NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WJBF)- Three out of four locations of a popular martial arts school chain are closing. Premiere Martial Arts closed its North Augusta, Aiken and Augusta locations- leaving only the Grovetown location still open.

Potentially hundreds of Premiere students are displaced and are now scrambling to find other options to continue practicing martial arts.

"A lady came through, just like normal. We get people drop in and she was like, 'Hey, do y'all offer a trial?' And we said 'Yeah, sure. You know, you can try our classes for like four weeks.' And and she was like, 'Okay, well, that's great. I just left Premiere and they told me that they canceled my trial appointment because they're closing,'" said Frank Beall, owner of North Augusta Martial Arts.

In August, Premiere Marti

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