Our karate family invites you to join us to develop the highest level of technical and philosophical skills in Traditional Japanese Shotokan karate. We welcome dojos, clubs, and other organizations to learn about our unique methods of teaching karate for all ages and abilities.
If you are looking for strong and non-political karate organization, the International Martialarts Association (I.M.A) has built a reputation for producing students and instructors of the highest standards for over 20 years.
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The Dojo will be closed for regular classes on Saturday, May 19th for Belt Testing. If your current belt level is white through green/white stripe, your testing time is 9:30am. If your current belt level is full green belt (and up), your testing time is 11:30am. All students who are testing must be at the Dojo at least 15 minutes prior to your testing time. If you or your child are testing, please pick up an application at the Dojo and return it no later than Thursday, May 17th. Applications will not be accepted on testing day. Please check your … more »
Thank you for everyone’s support of the 16th anniversary of the Rocky Mountain Championship! This year’s tournament was a USA Karate National Qualifier as well as the US Team selection for the World University championships. Over 30 people participated in the Referee Course held on May 5th and almost 350 participants from Venezuela, New York, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona and Colorado participated in the tournament on May 6th! The competition started at 9:00am sharp at Monarch High School and, thanks to countless hours of work done by the volunteers and officials, was … more »
The IMA Competition Team recently returned from Las Vegas, Nevada after competing in the 2012 Karate Junior Olympics and the 2012 Karate US Open. Thousands of karate competitors from all over the world were in Las Vegas from April 4 – 9 to participate in two of the most prestigious karate competitions in North America. The IMA Honbu Dojo was represented by: Kamran & Kelara Madani, Alex Matusmoto, Lily Martinelli, Anneka & Zoe Pawlak, Keith, Tammy, Kate & Kurt Nakasato, Ken Umezono, Kyle Gordon, Jake Peters, Sam & Jake Rosenbaum and Sherri Murgallis (not pictured). A huge congratulations goes to … more »