Tuam Student of the Month

Great work by Gabriele and Jasmine our hard working Tuam student of the Month winners.

Tuam Karate Kids Monthly Medal Winners

Karate in Tuam Faolchu where celebrating their monthly Student of the Month medal winners this week. 

Well done to karate kids Kara O Connor, Anna Joyce, Aodhan Mc Carthy, Idris Wagemakers, Oscar Warren, Martin Ward, Lee Collins, Jadzia Murphy & Caoimhe Mc Carthy. 

Karate classes in Tuam February

Tuam karate kids Aodhan and Caoimhe Mc Carthy from Wednesday Children's Karate Class and Tadhg Lee with Sean Breslin from our Little Wolves.
Well done Student of the Month medal winners.

Week 4 Hamper Draw

Hamper Winner: Rory Mullan
Spot Prize 1: Melissa Roche
Spot Prize 2: Ciara & Rian Murray

Student of the Month November

Well done to long time members Regan Warde, Derec Reynolds, Gabriele Kialalyte and Lukas Kiaulakis.

Adult Competition

This Sunday 15th Oct Sensei Pat Murtagh will travel to visit us and take along some of his students to partake in a mini competition.

Events will start at 12am in Total Fitness with a short class followed immediately by the competition.

Squad Training Change of Date

Please note that the squad training originally planned for the 17th of June has been re-scheduled and will now be held on the 8th of July. I'm glad to say that squad training has been a huge success so far, please keep up the great work.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Time Table for grading

09:30 Class for 4 to 8 year olds under orange belt
10:30 Grading.

11:30 Class for children orange and red belt or older than 8 years
12:45 Grading

15:00 Class for yellow belt and above and all adults
16:45 Grading

As all students have been notified at class this week, our grading is confirmed for the 23rd of Tuam. Notes will be handed out shortly with the details of the day.
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JKS Spring Championships

Well done to our students who travelled and competed in the JKS Championships. Especially Dylan Buckley & Regan Warde who came home with Irish Championship Medals.

Squad Training

On Sunday we will have our second Faolchu Squad training in Tuam Total Fitness Solutions. Train times are
Little Wolves 10:00 - 11:00
Childrens Karate 10:30 - 11:30
Adults Class 11:30 - 12:30.
Please remember to bring your card to be stamped for the hoodie and mascot.
6 Squad classes attended this year will merit a squad hoodie and 8 will get a hoodie and mascot.

Sensei Malcolm takes 2nd Dan

Well done to Faolchú Tuam Karate Sensei Malcolm on passing his 2nd Dan at the JKS World Championships in Scotland. Kagawa Sensei and Yamaguchi Sensei held classes in Scotland before the JKS World Championships as part of a long weekend of karate.
Tweleve students where trying for 1st and 2nd Dan at the same session as Sensei Malcolm's grading. From early reports the required standard was very high as is to be expected from such distigushed Instructors. Nine karateka tested for 1st Dan with 2 achieving the grade and Sensei Malcolm was the only of the 3 testing for 2nd Dan to pass. A huge achivement and well deserved.

Reminder: Nunchaku Course

Tuam Karate Club Faolchú and friends will have our beginners nunchaku course on Saturday the 6th of August in Total Fitness Solutions, Tuam on the Ballygaddy road.
All participants should be there before 10am for the first class. Class times are;
10:00 - 11:30 All ages
11:30 - 12:00 Break
12:00 - 13:00 Ages 12+ only.
This course is now fully booked.

Club Grading

On Saturday 18th June 54 members of Faolchú Martial Arts Club travelled to Kilconly Community Center to attend a seminar and grading hosted by Sensei Scott Langley 5th Dan JKS. Everyone had a great day and all were successful in attaining their next grades. Here are a few photos from the event.

World Championships

As you may know Marie has travelled to Poland this weekend for the Kong Sao World Championships. She will be competing in Karate Kata, Ippon Kumite, Sanbon Kumite, Team Kata and Semi Contact Points Kickboxing. It is a great honour for her and for Faolchú to be invited to take part as part of an Irish Team. We wish her all the best.

Classes will continue as normal for Friday.

JKS Autumn Championships

On Sunday 26th September Faolchú members travelled to Dublin for the National JKS Autumn Championships.

The club was represented by senior members Malcolm & Marie Murphy and Marty Boyle. Junior members taking part were Nathan Collins and Jadzia Murphy. Other club members travelled to offer support and see what competition at this level was like.

Nathan in action in his Kumite

Jadzia Waiting her turn in her Kumite section

Marty in action in Kumite

Nathan and Jadzia warming up

Over 300 competitors took part on the day with teams from Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and all over Ireland.

Marty and Marie won medals. Marty placed third in both Kata and Kumite while Marie was a member of the Hokubo Dojo Team, home of the JKS Ireland squad which came second in the team kumite.

Nathan and Jadzia each made it through the second rounds of competition in kata and kumite which was an incredible achievement at this level in groups with 40+ competitors.

Unfortunately i placed just outside the medals in both Kata and Kumite.

Faolchú Club Championships

Entry forms are now available for the competition along with a cover poster to give details of the events and age groups.
Make sure to get one from us at your next class as all entries must be in before the event. We are not accepting late entries or any entries on the day.

Each student may enter 2 events and will leave with at least 2 participation medals so it is well worth while taking part.

We intend to try and recreate on a smaller scale the feel and rules etc. of a normal competition, to give each student and their parents an introduction to what that may be like. Competition is a usefull tool to improving Kata and fighting skills and boosting confidence, so we are encouraging everyone to give this in house competition a go.

First Classes

Well the time for our first classes is fast approaching. On Tuesday 12th of January Faolchu Martial Arts club will be officially launched with the very first class. This class is already booked out and at this time there are only three available places for the Friday class.
We have been amazed at the response and demand for what we are to teach.

So who are we?

We are a husband and wife team namely Malcolm & Marie Murphy. We are both senior members of the Tuam Karate Club, I also hold a Black Belt in Mugendo Kickboxing. Marie is a Montessori Teacher and professional Childminder and has competed and won in National, European and World Championships Karate in 2009, while I have previously founded and taught in two Kickboxing clubs and in 2009 competed and won at National Level Karate. In a while I will create a profile page with our complete resume.

Marie had an idea to provide a Karate class for younger children (4-8 years) and after extensive research created such a programme. She then sought the permission to teach from our Sensei Brian Toomey 6th Dan IJKA.

And so a new club has been born 'Faolchú Martial Arts Club'. The word Faolchú is Irish for Wolf.
We are affiliated to IJKA under Sensei Sadashige Kato 9th Dan World Chief Instructor and Sensei Brian Toomey 6th Dan IJKA Irish Chief Instructor. And we will be following this Grading Line for our students.

If you are interested in enrolling your young wolf cubs for our class please contact us at the numbers on the side-bar of the homepage.