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Okinawa Dojo team shined at US Open and Junior International Cup in Las Vegas.

On the weekend of April 14-16th, 2017 when most of people celebrated Easter with families, karate athletes from Denver performed at international competition in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada.

This US Open was a record-breaking year โ€“ over 2500 participants from more that 50 countries traveled to Paris Hotel to fight for the championships. 23 athletes, 6 coaches and a few dozens of family supporters represented Okinawa Team at this event.

Some of you might know the exciting news that Karate for the first time is included in Olympic Games 2020 in motherland of this beautiful martial art โ€“ Tokyo, Japan. It is a dream comes true for thousands of karate practitioners around the World. With that said the popularization of karate is gaining itโ€™s speed day by day. The level of competition itself, level of athletes and professionalism of judges is growing. This yearโ€™s US Open was quite a challenge for our team, but it did not stop us to represent strong!

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A sneak peek into todayโ€™s private class with Nicholas. Getting ready for the belt test.
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A sneak peek into todayโ€™s private class with Nicholas. Getting ready for the belt test.
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It took us some time ๐Ÿคซ to properly display the WKF and PKF medals earned by our student Eduard Sagilyan.Proud of you Eddie @eduard_sagilyan_
Letโ€™s keep adding to it
#AllTheWayToTheTop๐Ÿ”
#USAkarate #WKF #PKF #Medals#KarateBros #SenseiLife
#DreamTeamOkinawa

It took us some time ๐Ÿคซ to properly display the WKF and PKF medals earned by our student Eduard Sagilyan.

Proud of you Eddie @eduard_sagilyan_
Letโ€™s keep adding to it
#AllTheWayToTheTop๐Ÿ”
#USAkarate #WKF #PKF #Medals

#KarateBros #SenseiLife
#DreamTeamOkinawa
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#ThrowbackThursday to the 2005 FSKA World Championships. Five fighters. One goal.
Proud to have stood shoulder to shoulder with legends - Sensei Hiroshi Allen @hirokarate , Jesse Arimas, Brandon Carrillo, and Thomas Balka.In the final match, Sensei Vitaly delivered the decisive victory, clinching the title for Team USA against the reigning champions Team France.The Stardust Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NVA moment in history.
Roots run deep. The journey never ends.#TBT #KarateBros
#OkinawaTeam #HiroKarate #FSKA
#Funakoshi #Shotokan #Karate

#ThrowbackThursday to the 2005 FSKA World Championships. Five fighters. One goal.
Proud to have stood shoulder to shoulder with legends - Sensei Hiroshi Allen @hirokarate , Jesse Arimas, Brandon Carrillo, and Thomas Balka.

In the final match, Sensei Vitaly delivered the decisive victory, clinching the title for Team USA against the reigning champions Team France.

The Stardust Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV

A moment in history.
Roots run deep. The journey never ends.

#TBT #KarateBros
#OkinawaTeam #HiroKarate #FSKA
#Funakoshi #Shotokan #Karate
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๐Ÿ’ฅOKINAWA TEAM is ready๐Ÿ’ฅ
US open & Jr. International Cup
Las Vegas, NV - Paris Hotel
April 18-20Good luck to all Okinawa athletes!#USOpen #JIC #LasVegas
#KarateBros #DreamTeamOkinawa
#USAKarate

๐Ÿ’ฅOKINAWA TEAM is ready๐Ÿ’ฅ
US open & Jr. International Cup
Las Vegas, NV - Paris Hotel
April 18-20

Good luck to all Okinawa athletes!

#USOpen #JIC #LasVegas
#KarateBros #DreamTeamOkinawa
#USAKarate
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- Who are we?
- OKINAWANice work today, Team!#karatebros #dreamteamokinawa #senseilife #okinawadojo #karatekid

- Who are we?
- OKINAWA

Nice work today, Team!

#karatebros #dreamteamokinawa #senseilife #okinawadojo #karatekid
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A few words from our guest athlete Mateo Nacu about his experience at the High Caliber Denver.
Mateo finished 1st in Kata and 1st in Kumite at this karate event in Denver, Colorado.
Congratulations, champ!๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐จ ๐๐š๐œ๐ฎ
World Ranking #4 ๐ŸŒŽ
PKF ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅ‰
Youth League ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‰๐Ÿฅ‰Thank you ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ข ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐๐š๐œ๐ฎ @jaynacu from @ensokarate for bringing your team and supporting our tournament! ๐Ÿค
Your guidance shines through in the success of your students. Best of luck!๐ŸŽฅ @jrlarroche#usakarate #dreamteamokinawa #karatebros #highcaliberdenver #karatedenver #ensokarate #athleteinterview

A few words from our guest athlete Mateo Nacu about his experience at the High Caliber Denver.
Mateo finished 1st in Kata and 1st in Kumite at this karate event in Denver, Colorado.
Congratulations, champ!

๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐จ ๐๐š๐œ๐ฎ
World Ranking #4 ๐ŸŒŽ
PKF ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅ‰
Youth League ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‰๐Ÿฅ‰

Thank you ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ข ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐๐š๐œ๐ฎ @jaynacu from @ensokarate for bringing your team and supporting our tournament! ๐Ÿค
Your guidance shines through in the success of your students. Best of luck!

๐ŸŽฅ @jrlarroche

#usakarate #dreamteamokinawa #karatebros #highcaliberdenver #karatedenver #ensokarate #athleteinterview
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Sensei Noรซl Nkuranyabahizi @coachnoel250 traveled all the way from Rwanda to support the High Caliber Denver tournament!We appreciate your help with officiating and the positive energy you brought. Looking forward to welcoming you and your team back in 2026! @thechampionssportsacademy#highcaliberdenver #okinawadojo #usakarate #senseilife #karatebros #karateunites

Sensei Noรซl Nkuranyabahizi @coachnoel250 traveled all the way from Rwanda to support the High Caliber Denver tournament!

We appreciate your help with officiating and the positive energy you brought. Looking forward to welcoming you and your team back in 2026! @thechampionssportsacademy

#highcaliberdenver #okinawadojo #usakarate #senseilife #karatebros #karateunites
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