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.

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

12-year old Sage Northcutt began training at the youthful age of five (5) in 2001; and, received his black belt in 2004. Sage had an immense task at hand if he considered following in his sister Colbey’s shoes, some would say at such a young age it was insurmountable. However, Sage is an outstanding athlete, one in which I hear achieves what he puts his mind to. At a tender age of 12, he has achieved an incredible thirty-four (34) World Championship Titles; three (3) Kickboxing Championships; 624 First Place Wins; 25 Texas State Titles; three Viewer’s Choice Awards; was named the NBL Junior Male Rookie of the Year (Super Grands 2004); and, has been twice honored as the NBL Junior Male Competitor of the Year (Super Grands 2005 & 2006). Not bad for the ‘little brother’. Make no mistake about it though, there’s nothing little here…not heart, not dedication, not focus or even dreams. Sage would like to someday fight in the UFC and Pride; and, to make action movies. His back-up plan is to be a plastic surgeon in Hollywood.

Sage is a well-rounded competitor competing in point fighting, continuous fighting, Japanese forms, Korean forms, Kenpo forms, musical forms, creative forms, extreme forms, extreme weapons, and team fighting. To date, Sage has 23 Grand Championships in Forms; and, to he’s the youngest fighter to win a black belt continuous fighting title. In 2004 and 2007, he was the SKIL overall point junior male winner (consists of points for all forms, sparring, weapons, breaking and self defense). Remarkably, he’s earned four (4) Hall of Fame Junior awards in ALL National Conference, the first competitor to ever win All conferences. Sage has been featured in numerous magazine and print advertisements including the cover of Sport Karate Magazine, issue 93, Mar-Jun 2007 (the youngest competitor to earn the honor); feature article in Action Magazine, issue #65, 2006; and, feature article/interview by sportmartialarts.com 2005. In 2003 he was inducted into the Texas National Tour Hall of Fame; and, like his sister Colbey he has been a member of Team Focus (’03); Team Victory (’04); and currently, Team Alchemy / Team GOP since 2005 (NBL Team of the Year for 4 consecutive years).

This dynamic brother/sister team serves as an outstanding example of what can be achieved through hard work and dedication. Our hats off to you.

Championship Titles

• Texas State Point Fighting Champion Black Belt 11& under 2006
  
• NBL Junior Boys Black Belt Team Fighting World Champion 2005
  
• NBL Black Belt 9 & under Hard Creative Forms World Champion 2005
  
• NBL Black Belt 11 & under Kenpo Forms World Champion 2005
  
• SKIL Black Belt 17 & under Musical Forms World Champion 2005
  
• SKIL Black Belt 11 & under Creative Forms World Champion 2005
  
• NASKA Black Belt 9 & under Fighting World Champion 2005
  
• WKF Black Belt 9 & under Fighting World Champion 2005
  
• WKF Black Belt 9 & under Continuous Fighting World Champion 2005
  
• WSKF Black Belt 9 & under Extreme Forms World Champion 2005
  
• WSKF Black Belt 9 & under Extreme Weapons World Champion 2005
  
• WSKF Black Belt Junior Boys Team Fighting World Champion 2005
  
• NBL Black Belt 9 & under Hard Creative Forms World Champion 2004
  
• WSKF Black Belt Continuous Fighting World Champion 66 lb. 2004
  
• SKIL Amateur Point Fighting World Champion 2004
  
• SKIL Amateur Team Fighting World Champion 2004
  
• SKIL Amateur Japanese Forms World Champion 2004
  
• SKIL Amateur Creative Forms World Champion 2004
  
• SKIL Amateur Musical Forms World Champion 2004
  
• 3-Time Texas State Full-Contact Kickboxing Champion (T.A.C.K.A.) 2003, 2004, 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
  
• SKIL Amateur Japanese Forms World Champion 2003
  
• SKIL Amateur Musical Forms World Champion 2003
  
• SKIL Amateur Creative Forms World Champion 2003
  
• SKIL Amateur Korean Forms World Champion 2003
  
• SKIL Amateur Point Fighting World Champion 2002
  
• SKIL Amateur Point Fighting World Champion 2001

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.