News & Events

Congratulation Black Belts

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.

Unity Tournament

Once again, it is our tradition to finish the year with our IMA Unity Tournament. The purpose of this tradition is for IMA students and IMA friends from different locations to meet each other and have a nice, friendly gathering. This is designed for all ages and levels (white to black belt). In addition to the tournament, we will have our annual Holiday Party Potluck, (a free event) with dinner entertainment by our very own karate-ka at 6:00 p.m. (cocktail attire). This is a “Do Not Miss” event! The party will be at the Honbu dojo on Saturday the 12th, the same day as the tournament.

Please download the following information, fill out your registration form/s and submit it to the IMA Honbu dojo office no later than December 10, 2015.


21st Annual Unity Championship Divisions

21st Annual Unity Championship Individual Registration 2015

21st Annual Unity Championship Team Registration 2015

Reminder!

Here are few reminder for our upcoming events of the next few weeks:

1. Our annual picture taken will be this Thursday from 4:00-7:00pm. It will only take couple of minutes and you can take individual or family pictures. The packages are very affordable and we will have a copy to post it on the Dojo wall to compare with previous or next year. Don’t miss it.

2. Silent Auction deadline is Friday 7:00pm. There are many gift cards, vacation week, baskets, … to bid on. All processed will go to Kamran and Kelara trip expenses to World Championship. Thank you for all your support.

3. IMA Utah Championship is around the corner. Please log in to www.imautah.com for all detail and information and registration. Shihan Gilca has arranged hotel and transportation for those of you who will be flying or Friday. Good luck everyone.

Good Luck Kamran!

Kamran Madani will be representing USA Karate for 7th time at the Pan American Championship. The upcoming PKF championship will be held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Aug. 26-29, 2015 and Kamran will be competing in -84KG & U-21 division.
A donation stand was set at the dojo entrance for the last couple of weeks and many of our IMA family donated to help funding his trip. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone once again for their donation, support, wishes, hugs,… Kamran promise to make everyone proud by a fine performance next week.
The donation box will be displayed for one more day for those of you who would like to make any contribution.

Good Luck Kamran! We are proud of you!

Kyu Testing will be taking place on Saturday (tomorrow) August 25th. The first group ( White through Orange belt) are scheduled to start at 9:30am and the second group (Green belt and up) start at 11:30. Please plan on coming 10 minutes earlier to stretch and warm up.

Mid Day Classes. Starting September 1st, we will resume our mid day classes on Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30am-12:30pm. Many of you are excited to train in these classes again and now that the summer is over, you will have no excuse missing any class!

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Rocky Mountain Gasshuku

The IMA Gasshuku is returning to The Inn at Silver Creek in Granby, Colorado on October 2-4, 2015. The Inn at Silver Creek is 110 miles west of Denver International Airport. The approximately two-hour drive from the airport along I-70 and US-40 West takes you into the Rocky Mountains on your way to Granby.
Reservation and Rates:
It is recommended that each individual (or family) planning to attend the Gasshuku call The Inn at SilverCreek to make their own reservations. This will enable each family or individual to satisfy their particular needs and desires for accommodations. In order to receive the special rate, it is necessary to call reservations and mention that you are with “RMG” (Rocky Mountain Gasshuku).
We have a selection of rooms blocked until September 3, 2015 at the following prices: King at $72, Studio (Sleeps 2 to 4) at $82, Loft (Sleeps 4 to 6) at $102, Studio Suite (King connected to a Studio) at $128 and Master Suite (King connected to a Loft) at $145.
YOU MUST CALL to make the reservation with our group rate. After September 3, 2015, the rooms will be released into general inventory.
You may continue to book at the discounted group rate based on availability until your day of arrival. The number of participants at our camp has been growing every year and we are expecting many more participants than previous years. There are a limited number of discounted rooms so please make your reservations as soon as you can.

Gassuku 2015

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