IMA- International Budokan Shotokan Karate was founded in 2001 by Shihan Amadou Niang, 5th Degree Black Belt. Shihan Amadou's vision was to bring traditional karate training to everyone by offering karate lessons at local recreation centers in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Salt Lake Valley.

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

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

The International MartialArts Association (IMA) was founded in 1991 by Shihan Cyrus Madani. IMA is dedicated to teaching Shotokan Karate. The main school is located between Denver and Boulder, Colorado.
Website: www.imakarate.com

USA KARATE
Website: www.usankf.org

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). They participate in local, national, and international competitions, and achieve great success.

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

National and international karate tournaments include:
1. USA National Championship and Team Qualifiers, Reno, Nevada
2. USA Open Karate Championships, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
3. IMA Annual Championship in Utah, Northwest Recreation Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
4. Intermountain Karate Championship, Park City, Utah
5. IMA Rocky Mountain Karate Championship, Louisville, Colorado
6. IMA North Fork Karate Championship, Grand Junction, Colorado
7. Colorado State Championship, Eagle, Colorado.

Watch Shihan Amadou Niang slice a can of soda cleanly in half!
Watch it on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCQlhDkw4I0