A friend of mine (female and SMALL) recently called me to see what I thought of a new ninjutsu school in the area. I told her I hadn't heard of the guy and that she should meet with him and watch a class if she were truly interested. Here's her report. She entered the dojo and all movement stopped. It was almost like the old west movies where the guy walks into the bar and everyone freezes and the piano stops playing. There were no other females present. After talking with the instructor and getting a class schedule and fee schedule (I'll get to that) she was told by the instructor the he "couldn't allow her to train in the dojo" since she, being a woman, was sure to get hurt training at his school. So much for teaching control to your students I guess. Now, the schedule was 2 30 min classes per week. The fee was $70.00 per month, 1 yr contract and the kicker.... you don't pay the instructor directly, you give him your banking info and he pulls it directly from your account. So, anyone else have alarm bells going off?