Steel City Ninja

We are so glad we found Steel City Ninja. My seven year old loves his first class and can't wait too come back. Coach John was amazing with all the kids there and everyone was having a great time. This is a great place for kids to learn how to work together, burn off steam, and build strength and confidence. Check it out!

Steel City Ninja did an amazing job for our 6 yr olds birthday party. We had 12 ~6 yr olds and a couple 3 yr olds and they accommodated all ages in the party. Everyone had a great time, and the staff are really engaged and supportive to all the kids. Highly recommend for a fun unique birthday party for kids.

This was one of our favorite birthday parties!! It was clean, organized and so much fun!! Our 10 year old son and 16 friends had an absolute blast— and the staff and owner (and his son Leo— the strongest and most talented 7 year old ninja I know) were stellar additions to the party! Highly recommended for a birthday party, class, or open gym!!!! And they were super responsive and readily available to schedule all the details of the party. Why doesn’t google allow 6 stars? Kudos, Steel City Ninja! We will definitely be back!!!!

Huge let down. Drove an hour for a tiny facility and dead open gym. Details? Called hours ahead and arrived 20 minutes early. Not one heads up about footwear. When it was time to hit the floor, we were told my son needed tennis shoes (we are from the competitive gymnastics world, we didn’t know), which is no biggie. I quickly acknowledged we should have known, took ownership for not knowing and asked what stores were local (for me to purchase my son a quick pair of shoes), Staff actually argued that he should wear the Crocs and tried to reassure that it’s safe. I finally expressed firmly we are not comfortable with Crocs and to my surprise, both the Staff and Owner doubled down, saying my opinion is “unfounded.” Extremely weird and off putting interaction. We remained as positive as possible, made the best of the hour in his socks and left. Please for the love of your kiddos ankles don’t let these people tell you Croc's are safe to Ninja in…. Unfortunately, an experience like this makes me question their credentials, what people they’ve mislead (who may not know any better), depth of “expertise” and needless to say, we will not be back. Fellow Parents - this is your reminder to always look into the “pros” you’re hiring and don’t be afraid to ask questions! Reply: Scott Carslaw and there’s the red flag - I can see you’re too busy defending your staff to realize there is a possibility your staff was in the wrong. That’s a blind spot dude. It is not your footwear policy that was off putting to me as a consumer, it was the staff member arguing that I should allow my son on the floor with Crocs on. Legit went back and forth with me, to the point that I had to explain more than once why it’s not okay. I communicated to you she was likely not trying to be malicious nor was it necessarily an attitude problem, today she made a mistake and ultimately crossed a line with a parent. That’s a great learning moment for a young coach, I agree she’s probably great, but still doesn’t make it correct. If you’re a tenured coach, you should be able to look back on mistakes you’ve made/learned from, too. To be clear - 99% of the time I can respect that initial support of your team. You should, however, consider the 1% that your team is human and today a brand new patron of your business was wronged. We did not have interest in any program except yours, but after today and now that you mention it, maybe I will look into starting one.👍🏼

This place rocks. We take our 3 year old to the pre-school classes. Coaches are engaged with the kids and always have new challenges for them.