To our beloved HOC family,
Thank you. Thank you to our incredible community. Thank you to our members:
We've been closely monitoring what is a rapidly changing situation and our heart is truly heavy as we announce the following: the gym is closing and all classes (group and private) are cancelled effective immediately. This decision is heartbreaking to us.
Running our school involves extensive overhead costs, not to mention the personal costs of essentials for our family. It has been a privilege to provide expert martial arts and self defence training to our members for over 10 years. We continuously kept fees below market rate because our mission is to make self defence truly accessible to all who seek it, especially those who are vulnerable. But this makes for the current reality: the gym cannot run for more than a month on reserve.
Nonetheless, our priority has always been ensuring the safety of our community and closing group classes is the only right choice. Social distancing is one of the most effective tools to flatten the curve of this disease. Closing schools will protect something far more precious than money. It will protect and save lives. And House of Combat has always been in the business of life preservation.
At this time:
We thank you for your support and participation as valued members of our community. Whether you've been a longtime member or have just recently discovered our school, you've enriched our environment by just being you and sharing that with our staff and fellow students. We have all laughed together, sweat together, and celebrated together. We are grateful to know you and hope to have you and your family back training on the mats in no time. We will do our best to maintain our much loved facility at this time if at all possible.
Joel, Avigayil and the boys.
- ✔️the medical professionals who have reached out to share their expert perspective.
- ✔️fellow small business owners who connected to share protocols.
- ✔️those who offered to bring sanitary supplies to the gym to keep students safe.
- ✔️parents who chose to keep their child at home with the sniffles.
- ✔️those who confidently asserted their choice to avoid class and do what felt right for their family.
- ✔️members who asked to pay membership fees and purchase class packages in advance as a means of keeping our school operational for the long term.
- ✔️those who haven't reached out, already knowing how completely overwhelmed we must be at this time.
We've been closely monitoring what is a rapidly changing situation and our heart is truly heavy as we announce the following: the gym is closing and all classes (group and private) are cancelled effective immediately. This decision is heartbreaking to us.
Running our school involves extensive overhead costs, not to mention the personal costs of essentials for our family. It has been a privilege to provide expert martial arts and self defence training to our members for over 10 years. We continuously kept fees below market rate because our mission is to make self defence truly accessible to all who seek it, especially those who are vulnerable. But this makes for the current reality: the gym cannot run for more than a month on reserve.
Nonetheless, our priority has always been ensuring the safety of our community and closing group classes is the only right choice. Social distancing is one of the most effective tools to flatten the curve of this disease. Closing schools will protect something far more precious than money. It will protect and save lives. And House of Combat has always been in the business of life preservation.
At this time:
- ✔️We have suspended all bill auto-payments and placed all memberships on hold indefinitely.
- ✔️We are setting up an online training platform in the coming days in time for the Spring term. We plan to offer classes for children, adults, as well as a parent-child class so you can practice along with your child. This will keep our skills sharp and provide a healthy outlet to alleviate the cabin fever many of us have already begun to experience.
We thank you for your support and participation as valued members of our community. Whether you've been a longtime member or have just recently discovered our school, you've enriched our environment by just being you and sharing that with our staff and fellow students. We have all laughed together, sweat together, and celebrated together. We are grateful to know you and hope to have you and your family back training on the mats in no time. We will do our best to maintain our much loved facility at this time if at all possible.
Joel, Avigayil and the boys.