Karate Club News
02|12|10 Maplewood Karate adds MMA Night
Judo Grappling and kick boxing tought by Maplewood Karate's own Diego Dumas.
Diego a 5th Dan in Kar-Do-Jitsu-Ryu. Diego started his martial arts training in 1975 and is a former full-contact karate competitor. For the last 10 years Diego has been training and competing in mixed martial arts (MMA) and is a certified MMA referee. Diego is also an I.A.M.A hall of famer were he received the martial arts master of the year award in 2009. Diego is the MMA instructor on Friday nights 6:30 - 7:30 PM.
11|21|09 International Association of Martial Arts Hall of Fame.
Instructors from the Maplewood Karate Dojo were inducted into the International Association of Martial Arts Hall of Fame.
Chief Instructor Louis Toledo received the master instructor of the year award, Angelo Gamboa received the Expert Martial Arts Instructor of the year award and Diego Dumas received the Martial Arts Master of the year Award.
This is the second year in a row kyoshi Toledo founder of Maplewood Karate has received this award.
