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2025 Gasshuku

Posted on by Sensei Madani

Please mark your calendar for another exciting Gasshuku in Colorado. We are excited to announce having special guests in addition to other great instructors.

Sensei Palmer from Peru in addition to Sensei Obran are with hundreds of national and international medals and titles are our honor guests for 2025 Gasshuku. In addition to this special guest, we are also excited to have great learning opportunities with our own Sensei Kamran and Hanshi Madani.

There will be separate sessions for different levels with different emphasize on the training. Please email the application form to info@imakarate.com. We do offer several methods of payment such as PayPal, Venmo or credit card. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for further information or questions.

Do not miss this once-a-year opportunity!

Click below to download the schedule and registration application:

https://imakarate.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-Gasshuku.pdf

Rocky Mountain Championships

Posted on by Sensei Madani

Dear IMA Family,

It’s that time of year again to prepare for our annual Rocky Mountain Championships (RMC). We are beyond grateful for all the support and to be celebrating over 30 years of running the tournament here in Louisville, Colorado. This competition will be on May 4th, the same flyer that they go home with, in addition to some special kata and kumite clinics the day before on May 3rd at the dojo! 

This year the tournament is special as it is officially a USA karate sanctioned event allowing access to more training opportunities (and competition if you desire exploring these options please communicate with Sensei Kam) for those who participate. In addition, gaining a USA karate membership allows for access to special sport- insurance for the participant themselves for any injury/ PT/ or care they may need for being a student at the dojo. All referees, coaches, and hosts must be licensed through USA karate to uphold a high standard and insure a safe competition for everyone. Please Register now for both events through tournamentinabox.com. You can also sign up at the dojo through the forms on the lobby desk. 

Finally, we need help from our community to make this all happen. Volunteers for everything would be greatly appreciated for set up/ takedown. All Tournament Day table) volunteers will have the USA karate membership fees waived. Please reach out if there are any questions or concerns about the competition, or what level to sign the students up for! We look forward to another great year 

2025 Rocky Mountain Championship

Posted on by IMA Web Admin

The 2025 Rocky Mountain International Championship will be held on May 4, in Louisville, Colorado, USA at the Monarch High School.

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the RMC tournament hosted by the International Martial Arts Association.

This will be a Level 1 – USA Karate sanctioned event

As always, we are pleased to offer a referee seminar. This seminar will be offered on Saturday May, 3rd. Please refer to proper pages for all information.

This Open international tournament is one of the most exciting and most valuable traditional tournaments in America and with hundreds of participants guarantees a unique traditional karate Championship. 

Whether a junior, senior or master competitor, you will most certainly find this tournament a wonderful experience.

We hope you will join us!

Karate Kids Summer Camp

Posted on by IMA Web Admin

This is a kids karate summer camp, that means we will do karate activities, such as creating our own katas and learning self defense. As well as doing crafts and going to the pork or splash pad. There are also awesome guest speakers who will come including Hanshi, Sensei Josh(the dojo’s very 1st black belt) and several others!

Instructors: Senpai Izzy is the primary counselor for this camp. Senpai Jade, Kohai Sienna and Kohai Chole are also counselors.

When: 3 sessions are available. Each day the camp will run from 9am to 3pm.
– June 9-13
– June 16-20
– July 21-25

Ages: 5-10 years old.

Contact Hanshi for a form to signup for this camp.