When I signed up for classes at Garaguso Karate, I asked them several times if I would be able to get out of my contract after 6 months because I would be returning to graduate school. They reassured me that I needed to sign for an entire year, but that I would be released at the 6 month mark if I wanted. After the 6 months I asked MANY times to be released from the contract and they never let me out of it. So the other 6 months of payments that were left went to collections and I'm still paying it off while trying to pay for school also. This happened about a year ago after I helped them paint their new location for free before it opened... BE CAUTIOUS!!