International Martial Arts Association of Utah

2012 Rocky Mountain Championship Results

rgilca — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:55:06 +0000

On May 6th, members of the team competed in the 16th annual Rocky Mountain Championship. Almost 350 participants from Venezuela, New York, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona and Colorado participated in the tournament.

Results:
Farah S. 1st place kata, 1st place kumite
Youssef S. 3rd place kumite
Keegan G. 1st place kata
Luke A. 3rd place kata, 3rd place kumite
Alex A. made the US National University Team kumite -60 kg and he took 3 place on kata!!

We’d like to congratulate all competitors!!

Regardless of medals, this team should be very proud of all their hard work during the year to prepare for all the tournaments they attend! We really do have a great team, shown in talent, spirit and sportsmanship!

Congratulations Team!

rgilca — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:01:43 +0000

Over Easter weekend Sensei, Senpai Scott and nine members of our competition team traveled with their families to Las Vegas to participate in the 2012 Jr. Olympics & US Open. There were over 2,000 competitors from 35 countries.

The IMA Utah Dojo was represented by: Youssef & Farah S., Isabella, Lilah and Ruby S., Keegan G., Luke A., Chance H., and Yazan B.

We’d like to congratulate all competitors who brought home 12 medals (1 gold, 5 silver and 6 bronze)!!

Regardless of medals, this team should be very proud of all their hard work during the year to prepare for such an event! We really do have a great team, shown in talent, spirit and sportsmanship!

New Class

admin — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:48:36 +0000

We are pleased to announce a new class on Mondays and Wednesdays for Beginners from 10 am – 11 am.

Please call 801.983.5262 to enroll.

It will be held at our main Dojo.

Fort Union Square Complex

2258 Fort Union Blvd, B7-8
Cottonwood Heights, UT 84121

Belt Test Results – November

rgilca — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:54:23 +0000

We would like to congratulate everyone who tested and passed the belt test in November!! The results of the test are shown below. Thank you to everyone who came and supported those who tested! Always a big thank you to all those who helped with this test. Keep up the good work! Mark your calendars! The next belt test will be February 18th @ 10am.

Name                Kyu
Elijah G.                 12
Max D.                   12
James O.                12
Panteleimon H.       12
Jordan J.                12
Kimiya M.               11
Griffin E.                 11
Nicholas Y.             11
Alex P.                   11
Kion M.                   10
Isabella R.              10
Jacob C.                 10
Connor N.               10
Jaida H.                  10
Sasha H.                10
Nektaria H.             10
William B.               10
Keegan R.              10
Nicolae G.              9
Jaden J.                 9
Tarek H.                 9
Alex D.                   8
Jennifer T.              8
Adison B.                8
Nour B.                   8
Michaela A.             8
Lilly F.                    7B
Max L.                    7B
Thomas C.              7B
Ryan T.                  7
Tyler T.                  7
Bjorn W.                 7
River T.                  7
Kingston T.             7
David J.                  7
Alan P.                   7
Ada T.                    7
Farah S.                 7
Joi S.                      6
Wayne A.                5B
Keegan G.              5
Luke A.                   4
Cole S.                   3
Lilah S.                   3
Isabella S.              3
Youssef S.              2
Yazan B.                 2
Ruby S.                  1

5th Annual Family Tournament

rgilca — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:52:44 +0000

2011 IMA Family Tournament Registration Form

2011 Tournament Divisions

Note About Our Grand Opening

rgilca — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:30:38 +0000

I cannot even begin to express my gratitude toward all of our students, parents,
friends and family who participated, helped, or just showed up to support us!!
We have an amazing dojo family!!

We had an incredible demo on Friday! It was very well done!! I’m at the dojo every day and I thought it was very cool to watch. I can’t imagine what other people thought. Thank you to all who participated in the demo!! Many thanks to the parents as well for taking those in school out for a short time to participate! Senpai Scott did a wonderful job at the microphone! He and his wife, Joi, were also instrumental in many behind the scenes preparation for the weekend. They were very successful in obtaining many of the donations we received. Also a big thank you to Sensei Nick & Sensei Saeed who drove fromLas Vegas to help with the demo!

Then we did the official ribbon cutting with help from the Sandy Chamber. Sensei
Marius cut the ribbon with a very cool and very sharp sword which was fun for everyone
to see. It would have been even better if the ribbon would have been tight! Ha!
We had a beautiful cake delivered by Sam’s Club, bagels from Einstein’s and
some light refreshments.

On Saturday we had two seminars taught by Hanshi Madani who flew in for only a few
hours. We really appreciate all the support we receive from IMA Headquarters in
Colorado and from other members of the IMA organization. Thank you Sensei McGavin and Jennifer for the beautiful flowers! We ended the event with a wonderful BBQ lunch specially prepared by Senpais Mr. Heise and Ken! Thank you SO much for cooking!! It was fun to have a BBQ right in front of the building!

We held a silent auction on Friday and some with no bids carried over into
Saturday. We also had a raffle on Saturday.

I’d like to thank everyone who donated items toward our silent auction and raffle!

The Cotton Blossom (Pham Family)
Platinum Car Wash
Century 16 –UnionHeights
Gift Certificate to dinner (Straaten Family)
Apollo Burger (Ziouras Family)
WestminsterCollege(Ken Meland)
Heise Engineering, LLC (Mr. Heise)

Below are the raffle winners! And thank you to those of you who like us on Facebook and spread the word about our grand opening!

$10 g/c Apollo Burger & Dolica SmallCamera Bag – Nino S.
$10 g/c Apollo Burger & Dolica SmallCamera Bag – Vish S.
$10 g/c Apollo Burger – Jackie Casto (Facebook Entry)
$10 g/c Apollo Burger – Lauren B.
Lowepro Video Camera Bag – Mzia S. (Facebook Entry)
Dolica SmallCamera Bags – William B.
Dolica SmallCamera Bags – Tyler T.

Belt Test Results – August 2011

rgilca — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:06:20 +0000

We would like to congratulate everyone who tested and passed the belt test in August!! The results of the test are shown below. Thank you to everyone who came and supported those who tested! Always a big thank you to Senpai Scott, Senpai Christian, Nino and Youssef for all your help at this test. Keep up the good work!

Mark your calendars! The next belt test will be November 19th @ 10am.

Name        Kyu
Alex D          9
Dave T          7
Ryan T          7B
Tyler T         7B
Bjorn W         7B
River T         7B
KingstonT       8
David J         8
Jaden J         10
Keegan G        5B
Ryan B          5
Joseph B        7
Amy F           8
Lilly F         8
AdaT            7B
Yianni Z        7B
Alexander Z     7B
Bridger G       5B
Gabriel L       6B
Farah S         7B
Nour B          9
Luke A         5
Thomas C        8
Brennon F      10
HarrisonS      10
Marcus T       10

Grand Opening

admin — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:01:46 +0000

Schedule of Events:

Friday, September 9
11:45 am Karate Demonstration
12:00 pm Ribbon Cutting
12:30 pm Free Food & Silent Auction
6:30 pm Competition Team Training (spectators welcome)

Saturday, September 10
9:00 am – 10:15 am Free Seminar – Sensei Catalin (Nick) Neagu, 5th Degree Black Belt (Las Vegas Karate-Do)
10:30 am – 11:45 am Free Seminar – Hanshi Cyrus Madani, 8th Degree Black Belt (IMA Founder)
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm Free Barbeque & Raffle

Dan Testing Results

rgilca — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:45:57 +0000

On Father’s Day weekend 7 of our students and their families traveled to Colorado for the Dan (black belt) test. This is the hardest black belt test I have ever seen. Granted, I haven’t seen that many, but trust me, its grueling! I know many of these students trained daily for this test. What a huge accomplishment! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Please congratulate them next time you see that shiny new or really old black belt

Brittany P. -Nidan (2nd degree black belt)
Alex A. – Shodan (1st Degree black belt)
James H. -Shodan (1st Degree black belt)
Ken M. -Shodan (1st Degree black belt)
Nino S. -Shodan (1st Degree black belt)
Chance H. -Junior Black belt (black/white)
Levie S. -Junior Black Belt (black/white)

Utah State Championship – Results

rgilca — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:11:22 +0000

I apologize this post is delayed. Nevertheless, these competitors deserve recognition and congratulations!

Farah Salama – 2 kumite, 3 kata

Tyler Thompson – 3 Kata

Ryan Thompson – 2 Kata, 3 kumite

Luke Andruzzi – 1 kata, 1 kumite

Alex Andruzzi – 3 kata

Chance Heise – 2 kata, 3 kumite

Brittany Pham – 1 kata, 1 kumite

Yazan Bader – 2 kata, 3 kumite

Youssef Salama – 1 kata, 1 kumite