Media kit.
Kameren Ali partners with brands and organizations that champion performance, discipline and family, and that want to reach the competitors, schools and martial-arts families of sport karate.
At a glance.
Ranking from Black Belt Magazine's September 2026 ISKA report.
Reach.
Public counts, October 2026. Account insights are shared with partners on request.
What he stands for.
- LegacyA second-generation champion carrying his father's school and system forward.
- DisciplineConfidence, focus, character and respect, taught to kids, teens and adults.
- PerformanceThe No. 1 heavyweight in the September 2026 ISKA rankings.
The gear he fights in. His followers save with code KAMX10.
Building the roster
Open categories for 2027.
Team Paul Mitchell Martial Arts
Heavyweight, individual and team sparring.
Maryland's Best Karate
Owner and chief instructor. About the school.
Seminars
USA Sport Karate's Mayan Challenge, Cowboy Up, and the International Point Fighting Camp in Guatemala.
Who he reaches.
Competitors
- Point fighters on the NASKA and ISKA circuits
- Heavyweights and open weight fighters
- Teams and coaches at national events
Martial-arts families
- Parents and students at MBK
- Families across Howard, Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties
School owners
- Instructors who book seminars
- Owners building competition teams
Home market
- Baltimore, where he was born
- The DC to Baltimore corridor
Ways to partner.
Sponsorships
Season, event or gear partnerships with a world-ranked heavyweight.
RequestAppearances
Tournaments, school events, demos and community days.
RequestContent
Technique, training-day and gear content for your channels or his.
RequestPress and podcasts
He has appeared on The Jackson Rudolph Podcast, SMA Live and the Adrenaline Tricking League podcast.
RequestBios and photos.
Short bio
Kameren Ali is a heavyweight point fighter for Team Paul Mitchell Martial Arts and the No. 1 men's heavyweight in the September 2026 ISKA rankings. Born in Baltimore, he owns and leads Maryland's Best Karate in Elkridge, the school his father, Grandmaster Gerald "Awesome" Dawson, founded in 1989. He has won two heavyweight Diamond Rings at the Diamond Nationals and multiple heavyweight grand championships at the U.S. Open, Compete Internationals, Battle of Atlanta and Ocean State Grand Nationals.
Full bio
Master Kameren Ali is a heavyweight point fighter, coach and school owner from Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up on the mat at Maryland's Best Karate, the Elkridge school founded in 1989 by his father, Grandmaster Gerald "Awesome" Dawson, a NASKA super heavyweight world champion. At 17 he became the youngest athlete ever to win a NASKA men's division, and he was the youngest fighter ever added to Team Paul Mitchell Martial Arts, the longest-running team in professional sport martial arts.
Standing 6'1" at about 225 pounds, Kam is known for his backfist and side kick. He is a two-time heavyweight Diamond Ring winner at the Diamond Nationals (2023, 2025), a three-time ISKA U.S. Open heavyweight grand champion, a two-time Compete Internationals heavyweight overall grand champion and a two-time Battle of Atlanta heavyweight grand champion. In 2026 he won heavyweight titles at the U.S. Capitol Classics, Cowboy Up and the Guatemala International Open, and he finished September ranked No. 1 in ISKA men's heavyweight sparring and No. 4 in men's open weight.
Since his father's passing in 2018, Kam has led Maryland's Best Karate as owner and chief instructor, teaching Dawson's Chung Do Kwan and V.S.K Jiu-Jitsu to students from age five through adulthood. He holds a 9th Dan in Dawson's Chung Do Kwan and a 3rd Dan in V.S.K Jiu-Jitsu, teaches seminars across the circuit and abroad, and is a Century Martial Arts athlete. He is a proud father, husband and business owner.
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