Your friends at IMAC, USA welcome everyone who will be joining us for the 2nd Annual Martial Arts Olympics East-West Open. We look forward to sharing this extraordinary experience with you in April 2008; and, wish you the best of success at the East-West Open. In addition to organizing a once-in-lifetime trip for the competitors and spectators, IMAC USA was challenged to select a team to compete in the Olympic 'Battle of the Continents' which will feature fighting teams representing Asia, Europe, North America; and, the host country Russia. As a result, IMAC's scouting team set-out on a nationwide search to find the most outstanding American martial artists. With so much exceptional talent here in the United States, this mission proved to be demanding, but also extremely rewarding. We'd like to share with you a few great stories; and, martial artists we've had the pleasure to meet along the way. Athletes, that you can call teammates. Together, we will show the world the talent, heart and soul that America has to offer. In addition, we?d like to introduce to you the United States team.

Colbey Northcutt – Katy, Texas
Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do

15-year Colbey Northcutt was first enrolled in karate lessons in 2000 by her father, Mark Northcutt, who himself had trained in Aikido and Judo. Her initial goal was to emulate her father; but, soon the desire to compete and be triumphant would take on a life of its own. Colbey Northcutt earned her black belt in 2004; and, is beyond compare. She has acquired a remarkable thirty-three (33) Junior World Championship Titles; six (6) Kickboxing Championships; 496 First Place Wins; Twenty-five (25) Texas State Titles within the last four years; four (4) Viewer’s Choice Awards; and was also twice named Junior Female Competitor of the Year. As if this wasn’t enough, Miss Northcutt set a kickboxing record and broke the World Amateur Record for an unseeded player to win the title by fighting 18 consecutive fights.

During her fighting career, Colbey has been a member of Team Focus (’03); Team Victory (’04); and currently, Team Alchemy / Team GOP since 2005. She competes in point fighting, continuous fighting, Japanese forms, Korean forms, Kenpo forms, creative forms, and team fighting. She is the only martial artist (male or female, junior or adult) to ever win fighting titles in W.A.K.O., NASKA, NBL & WSKF (not only ever, but also in the same year).

She dreams of someday becoming the best female fighter of all time; and, to become a female action movie star.

• NBL 11-12 Black Belt Girls Point Fighting World Champion 2006
  
• NBL 12-14 Black Belt Korean Forms World Champion 2006
  
• NBL 12-14 Black Belt Japanese Forms World Champion 2006
  
• NBL 12-14 Black Belt Kenpo Forms World Champion 2006
  
• NBL Junior Black Belt Girls Team Fighting World Champion 2006
  
• Texas State Point Fighting Champion 12-13 Black Belt Girls 2006
  
• NBL 11-12 Black Belt Girls Point Fighting World Champion 2005
  
• NBL 99-121 lb. Continuous Fighting World Champion 2005
  
• NBL Junior Black Belt Girls Team Fighting World Champion 2005
  
• NBL 11 & under Black Belt Korean Forms World Champion 2005
  
• SKIL 10-11 Black Belt Point Fighting World Champion (m/f) 2005
  
• WKF 11 & under Continuous Fighting World Champion 2005 (m/f)
  
• WSKF 99 lb. Continuous Fighting World Champion 2005
  
• WSKF 10-11 Black Belt Girls Point Fighting World Champion 2005
  
• WSKF 11 & under Black Belt Korean Forms World Champion 2005
  
• WSKF 11 & under Black Belt Kenpo Forms World Champion 2005
  
• WSKF Junior Black Belt Girls Team Fighting World Champion 2005
  
• NASKA 10-11 Black Belt Girls Point Fighting World Champion 2004
  
• W.A.K.O. 10-12 Black Belt Girls Point Fighting World Champion 2004 (Italy)
  
• NBL 88 lb. Continuous Fighting World Champion 2004 (m/f)
  
• WSKF 88 lb. Continuous Fighting World Champion 2004 (m/f)
  
• WSKF Junior Black Belt Girls Team Fighting World Champion 2004
  
• NASKA 10-11 Black Belt Girls Point Fighting National Champion 2004
  
• SKIL Black Belt Korean Forms World Champion (17 & under) 2004
  
• 4-Time Texas State Full-Contact Kickboxing Champion (T.A.C.K.A.) 2003 - 2005
  
• North Texas State Full-Contact Kickboxing Champion (T.A.C.K.A.) 2004
  
• West Texas State Full-Contact Kickboxing Champion (T.A.C.K.A.) 2005
  
• Kickboxing Record: 15- 0 (T.A.C.K.A. and unsanctioned events)
  
• NBL Point Fighting World Champion 2003 – 9 & under Black Belt (m/f)
  
• SKIL Amateur Creative Forms World Champion 2003
  
• SKIL Amateur Point Fighting World Champion 2003
  
• SKIL Amateur Point Fighting World Champion 2002
  
• SKIL Amateur Point Fighting World Champion 2001 (broke SKIL World Amateur Record for an unseeded player to win the title- fought 18 consecutive fights)
  

Accomplishments

• 2006 Viewer’s Choice Award Winner – Best Youth Female Overall www.sportmartialarts.com
  
• 2006 Viewer’s Choice Award Winner – Best Youth Female Fighting www.sportmartialarts.com
  
• 2006 Viewer’s Choice Award Winner – Best Youth Female Forms www.sportmartialarts.com
  
• 2006 Viewer’s Choice Award Winner – Best Youth Female Weapons www.sportmartialarts.com
  
• NBL Team of the Year (Super Grands- 2005)
  
• Inducted into the Texas National Tour Hall of Fame 2003
  
• Sportmartialarts.com “Top Competitor” at www.sportmartialarts.com
  
• Hall of Fame 2005 Karate Angels - January (www.karateangels.com)

The International Martial Arts College, USA carefully selected these top athletes from throughout the United States. Our criteria for selection considered not only their athletic abilities, but even more importantly there ability to represent the United States of America as upstanding goodwill ambassadors at this extraordinary international event. Each of these competitors reflects the core values of IMAC, USA which embodies integrity, humility, courtesy, honesty and a respect for others without regard for gender, age, social and/or economic background. We at IMAC, USA celebrate the joy found in honest effort and the value of setting a good example to the youth and future of our country. As martial artists we understand that our sport is a way to develop oneself physically and mentally, as well as developing positive character traits such as self-discipline, politeness, loyalty and honor. We pride ourselves as being of humble mind and gentle spirit and follow a strict ethical and moral code. As representatives of our country, we realize that we share a civic responsibility to reflect a positive and well tempered manner on each of our fellow citizens that we collectively represent.