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Black Belt Dan Testing & Summer Potluck

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Black Belt Dan Testing & Summer Potluck on June 25th

Join us on June 25th as we once again celebrate those junior and senior IMA students who will be testing for their next level of black belt.

The Dan testing will start at 8:30am and will last until about 3:00pm. Everyone is encouraged to come by the dojo and support the students during their testing. And please note: the normally scheduled youth and adult classes will not be held on this day.

Following the Dan testing, all IMA members and their families are invited to join us for a potluck celebration picnic at cross street Park from the dojo in Louisville. The picnic is from 3:00pm – 6:00pm. We will be providing food and drink but please check with Sensei Madani for any question in regard for food and refreshments.

See you all there!

Rocky Mountain Championship

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The “2016 Rocky Mountain Championship” date is set for Apr.30-May 1.
2016 RMC Flyer

The 22nd anniversary of this championship promise to be even greater than previous years and with many other states and international confirming their participation, will provide another unique opportunity for all ages to have a great competition.

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

Plan on also participating at the Referee Course on Saturday to get updated of the newest rules of competition as well as sharpen your technique for the competition by participating at the unique Kumite clinic on Saturday April 30th at the IMA HQ.

Please visit the web site to download all forms, get information or process all on line registration.
We hope you will join us!

Competition web site

Congratulation Black Belts

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The IMA Family offers its sincere congratulations to everyone who successfully earned new black belt designations on January 30th!
B.B. Jan. 2016
Over 30 students and instructors endured 8 hours of training and testing this 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 title of Shihan – making this past weekend one of the most memorable in IMA’s long history.

Jr. Black Belts

Kuro Shiro, Midori
Dylan Billinger
Arianna McCarty
Spencer Frank
Elliot Frank
Dylan Woods
Kyle Gordon
Ria Jansun
Kyle Sheridan
Zachary Smith
Rose Rampy

Shodan Ho
Linda Polanowski
Alex Quiachon
Ben Gygi

Shodan (1st Degree Black Belt)
Emily Horn
Idrissa N’Diaye
Anneka Pawlak
Kurt Nakasato

Nidan Ho
Sherri Murgallis

Rokudan (6th Degree Black Belt)
Shanta Thokar

Special Achievements

In addition to the numerous black belt awards given, additional awards were presented at our Black Belt Extravaganza Dinner on Saturday night:

Shihan
Shanta Thokar

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.