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Utah State Karate Championship and National Qualifier
June 1, 2013 ~ Park City, UT
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We had 27 competitors (30 registered but 3 could not compete)
We took 31 medals total !
11 Gold
9 Silver
11 Bronze
We had a strong showing at the 2013 Utah State Championship with 30 competitors
registered. 3 of those registered did not participate. The 27 other athletes
brought home 31 medals: 11 gold, 9 silver, and 11 bronze. All our competitors
did very well. They trained hard and everybody showed great improvement, so the
ultimate goal was achieved regardless of winning medals or not. I am proud of
all our athletes.
Medals winners are:
- Jack Fuller - Silver Kata
- Aeddan Winter - Gold Kata, Silver kumite
- Malachi Barela - Silver kata, Silver kumkite
- Max Barnard - Gold kata
- Duncan Rex - Bronze kata
- Carys Winter - Bronze kata, Bronze kumite
- Silvio Santini - Bronze kata
- Conor Smith - Gold Kumite
- Andrew Lopez - Bronze kumite
- Isabella Prescott - Gold kata
- Brandon Le - Silver kata
- Matilda Nexhip - Gold kata, Gold kumite
- Andy Nou - Bronze kumite
- Christina Espinoza - Bronze kata, Silver kumite
- Abraham Wali - Silver kata, Gold kumite
- Sunshine - Silver kata, Gold kumite,
- Nairobi Nodjigoto - Gold kata, Silver kumite
- Arnod Nodjigoto - Bronze kata, Gold kumite
- Jim McDonough - Bronze kata, Bronze kumite.
- Idrissa N'diaye - Bronze kata, Gold kumite.
Spotlight on a few competitors:
- The four competitors from our Montessori dojo (Jack Fuller, Isabella Prescott, Conor Smith and Amaan Raja) did extremely well. A sign that Montessori karate kids continue to excel.
- Carys Winter and Isabella both competed in the novice division for the first time and took medals.
- Silvio and Cristina were both at their first tournament, and both took medals.
- Excellent improvement in Max Bernard and Malachi Barela who both won medals (patience and hard work paid off).
- Harvey was bumped up to the black belt division, and he held up very well. I am sure those black belts now all know he is someone to watch closely in future tournaments.
Please join me in congratulating all our athletes. Thank you to parents who helped the foundation to pay for our sponsored students' registration fees.
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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
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