that in advance rather than springing it on you at the table. What we won't do is bring a manager over or chase you afterward if you say no.

The next day. We don't run enrollment windows and we don't make families wait for a new session to begin. If we're a fit, your child joins the very next class.

Comfortable clothes you can move in — a t-shirt and shorts or sweatpants. Training is barefoot, so shoes come off at the mat. You don't need to buy a uniform or any equipment beforehand; that's handled once you enroll.

Three. Our Tigers class runs from ages 3 to 5 in thirty-minute sessions built around attention span, listening and coordination rather than technique. From there students move into Dragons (5–7) and then Warriors (7–12).

There's no age at which a child is too late to begin. Students who start at ten or eleven often progress quickly because they absorb correction better.

Yes, and we're firm about it. A five-year-old and a twelve-year-old don't learn the same way, can't hold attention for the same length of time, and can't safely drill together. Dragons (5–7) and Warriors (7–12) run the same curriculum as separate classes.

Age seven sits in both on purpose — we place students by readiness and maturity rather than by birthday, and we'll move a child if we got it wrong.

We'll be direct: Legacy is the highest-priced martial arts school in Wicomico County, and that's deliberate. There's a one-time enrollment fee and ongoing tuition, with family discounts for additional members, no contracts, and a 30-day cancellation notice.

We don't publish exact numbers, because the honest conversation about cost happens after you've watched a class and met the people who'd be teaching your child. You get every figure in full at your orientation.

Structure. We run four separate age groups — Tigers, Dragons, Jr. Warriors and Kickboxing — on separate evenings, rather than putting everyone on the mat at once and calling it a class. That takes more instructors, more mat time and more evenings.

Both owners teach every session too. You're not paying for a bigger room; you're paying for the room being split up properly.

No, never. There is no twelve-month agreement and no auto-renew to catch later. You can cancel any time with 30 days' written notice, with no penalty. We'd rather earn your family every month than hold them to a year they regret by March.

Yes. Additional family members cost meaningfully less, both on enrollment and on ongoing tuition. If you have more than one child who might train — or you're thinking about training yourself — mention it at the orientation, because the pricing is built for exactly that.

Yes, and we'd rather you know now than find out at the table. Enrolling the day of your orientation takes money off the enrollment fee and includes your uniform. It's a real offer and it's genuinely better than waiting — we just don't think it should be a surprise.

Two. Twice a week is where the change actually happens — progress in martial arts is almost entirely an attendance problem. Once a week is a hobby, and we'll tell you that honestly rather than take your money for it.

Yes, always. There's a seated viewing area with coffee at the front of the school and parents are welcome at every class. We're not a drop-off, and at younger ages we actively want you watching so you know what we're working on and can back it up at home.

Sometimes, honestly, yes — and we'll tell you. The bar isn't whether they can focus; building focus is the entire point. The bar is whether they can separate from you for about thirty minutes and respond to an adult they don't know.

Most three-year-olds are ready and surprise their parents. If yours isn't, we'd rather you come back in six months than take your money for a year of frustration.

Very often it's the best fit. Mrs. Kena's background is in special education and she specializes in young children and neurodivergent students. Your child trains in the regular class to the same standard as everyone else — the difference is that the person teaching them has spent a career learning how to reach every kind of kid.

If your child has been asked to leave another activity, tell us. Those are the students we're proudest of, and there are more of them on our floor than you'd guess from watching a class.

It happens most weeks with someone and it isn't a problem. A child who wants to watch from the edge is allowed to watch from the edge. We've never had a student who watched forever — they come in when they're ready, usually faster if nobody's pushing them.

Yes, please — we aren't set up to change children, and you'll be in the building anyway. If your child is mid-training, just tell us and we'll keep an eye on it during class.

In our experience, the opposite. Children who know they can defend themselves have far less to prove, and the entire structure of a class — bowing, waiting, control, asking permission — is a lesson in restraint.

We teach avoid, then de-escalate, then defend, in that order. Using a technique without exhausting the first two is treated as a failure here, not a win.

Avoid, de-escalate, defend — in that order, on purpose. Most of what stops bullying is posture, voice and eye contact, all of which are trainable. Physical defense is the last option, only proportionate, and always followed by telling an adult.

We won't sell you fear. Most children never need a technique, and confident kids get targeted far less in the first place.

Talk to us before you decide. Most quitting happens at a predictable frustration point, usually right before something clicks, and we can often tell you exactly where they are. If it genuinely isn't working, there's no contract holding you — 30 days' notice and no hard feelings.

Yes, and not just the flattering parts. If your child is capable of more, you'll hear it from us before you hear it from anyone else. We also close the loop the other direction — what you're seeing at home, what their teacher is seeing at school — and we work on it deliberately in class.

Yes. Every instructor on our floor is background-checked, certified, and trained by us before they lead a single class. Nobody teaches here because they hold a belt; they teach because we've watched them teach.

We test every four months, and not everyone is invited. Some students aren't ready. Some test and don't pass. That's what makes the belt mean something when your child finally ties it on.

A child who has never been told “not yet” has never had the chance to earn a “yes.”

Years, and we won't give you a number that makes it sound like a purchase. Because students are only invited to test when they're ready, the timeline depends entirely on the child and their attendance.

Any school that can tell you the exact date your child will be a black belt is selling you a schedule, not a rank.

Your child trains with their own age group, never with the whole school. Tigers, Dragons and Jr. Warriors each have their own classes on their own evenings, so a five-year-old is never drilling next to a twelve-year-old.

Sizes differ by time slot, and we'd rather show you than quote you a number. At your orientation we'll tell you exactly how many students are in the class your child would join — and you'll watch that class run before you decide anything.

Younger students strike pads, targets and a standing bag — never each other. There's no sparring at preschool age, contact drills are instructor-led, and the training area is padded throughout. Partner contact is introduced years later, in full protective gear, only when a student is ready.

Cardio kickboxing is a fitness class that borrows the movements — choreographed combinations to music, usually with no partner, no technical correction and no contact. Kickboxing is a striking art: stance, footwork, real technique, pad work with a partner, defense, and eventually controlled sparring. We teach the second one.

Not on day one, not in your first month, and never before an instructor says your technique and control are ready. Sparring happens in full protective gear, and control is the standard — hurting a training partner is a failure of skill here, not a display of toughness.

Yes to both. Fitness is what the training builds, not what it requires — you can scale down, take a knee or sit out a round in any class, and everyone experienced in the room has done exactly that. Striking also rewards technique and timing far more than raw athleticism, so adults who start later often progress faster because they listen.

327 Civic Avenue, Suite B, Salisbury, MD 21804 — in the plaza across from Sherwin-Williams. Ground-level entrance, free parking at the door. We're minutes from Salisbury University, the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center, Fruitland and Delmar.

We don't publish our schedule online. Classes are capped, so rather than send you a grid that goes out of date we'd rather tell you what's genuinely open for your child's age and level. Ask us and we'll send current times straight to your phone.

For our own students, on request — it's not something we advertise or run as a business. Ask us in person.