News & Events

2021 Sr. Pan American Championship

Posted on by Sensei Madani

The Sr. Pan American karate championship took place on Oct. 21-23, 2021 in Punta Del Este, Uruguay, after two years of cancelation due to COVID 19. The Uruguay karate federation did a great job of hosting the championship in a very short notice. Although the country was still closed to the tourist but the special government authorization made it possible for over 22 countries delegates and competitors make to the Uruguay and compete in 2021 Sr. PKF.

Our own Kamran Madani represented USA in -84Kg and after defeating Argentina, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Guatemala, made his way to the final against Guatemala. Regretfully, over a questionable and missed head kick, his opponent took the lead and Kamran finished the match winning silver medal. His performance was amazing and with great strategy and technical ability, he made it to the podium. Well done Sensei Kamran!

He also competed in the male team kumite matches on the last day of the competition. The US team defeated Chili, Colombia and Uruguay and made it to the final against Brazil. US finished winning silver medal after a close point lost to Brazil in final. Team USA finished over all in 2nd place in this championship. Great job!

2021 Gasshuku

Posted on by Sensei Madani

2021 Gasshuku will take place on October 2-3, at IMA HQ and Zoom.

We will be celebrating the 27th anniversary of Gasshuku in a totally different environment than previous years. This is our first in-person (& zoom) event since the start of the pandemic, and we look forward to your participation to keep the event beneficial and safe for everyone.
Join us for this in-person or zoom 2021 Gasshuku. Let’s enjoy some quality training together. Our goal is that despite COVID-19 events like this will give karate-ka additional motivation to stay engaged and to keep training.
This year event will include multiple sessions spread in two days with focus of agility, kumite and kata drills to help developing speed and power in kata along with some drills to help everyone increasing kumite ability. We also have divided the training by groups to allow maximum benefits for each participants.
Attendance is limited to the first 50 who register. (We will maintain a waitlist if necessary).
Masks are required, and participants will be asked to maintain personal distances of at least 6-feet at this no-touch, event. Please bring your individual beverages and individually-packaged snacks. We will send the log in information for those of you who will be joining us by zoom.
If interested please fill out below form and mail it with your method of payment to:
IMA
1340 Main Street
Louisville, CO. 80027

2021 GasshukuDownload

If you are not feeling well for any reason, or if you have been exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the two weeks prior to October 10th, please forego this event and join us for a future one. You will be Reimbursed %100.

Karate competition in 2020 Olympic

Posted on by Sensei Madani

Dear IMA members and families;

You are perhaps one of the millions of people around the world who are glued to your TV in late night and watch the Olympic Games. Japan has done a tremendous job of making the dream of many athletes become a reality by hosting the 2020 Games after one year of delay.

Karate will be show cased for first time (and as of now for the last time) in 2020 Olympic Games. We all hope that the 80 Karate-ka from around the world perform an exciting game and show the world that we deserve to be a permanent inclusive Olympic sport.

Karate competition will be on Aug. 5-7 and you can watch it live. The below link will give you all information about US team competitors as well as a link to watch the competition.

GO USA,

IMA

Tokyo Olympic Games_Everything to know (teamusa.org)

https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Karate/Features/2021/July/18/Tokyo-Olympic-Games_Everything-to-know

Congratulations Black Belts

Posted on by Sensei Madani

The IMA Family offers its sincere congratulations to everyone who successfully earned new black belt designations on June 26th!

Over 25 students and instructors endured 8 hours of training and testing past Saturday as part of their black belt progression. In addition to multiple members of the IMA family earning advanced black belts through many years of dedicated training, one member of our family were also awarded the rank of Nanadan (7th degree black Belt) – making the weekend one of the most memorable in IMA’s long history.

Jr. Black Belts

Mady Forsberg

Lucan Sewall

Asher Echery

Connor Swanson

Shodan (1st Degree Black Belt)
Michael Knehs

Nidan Ho
Peter Dessev

Elam Fifer-Whiting

Giulia Toscano

Nidan (2nd Degree Black Belt)
Philippe Lepercq

Sandan (3rd Degree Black Belt)
Keith Nakasato

Special Achievements

Shihan Rick McGavin has tested and achieved the Rank of Nanadan (7th Degree Black Belt). Shihan McGavin is one of the pioneer of IMA who training with Hanshi Madani from establishing of IMA from 1995. The IMA family would like to congratulate Shihan McGavin for his achievement and also Would like to salute his dedication to IMA and to Karate!

Thanks also to all of the black belts and instructors who helped with the Dan testing and to all of the friends and family that came to support the students.

Rocky Mountain Championship Schedule

Posted on by Sensei Madani

The 2021 Rocky Mountain Championship is promising to be another great event with many competitors from Colorado and many other states.

In order to comply with CDC and hotel COVID requirements, we have set a time line for each category/age to check in. We would like to ask you please respect this time lime and do not attempt to check in any earlier. Please click on below link for see the schedule of event for every day. Schedule | Rocky Mountain Championship

Please see below the guidelines for the upcoming Rocky Mountain Championship:

  • Face coverings will be worn by ALL attendees
  • Athletes will only be allowed to remove face coverings while on the tatami and actively competing.
  • Coaches are required to wear a face covering at all times unless seated in a coaching chair actively coaching.
  • Officials will wear a face covering at all times.
  • Volunteers will wear a face covering at all times.
  • ALL spectators will wear a face covering at all times.
  • Kumite equipment will be disinfectant before each bout.
  • Hand sanitizer will be provided at each score table and throughout the venue.
  • Temperatures of everyone in attendance will be checked upon entering the venue.
  • Any elevated temperatures will prevent entry into the event.
  • Temperature checks will be conducted on all Officials, Volunteers, and Spectators each time they enter the competition venue.
  • Athletes will only be permitted into the venue at the time of their competition or to warm-up beforehand.
  • Spectators (limited to 2 per athlete) will only be allowed in the venue while their athlete is competing.
  • No athlete will be allowed to check in ahead of the schedule

Thank you for your support and participation. We are looking forward to a great and safe competition.

RMC staff