News & Events
Kyu Belt Testing on Saturday, May 19, 2012
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 »
The 2012 Rocky Mountain Championship Karate Tournament Was a Great Success
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 »
Scorekeeping Seminar for 2012 Rocky Mountain Karate Championships
Dear IMA family, At this year’s Rocky Mountain Championship (our annual karate tournament to be held on May 6 at Monarch High School in Louisville, Colorado), we are implementing an electronic scorekeeping system for all competition rings. In order to provide all volunteers with sufficient information to help run the tournament as smoothly as possible, we are encouraging everyone who will be helping with scorekeeping duties to please come to the dojo on Saturday April, 28th at 12:00pm for a short briefing of the new system and to review the new rules related to the kumite portion of the competition. … more »
Rocky Mountain Championship Needs IMA Members Help
The Rocky Mountain Championship is fast approaching and we are excited to have this world class competition in conjunction with the “University Team Trial” selection. It will give everyone an opportunity to watch some of our nation’s elite competitors who will represent the United States in the World University Competition coming up in July 2012. We are expecting this year to be another international competition as well as hosting competitors from: Florida, New York, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Chicago, Missouri, Kansas, Utah, Montana, Texas, Arizona and many more. In order to prepare ourselves for this event, IMA is depending once … more »
IMA Karate Team Returns from 2012 Karate Junior Olympics and US Open
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 »
