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Life Skills Training Builds Character

Here at Texas Storm Kenpo, we use martial arts training as a platform to teach and enhance important life skills. We focus on 18 different life skills that every young person needs to learn in order to acquire the best chance at a successful start in life. Our mission is to help our students realize their true potential, on and off the mats.

Every student starts with a lesson in responsibility by teaching them to "own and take care" of their karate uniform. We work on confidence by slowly increasing their responsibility and teaching them that their "little victories" build into the completion of bigger established goals. As a student's belt color changes you can witness the ....
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2019 Back to School Tips - Day 4

Tip #4: Continually seek opportunities that increase your child’s self-confidence
The very best thing you can equip your child with is self-confidence. There is absolutely no substitute for self-confidence. Let me repeat that because this line is very important: There is absolutely NO substitute for self-confidence! Confident children face every day with a positive outlook and tend to have better grades, more friends, and less stress. Here are some tips for increasing your child’s self-confidence:
Help them find their inner talents
. Everyone has an inner passion or ability that they can sink their teeth into. This includes sports, music, reading, writing, ....
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Back to School Tips - Day 3

Tip #3: Make sure your child feels comfortable communicating with you
It's important that when your child speaks with you about the challenges children face each day at school they are comfortable talking about their feelings, fears, and anxiety. You can help your child work through any challenge. Here are some important tips to help your child feel comfortable about communication:
Never ignore your child’s anxieties or stresses.
This is a crucial mistake that many parents make, and most of the time it is on accident. Sometimes parents get tangled up with all of their own responsibilities that they brush aside situations brought up by their child that don’t ....
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2019 Back to School-Tips Day 2

Tip #2: Put your child on a brain-strengthening diet
Not all diets are for weight loss. Even children that have great athletic physiques are susceptible to the after-effects of poor eating habits, including fatigue, anxiety, poor concentration, and mood swings. You can help your child feel better each school day simply by adjusting their diet and getting rid of foods and snacks that are counter-productive. Here are some healthy eating tips: 1. Purge the bad foods in your house.
Open your refrigerator and get rid of the foods you know are unhealthy for your children including sodas, snacks that are high in sugar, and foods that are high in fat. 2. Create a healthy ....
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2019 Back to School Tips

Back to School Tips for Parents
Now that summertime is coming to an end, comes all of that back to school anxiety and jitters that are common with children. Your child will likely experience common physical effects of anxiety associated with back to school time including symptoms from stomachaches to sleeping problems. Children also often experience emotional stress from the fear of making new friends, meeting new teachers, fears of being bullied, the pressure of making good grades, and worries of being unpopular. With that said, it’s important for parents to remember that these physical and emotional feelings are very common, and even the most well-adjusted kids are ....
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21 Jun 2019
Importance of Teaching Girls Self-Defense

Self-defense is NOT just for boys Everyone deserves to learn how to defend themselves. Self-protection is needed by girls as well as boys. Many people think that girls are fragile and can’t effectively learn to defend themselves. Often times the opposite is true. Girls are tougher mentally and physically than we give them credit for. Girls are at risk of violence equal to, if not more, than boys. Do you have any idea how many physical and sexual assaults are perpetrated against females in the country happen each year? Who would NOT want their daughter, sister, or wife to learn the basic skills necessary to protect themselves?
Self-defense training builds CONFIDENCE
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New Training Tip

Here is our Thursday Training Tip of the Week. Understanding how, when, and why do we Bow at Texas Storm Kenpo. Let me start by saying that if you do not have experience in martial arts it might be easy to misunderstand the purpose of a bow as used in our studio and this training tip will hopefully clear up and misunderstanding. In order to do a proper bow a student is to stand at attention and perform a slight lowering of their head and chest. This is not a large or deep motion. Simply stand with their feet together and arms at their side and lower their upper body slightly. Students are required to bow when entering or leaving the school (at the front door) and when the ....
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Get My Focus Hacks Free!

Morning everyone. This is Bill. This is a quick little discussion I would like to do this morning. Let’s give people a moment to log on here. I hope everybody had a nice restful Labor Day weekend. This is Tuesday morning and this is Bill with Texas Storm Kenpo. We’ll give everyone about a minute and then I’ll get started. Hi Dan. Good morning. Every day during the weekend here has been rainy and it looks like rain today. We need the rain but I hope it doesn’t rain too much. Looking forward to an easy and not too hot of a day and I hope everybody had a great weekend. I hope people got some much-deserved rest from working pretty hard during the year. ....
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We Will Speak to Your Child's Class

Like what you hear during our mat chats? We teach and reinforce important life skills lessons. We like doing school talks and would love to come and speak to your child’s class. We have several topics that we can speak on at schools. Simply reach out to the teacher and let them know that we offer interesting class chats and suggest a topic from the list. Ask the teacher if it would be okay for your child’s martial arts instructors to send them info through email. If the teacher responds positively, send us the name, email, school, and what grade that the teacher teaches and we will handle the rest. At the end of each month, parents who help us complete a class ....
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Eating Food for the Wrong Sex?

What a Find!!! I found a great article explaining which foods are better for producing estrogen and which help produce testosterone. If you think you are eating right but not getting the results you want, you need to check this out. Click Here for Article Read the article and let me know what you think. ....
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Jason Peppers

I have been a part of the Texas Storm Kenpo family since July 3rd. I can truly say that I have found my martial arts home! Kenpo has always been my favorite style.

My original Kenpo instructor was unable to continue teaching, doing things that were not right, and lying to his students. I had to make the right but tough decision to end training under him. In turn, it also ended our friendship. For several years I trained in other styles, but I never felt like a part of the school. I never had the teacher student bond, and I was still angry about what happened with my former teacher. I was Ronin (samurai without a master). I desired to have the student teacher bond and to feel like I was part of the family again.

I decided to call Texas Storm Kenpo. It was one of the best decisions I have ever made! Bill Piper set up a meeting with me, and I told him everything that happened before. He was understanding but also straightforward with me which is what I was looking for. I knew I could trust him. Bill Piper gave me another chance to finally fulfill my Kenpo dream! All I can say is "Wow, thank you from the bottom of my heart"

Since I have been here, Bill, Heather, Rhonda and my fellow students have treated me as family! Bill and Heather have given me so much in teaching me the material and being patient with me. Again, thank you Bill, Heather, and Rhonda Piper for another chance to learn Kenpo!

To all the students here who haven't been anywhere else, don't leave! Quality instructors with integrity are hard to find. Make sure you show your appreciation for what you have here at Texas Storm Kenpo, and don't take it for granted! We are very fortunate to have the Piper family here!

Beth Ericson Merrell

My 7-year-old daughter takes classes at TSK. She has been attending classes for about 6 months. I have noticed that she is more focused and exhibits discipline. Her self-esteem has grown and her confidence too. She enjoys the challenge of the class and meeting new friends. We are grateful for the Pipers. They have been very good to us and genuinely want to help kids achieve their potential. I definitely recommend TSK to anyone who is looking for a great place to grow and learn Karate.

Angie Montano Smith

We LOVE Texas Storm Kenpo!! Before our son joined TSK we went to another popular school in the area. Although we liked that other school I feel like it was way overrated and TSK has been a lot better of a school for our son! Our son has learned so much since joining and not only has he grown as a karate student but his academics and behavior has improved a ton as well. Heather is great with kids and you can tell she truly loves her job. Our daughter who is currently too young to join is counting down the days until she turns 4 because she is so excited to be taught at such a great school. Bottom line is- if you are looking at other schools in the Midcities area, look no further! The instructors truly care about the kids. They also do other fun things like parents night out once a month and they have an amazing after school program so that your kids aren't stuck at a stuffy daycare until u get off work. Our son used to attend the after care program and it was so great! By the time I had gotten off work to pick him up he had already finished most of his homework (would have finished it all but I asked Bill and Heather to have him to his reading with me instead) got a good snack and was already almost done with his karate lesson. TSK is the best!!!

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