I.M.A Karate Houston is a friendly traditional Japanese Shotokan Karate club open to all practitioners of traditional martial arts.

I.M.A Karate Houston is part of the International Martialarts Association, Louisville-CO well-known in the karate world for producing students and instructors of the highest standards for over 20 years. I.M.A Karate Houston is also a USANKF recognized dojo.

Instructors at I.M.A. Karate Houston bring years of skilled experience - including instructor Kyoshi Patrick Richoux, a 7th degree black belt with the IMA and World Karate Federation. The instructors at the center all have trained under the same accomplished Sensei and teach kids and adults Shotokan karate one of the oldest styles of the martial art.

The school’s curriculum tends to focus on kihon, kata, and kumite (basics, form, and sparring), but sometimes branches out into self-defense, tournament-specific training, and tying one's belt fashionably. One of the shotokan discipline's primary objectives is to build character, and classes focus on both this tenet as well as the sport's fundamentals.