Re: Differences in Europe?
It's not US vs. Europe; the two dojo where I've trained, a couple of miles apart in Seattle, have extremely different warmup styles, teaching styles, technique names....
For the dojo I've looked at in Seattle, fees are generally monthly and run $65-$85. In my limited experience West Coast dojo have minimal or no mat fees for visitors. Maui Ki Society charged $5/week and the other places just shrugged and said "You'll only be here once? Never mind fees."
Different parts of the US might as well be different countries, though, especially in terms of what things cost. My colleagues in rural New York pay their programmers about 1/3 what I pay mine in Seattle, and have an easier time hiring than I do.
Mary Kaye
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