News & Events

September 2014 Newsletter

A Note from Mr. M

Summer is over and schools and universities have started for the year 2014-15. I would like to wish all of our students the best of success. I recommend that you keep up your training, because karate helps you to focus on your studying.

Also, I would like congratulate our three athletes who participated in the Jr. Pan American Championship in Lima Peru: Ewan Albright, Kamran Madani and Kuba Wasowicz. They did an excellent job with many difficult matches. Congratulations to Kamran Madani for medaling in this championship (see page 3).

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Shout out for Ewan Albright, Kamran Madani, and Kuba Wasowicz

Shout out and welcome home to Ewan Albright and Kamran Madani from the Honbu dojo, and Eusebiucz (Kuba) Wasowicz from IMA Goshin Ryu for their fine performance at the 2014 Pan American Championship in Lima, Peru this past weekend. We are very proud of all of you! A special congratulations goes out to Kamran Madani for winning the Bronze medal.
Panamerican Kamran and Ewan

Kyu Belt Testing on Saturday, September 6, 2014

belt progression for IMA Karate in Louisville, ColoradoThe Dojo will be closed for regular classes on Saturday, September 6th for Kyu Belt Testing.

  • If your current belt level is white through orange/white stripe, your testing time is 9:30am.
  • If your current belt level is full orange 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, September 4th. Applications will not be accepted on testing day.

Please check your Student Handbook and visit our Belt Testing Guidelines for additional information about how to prepare for your test.

August 2014 Newsletter

A Note from Mr. M

Congratulations to the US IMA organizations who competed in the 2014 National Championship in Reno, Nevada. We had over 30 competitors with five coaches who participated in this high level championship. Also, I would like to thank IMA’s 10 referees and 10 scorekeepers who helped everything run effectively and smoothly over the four days of competition.

I would like to remind everybody to sign up for the IMA Annual Gasshuku (camp) on October 3rd-5th. This year we mark the 20th anniversary of our exciting camp. I would like to ask everyone to take this unique opportunity to increase your knowledge and make it a memorable event. IMA has two signature events per year: our annual camp and our Rocky Mountain Championship, both of which are not to be missed.

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July 2014 Newsletter

A Note from Mr. M

Congratulations to the 21 karate-ka who participated in our dan examination, (Junior Black Belt to 3rd Degree Black Belt) on June 28th. (Please see the list of names on page 12). These individuals did a great job working very hard during the six hour test. We had students from ages 10 to 50 years old, with 9 males and 12 females testing and 20 black belts who came to show their support. I would like to thank Shihan Rick McGavin, Sensei Marius Gilca and Sensei Amadou Niang for preparing their students for this dan testing and for bringing them to the Honbu dojo. A job well done to all of you.

A special thank you goes out to Sensei Shanta Thokar for an outstanding job with organizing the 1st IMA championship in Kathmandu, Nepal with over 500 competitors and 50 national and Asian licensed referees. Special thanks to the president of Nepal Karate Federation for supporting my referee course and the IMA international championship. Also, special thanks to the IMA organizing committee, including IMA Nepal’s President, Mr. Ravi Gautam, Vice President, Mr. Krishna Shivakoti, Chief Instructor, Senpai Prakash Shrestha and General Secretary, Mr. Dhruba Bahadur who made our 1st IMA championship in Nepal extremely successful. Finally, thank you to Sensei Praveen Saini, representing IMA from Dehli, and Sensei Lalit Kumar from Punjab, for bringing more than 50 athletes and referees, traveling over 25 hours to get to Nepal.

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