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Utah State Karate Championship and National Qualifier
June 2011 ~ Park City, UT

We had 15 competitors.
We took 20 medals total ! (not including participation medals)
8 Gold    5 Silver    7 Bronze   

Please join me in congratulating our competitors! As usual, the kids did an excellent job. The few of them who did not place in medal matches were all in divisions above their skills and experiences levels because tournament administrators had to combine some divisions. For example, beginners and novices were combined in some cases although there is a big gap in skill levels (e.g. our white with yellow stripe, yellow with white stripes competing against orange, green, and even purple belts).

But as I have always told the kids, we prepare for and go to tournament mainly as a way to improve. Each tournament helps competitors to set new goals and push themselves. That counts more than any medals we can get. I would like to say congratulations to all the competitors.

I would like to make a special mention of the our little dragons and tigers who dominated a big group of 5 years old and under division:

  1. Aeddan Winter: 1st place Kata and Kumite (member of our regular competition team, and this year's Utah State champion of his division in both Kata - i.e. Form and Kumite - i.e. sparring).

  2. Josiah Barnett: 2nd place Kata, 3rd place Kumite

  3. Jack Safarti: 3rd Kata

  4. Ansel Flores: 3rd Kumite.
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At IMA-International Budokan we teach traditional Japanese, traditional Shotokan based on the philosophies of the founder of Shotokan karate-do, Gichin Funakoshi. Our students learn in a safe and fun environment, and are taught traditional karate with the use of basics (kihon), forms (kata), and sparring (kumite), and achieve great success in local, national, and international karate tournaments and karate competitions.

National and international karate tournaments include:

  • USA National Championship and Team Qualifiers, Reno, Nevada
  • USA Open Karate Championships, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
  • IMA Rocky Mountain Karate Championship, Louisville, Colorado
  • IMA North Fork Karate Championship, Grand Junction, Colorado
  • Colorado State Championship, Eagle, Colorado.
  • IMA Annual Championship in Utah, Northwest Recreation Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Intermountain Karate Championship, Park City, Utah

Local karate tournament locations include: Salt Lake City, Park City, UT West Valley City, UT, Cottonwood, UT, Sandy, UT,

Karate classes and competition training are offered at dojos throughout the Salt Lake Valley in Utah, serving: Parleys Canyon, Glendale, The Avenues, Cottonwood, Cottonwood West, Downtown Salt Lake, Murray, Holladay, West Valley, Salt Lake Valley, Sugar House (Sugarhouse), Millcreek, East Millcreek, Canyon Rim, Cottonwood Heights, Mt. Olympus, 9th & 9th, Indian Hills, Emigration Canyon, Harvard-Yale, Yalecrest, Liberty Park, 15th & 15th, University of Utah, Draper, Sandy, East Bench.

Dojo locations for karate lessons and competition classes include:

  • Redwood Recreation Center in West Valley City, Utah - Main Dojo
  • Central City Recreation Center in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Draper Recreation Center, Draper, UT
  • Northwest Community Center, Salt Lake City, Utah