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Tiger Tots

Tiger Tots You love and care for your child, providing them with as many opportunities to grow into the best person they can be. Look to our martial arts program to be your partner in building the foundation of their life. Our certified TiGER TOTS program has been carfully developed for children ages 3 1/2 through pre-K to introduce and reinforce the important life lessons you want them to learn. Learn more...

Jr Kids

Tiger Tots Thousands of parents have attributed our program with higher school grades, self-discipline, self-confidence, positive attitude, coordination, and goal-setting skills. Give your child our award-winning program for the foundation to succeed. See how self-confidence, self- discipline, motivation, and leadership-skills can be developed through our age-appropriate curriculum. Learn more...

Teens & Adults

Reach for somthing more with our martial arts training. Find strength you didn't know you had. We'll teach you how to discipline your mind, strengthen your body, face life's tough decisions, and conquer every obstacle for success. Our professional Black Belt instructors will get you there. Learn more...

Our History

President Bush, Chuck Norris, and Rick Prieto Karate Inc. of The Woodlands was started in 1990 after Rick Prieto, an 8th Degree Black Belt and 40-year student of Chuck Norris, came to Houston, TX to run the Kick Drugs Out of America Program™ (now called KickStart™) for Chuck Norris with the help of President George Bush. KickStart™ is a character-development program for inner-city, school-aged children, designed to help build self-esteem, set goals, teach self-discipline and respect, and steer them away from gang-related activities.

After moving to The Woodlands, TX, Mr. Prieto saw a need for a character-development and martial arts program in this growing community, and realized Chuck Norris' United Fighting Arts Federation (UFAF) Chun Kuk Do program would be a perfect match. Originally called Kid's Karate, the name was changed to Karate Inc. of The Woodlands so that residents would know that the program was available for all ages. As the community grew, the program grew... and after fulfilling his commitment to launch KickStart™, he decided to make The Woodlands his permanent home, and expand Karate Inc. of the Woodlands. We have been successfully operating for over 20 years, and we're still growing! We've also added a Black Belt Club, which includes specialty classes in weapons training, Brazilian Jui Jitsu, Tournament Sparring, and Black Belt Preparation!

For the younger classes, we've incorporated Powerful Words©, a character-development program developed by child-development specialist and author Dr. Robyn Silverman. The program focuses on character-ducation and body/self-esteem development during childhood, adolescent, and young adulthood. We also added the Be Safe! ™ Education Program developed by the AmberWatch Foundation and World Black Belt , a three prong approach to educate children and their parents on "how to stay safe, and out of the hands of abductors and molesters."

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