The 1st choice appears to be the best place. You will get more practice for less money. But you should also take into account the quality of instruction. I am willing to pay more money if the quality is much better. The quality of instruction has to be a lot better for me to pay that much of a difference.

Depends where you live. Tuition in New York, DC, or California would be higher than in Kentucky or West Virginia. So if you live in a state where the cost of living is relatively high than I would consider the tuition you quoted acceptable.

Much more goes into teaching and learning than just time but from a time standpoint the first school seems the better deal.

You need to watch the classes in both schools though. If school #1 does a lot of standing around talking whereas school #2 is kicking your butt the entire time you just might come out even. If teacher in school #2 is a lot better than teacher in school #1, school #2 might be the better deal after all.

Check into additional fees too such as association membership dues, testing and belt fees, ranking certificate fees, required seminars, uniforms that have to be purchased from the school at higher prices, etc.

Based on the monthly price I would say they are within the range of "normal". However, the opportunity to receive more training for less money would make the first option more preferable. It does also depend on which school fits more into your schedule and which instructor you feel is more serious about the training. If you get more time at a school with weaker instruction it can actually cost you more in the long run because you will take longer to learn effective execution, or you may never learn effective application at all.

The most important factor in choosing a training center (imo) is how important effective application is in your instructor's program (self preservation - vs - competition training). Hopefully you will have a chance to discuss this with the instructors before you choose.

First ones one point second one doesn't sound legit you need more than one hour to get a good judo lesson. I pay about 160 a month for 4 2 hour lessons a wrek. If your worried about cost an unlimited pass at a gym or mma place is a good way to go.

So I'm looking for a judo school. I'm looking for a school that is at least decently priced. I visited two schools and these are the prices.

School #1:

2 hours on Monday

2 hours on Wednesday

2.5 hours on Saturday

$120 a month.

School #2

1 hour on Tuesday

1 hour on Thursday

1.5 hours on Sunday

$133.33 a month.

How expensive do you think these schools are? Too expensive? Decently priced? Cheap?