Kameren Ali
The No. 1 men's heavyweight in sport karate point fighting. Kameren Ali fights for Team Paul Mitchell, owns Maryland's Best Karate, and carries a family legacy that started on the same mat in 1989.
39.18° N 76.75° W / Elkridge, Maryland, by way of Baltimore
From Baltimore to the top of the world rankings.
With a source for every line.
Learn the heavyweight game in person or online.
Where champions are taught by champions.
Fans, fighters and members.
The heavyweight standard.
Kam partners with brands, schools and events that care about what he cares about: discipline, family and the next generation of martial artists.
- LegacyA second-generation champion running the school his father built in 1989.
- DisciplineConfidence, focus, character and respect, taught on the mat and lived off it.
- PerformanceA world-ranked heavyweight who still competes at the biggest events on the calendar.
Fight film.
Ring finals, grand championships and the heavyweight rivalries. Tap to play.
Diamond Nationals 2025Heavyweight Diamond Ring final vs Alex Mancillas. He won his second career ring.
Diamond Nationals 2025Heavyweight vs Ryan Bennett
Diamond Nationals 2024Heavyweight final vs Avery Plowden
Train with Kam.
In person in Elkridge, live on Zoom, or through your own fight film.
Private lessons
One-on-one point fighting with a heavyweight champion: distance, timing, the backfist and the side kick that score.
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Live coaching on video. Bring a partner or a bag and work the combinations in real time.
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Send your fight footage. Kam breaks down what scored, what didn't and what to drill next.
Book thisAt your school or eventSeminars and clinics
Point fighting seminars for schools, tournaments and camps, from first-time competitors to black belts.
Book thisThe record.
Real results only. Nothing here is estimated.
Ranking from Black Belt Magazine's September 2026 ISKA report. Rings from the Diamond Nationals. Grand championships from Sport Karate Legends and his official U.S. Open athlete bio.
You can not fake martial arts. Either you do it or you don't.Grandmaster Gerald "Awesome" Dawson
Raised on the mat.
Kameren Ali was born in Baltimore and grew up inside Maryland's Best Karate, the school his father, Grandmaster Gerald "Awesome" Dawson, opened in 1989. His father was a NASKA super heavyweight world champion. The son became a heavyweight too.
At 17 he became the youngest fighter ever to win a NASKA men's division. Team Paul Mitchell signed him younger than anyone before him. Today he is ranked No. 1 among ISKA men's heavyweights, and he runs the family school as owner and chief instructor.
Read the full storyMaryland's Best Karate.
Kam's school in Elkridge teaches Dawson's Chung Do Kwan and V.S.K Jiu-Jitsu to kids, teens and adults across Howard, Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties.
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Competitors on the national circuit, martial-arts families in the DMV, and the schools and teams that fill every tournament floor. Kam reaches all three.
Building the roster
Partners who champion performance, discipline and family.
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