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Welcome to Imperial Crane Martial Arts!
(ICMA)
We study Okinawa Shorin Ryu Matsumura Seito Karatedo & Kobujutsu weaponry as founded by the late Soken Hohan O'sensei and that was taught to Akamine Yoshimatsu sensei of Okinawa, Japan. We practice traditional open hand kata and weaponry with an emphasis on practical self-defense applications (bunkai).
We do not engage in tournament karate and/or point sparring.
We accept male and female students generally from the ages of 16 and older. Younger students may train depending on maturity level.
The founder of the Imperial Crane Martial Arts dojo and Senior Black Belt Instructor is Paul A. Sabota who is celebrating his 36th year in Okinawa Shorin Ryu Karatedo & Kobujutsu. Sabota holds a Kiyoshi certificate (teaching license).
This is our 16th year operating a traditional dojo in our current location in Linthicum, Maryland near Baltimore!!!
Our Assistant Black Belt Instructor is Kevin B. who has been training with Sabota since the fall of 2002 and earned his black belt in 2008. In January of 2013 our dojo added two more black belts named Jordon J. & Terry J. In 2016, John L. became the fourth student promoted to black belt in Imperial Crane Martial Arts. Andrew H. became the newest black belt of our dojo in September 2020.
Please join us at our Linthicum dojo on Tuesdays & Thursdays evenings from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm. We also practice on occasional weekends at Sabota's home dojo in Crofton. You can find our contact information under the "MORE" tab on the upper right of this HOME page.
We do not engage in tournament karate and/or point sparring.
We accept male and female students generally from the ages of 16 and older. Younger students may train depending on maturity level.
The founder of the Imperial Crane Martial Arts dojo and Senior Black Belt Instructor is Paul A. Sabota who is celebrating his 36th year in Okinawa Shorin Ryu Karatedo & Kobujutsu. Sabota holds a Kiyoshi certificate (teaching license).
This is our 16th year operating a traditional dojo in our current location in Linthicum, Maryland near Baltimore!!!
Our Assistant Black Belt Instructor is Kevin B. who has been training with Sabota since the fall of 2002 and earned his black belt in 2008. In January of 2013 our dojo added two more black belts named Jordon J. & Terry J. In 2016, John L. became the fourth student promoted to black belt in Imperial Crane Martial Arts. Andrew H. became the newest black belt of our dojo in September 2020.
Please join us at our Linthicum dojo on Tuesdays & Thursdays evenings from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm. We also practice on occasional weekends at Sabota's home dojo in Crofton. You can find our contact information under the "MORE" tab on the upper right of this HOME page.