Carrollwood Black Belt Academy
813-264-5425
Since 1995, Carrollwood Black Belt Academy has provided quality teaching and supervision to the Carrollwood and Tampa Bay communities. It offers adult and children's programs, family program, Tae Kwon Do After-School Program, Little Dragon Class (ages 4 – 6), camps (Spring Break, Summer and Winter Camps, 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.), Ninja sleep-over (for younger children), a cafeteria, a homework room, a game room, a TV room and a Karate Store. Carrollwood Black Belt Academy's Little Dragons (ages 4-6) program focuses on improving your child's listening, confidence, self-esteem, concentration, and discipline (Mon and Wed, 4pm - 4:30pm). Carrollwood Black Belt Academy's After School Program (7:30am – 7:30pm) is one of the first after-school martial arts day-care programs in the Tampa Bay Area. In this program, your child will learn self-discipline, confidence, self-defense, coordination, patience and sportsmanship. Students change clothes, eat a snack after arrival, do their homework in a designated homework room with a certified teacher and participate in Tae Kwon-Do classes according to belt level. Tuesday and Thursday are designated mandatory reading days.
- Hours: Mon - Fri, 2:30pm - 7:30pm
- Handicap Accessible: There is a ramp at the entrance.
- Founding Date: 1995
- What makes this community special?: A family oriented training facility that is dedicated to providing quality teaching and supervision.
- Payments accepted: American Express, Cash, Debit Card, Discover, MasterCard, Personal Check, Visa
- Discounts: Child, Corporate, Group/family, Military, Senior, Student, Volume/season
- Membership info: call for details
- Parking: Free lot
- Private events: Yes
- Number of classes/week: 20
- Average class size: 15
- Number of instructors: 2
- Approx. male-to-female ratio: 1-1
- Type: Karate, Mixed martial arts, Tae Kwon Do
- Uses ranking system: Yes
- Uses weight classification: Yes
- Participates in competitions: Yes
- What is the school's training philosophy?: Respect, Honesty, and Loyalty.
I truly dislike this business. The owner and the people he has running it should not be able to be role models for children.
My son attended this establishment and the owner, not only allowed, but let his employees hold my son down and let other children shove dirty socks in his mouth, kick him in the private and twist his nipples to the point of them being black and blue. Not only was it other children but also one of his instructors. They encourage, not discourage, bullying and are involved in it.
There are 3 five minute videos that another child took showing the instructor and a group of children doing this. Mr. Miranda says that kids are kids and it's my sons fault. "He brought it on himself".
In all the videos he was nowhere to be seen and when we made him aware of it he did nothing and said my son was NOT the victim. Funny how he was being held down but he was at fault.
If any one has had a similar experience or would like to know the whole story, please feel free to call me at 813-380-1228.