IMA Web page-Welcome Letter

The International MartialArts Association invites you and your family members of all ages to join us and develop the highest level of technical proficiency in Shotokan karate, a traditional Japanese martial art. IMA also welcomes dojos, clubs, and other organizations to learn about our methods for teaching karate-ka of all ages and abilities, for training effective teachers, and for operating successful dojos. Our structure and large number of advanced instructors allow us to support all levels of Dan grading. IMA also provides full access to our resources, including success manuals for students and for dojo principals, to dojos and clubs that establish more formal relationships with us. These affiliate organizations are an important part of the family, representing IMA in Shotokan communities nationally and internationally. Thank you for your interest in IMA. We are happy to answer any questions you may have and look forward to hearing from you.

“The right decision will affect rest of your life”

Cyrus Madani

IMA Chief Instructor

44 years of karate experience

artialarts Association

Congratulation to all I.M.A new Black Belts

who passed their test on Feb. 6, 2010.

Congratulations to three members of I.M.A. (Taylor Kiyota, Miya Holley and Jax Martinelli)representing USA in the Jr. World Championships for their outstanding perfomrance.

Special Congratulations to Miya Holley to be the 1st I.M.A. World medalist (Bronze medal) and one of only three US team members who placed in recent WKF championships.

Miya in WKF

More pictures coming soon!

NEXT EVENT

I.M.A. Kyu Testing

Feb. 20, 2010 starts at: 9:00am

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Welcome Letter

from Shihan

Welcome:
I would like to invite you to take a look at our exciting and enriching karate program. We are a strong and technical shotokan karate organization. We pride ourselves on helping each individual, dojo, or organization to develop their own personal strengths and improve on their weaknesses. We do this in part by offering a challenging program. We view the success of our students in their personal growth as a measure of our organizational success. Our unique environment will provide everyone with a truly positive experience.
The development of the International MartialArts Association (IMA) organization is a cooperative effort between our instructors and students from all over the world. This shows the value of teamwork within our organization. We are a family run organization and therefore we all help and encourage one another to succeed. We welcome individual members, dojos and organizations to our IMA family. We are very blessed to do something that we love, IMA has no political affiliation and therefore we are happy to work with everyone.
Please take a moment and look around our web site. I am confident that you will find unique and exciting information. I look forward to getting the opportunity to work with you all. We will also be happy to answer any questions that you may have.
Thank you for visiting our web site.
Shihan Cyrus Madani,
7th Dan
IMA Chief Instructor & President

"The right decision will affect rest of your life"

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Mission Statement:

To provide a friendly, safe and positive environment in which students can learn the philosophy and the skills of Martial arts.
To have a strong, supportive martial arts family which builds positive role models within the surrounding community, demonstrating exceptional character and the philosophy of non-violence.
To enable each student to achieve a life long commitment to martial arts and to become a successful individual in every day life through the practice of the Dojo Kun.

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