Great environment for people who want to learn martial arts. The kids program is outstanding and the instructors are very supportive with the kids. My girls have been here for the past 10 years. One of the things I appreciate is that Eastern Ways takes the process of learning seriously. It is not just promoting students after a certain time period but rather allowing each student to move forward only after demonstrating mastery of the appropriate skills. This helps the students to focus, but it also provides a sense of real accomplishment when a student does promote. I also really love the structure of learning. Each student gets weekly private lessons and then they can attend multiple group lessons throughout the week. For those students really interested in accelerating their learning, the opportunity is definitely there.