Family Karate Academy USA

This was our 3 year old’s first experience with organized sports. He loves it! The classes are disciplined but fun. The kids, regardless of age, are held to high expectations and, as a result, my son takes karate very seriously. The opportunities to earn stripes and prize tickets incentives him and after each class he is proud of the skills he has accomplished. We appreciate the flexible class offerings as well as the way that the class leaders interact with the kids: it is so apparent how much they love working with the young ones and making karate a great all around experience. Only good things to say! Thank you Ken Piper & co (especially Israel, a big favorite!).

When our son asked about karate a year and a half ago, we visited about half a dozen dojos in the area. We chose Family Karate because of the flexible scheduling that allows us to choose which days we attend each week, including a Saturday morning option. Since we have three active kids, those schedule options have been critical for our family and allowed us to keep up our son's interest even on busy weeks. Now that we've been at the dojo for almost two years, however, there's so much more we appreciate! Our son (8 years old) is in the youth program and is learning self defense, sparring, katas, and weapons. This is not just a show up and progress program, but the senseis provide individual attention to make sure everyone in the class is mastering each requirement and moving forward. Classes foster an environment of respect, but the senseis are also kind and make sure the students are having fun. Classes are mixed age, but students are matched with similar size and skill level opponents for sprawling. Our son is learning respect, discipline, as well as the basics of karate. He has even attended one tournament where he won 2nd and 3rd place for his kata mastery in his age group against students from different dojos in the region. We couldn't be happier!

Ken Piper Family Karate is an incredible martial arts school that my kids and I absolutely love. We've been attending for over a year, and it's been an amazing experience. They teach more than just karate; discipline and respect are emphasized too. The instructors are fantastic with kids, and the family-oriented atmosphere is wonderful. I highly recommend this school to anyone, as it has exceeded our expectations in every way. This school deserves more then just the 5 starts

My two sons have taken karate here for about 1.5 years and love it. I took it for about a year, but dropped out due to work commitments. For myself, I noticed a great improvement in balance, flexibility, and the skillset to defend myself. I like how classes are flexible to attend throughout the week and how the classes rotate to teach different aspects of karate. Basics/Kata, Self Defense, and Sparring.

Me and my daughter ended up joining this Karate academy after trying out several others in the area. Ken and his staff are fabulous people. They teach us how to set and achieve goals, along with providing us life skills, such as respect, discipline and as well as self-defense. Additionally, this is a family friendly place where parents can also train with kids. Their schedules are flexible, prices are reasonable and their karate program is brilliant. Go ahead and join, you will be glad you did!