Well Alyssa; one of the things I tell people, especially young females is to trust your instincts and I think you should here. You have already said the school and instructor are inferior and so just based on the standards it sets and promotes students under that's enough of a reason. There are other warning signs here that I see like you being choked as a beginner where you neck hurt for days and someone punching you in the stomach as a beginner under a lot of circumstances raises red flags in my mind also.

While karate and martial arts in general are contact activities you build young, novice students up mentally and physically before doing some of what you experienced as a raw beginner. Also the fact that you are in many of the classes yourself and a young female would in itself make many young ladies a little uncomfortable I think and if he has not done anything to allay any fears or feelings like this then I also have to wonder about things or if he is just that socially inept or ignorant.

I think its time to trust your instincts here and also sit down with your parents and discuss this with them; that's what they are there for among other things. If they along with you feel you should make a change then most certainly do so. I think they will more than likely see and follow your line of thinking and agree with you once you have told them some of the things you have said here and feel free to share my answer with them about this if you like.

Quit.. Karate is about self discipline ad by the sounds of it he has none! You want to be the best you hae to take out the best.. That can't happen when you don't even compete due to the other students instructer etc

I'm impressed with your ambitiousness. Make a complaint first then if things do not get better leave. The rice farmer doesn't leave the fields if the harvest is not good. He waits a season in hopes the rice will return.

I just made that up. GOOD LUCK THOUGH :P

There's a reason there's only two students left. I'd quit.

Instructors should show you how it would be in real life but I don't think they should be intentionally hurting you.

I would quit but also talk to your parents and the instructor about it

Just quit, no one cares.

Too bad, and don't feel bad for them. It's their fault for running a crap school. If they wanted better expectations then they should've made it legit.

Get your parents to read what you've just written if you cant express your self in conversation with them, and the reason you should be doing martial arts is for yourself not to please everyone else. show them this answer too.

Dude what is it that you want us to tell you? If you don't like it then quit. What is the problem? I don't understand.

I joined karate to have better self discipline and tournaments. I am very competitive and love earning trophies. I tried for a year now, I am in a cheap school. The classes are out of hand and the school gives away belts like candy. We don't enter and tournaments or spar. I feel very uncomfortable with the instructor***. I am by myself most classes because everyone quit. If I quit he will only have 1 student left. I feel guilty, but I can't take this dojo anymore. I also don't want to let my parents down. I want to join karate at a different higher ranked school (I have been there before, it is run very professionally and effectively).

How do I quit? Should I?

***I feel uncomfortable in the class because he uses a lot of violence. As a beginner, I have had another student punch me as hard as they can in my stomach. I have also had the instructor choke me exactly how a real mugger would. My neck hurt for days.