Showing posts with label IMAF Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IMAF Ireland. Show all posts
Apr 8, 2017
New Blackbelts for Faolchú Karate Club
Congratulations to Áodhan and Dominik who passed their Shodan (first black belt) grading.The boys endured a tough 3 hour physical test and their many years of training shone through and they successfully passed their test.
Sensei Malcolm and Sensei Marie are extremely proud of the boys who have consistently trained and worked for this day.
Feb 12, 2017
Student of the Month Tuam
Tuam Karate Club medal winners brothers Conor and Séan Fleming. Always consistently hard working, well done boys.
Feb 2, 2017
Shihan Jens Fricke visits Tuam
An exciting weekend was had by all training with Shihan Jens Fricke, many thanks Osu.
Jan 22, 2017
Dec 26, 2016
Martial Arts Awards
Many thanks to IMAF Europe for their Award of Appreciation for contribution to Martial Arts, Awarded by Shihan Jens Fricke, 7th dan Shotokan, Chief Instructor of IMAF Europe.
Dec 22, 2016
Tokon Cup
Faolchú Karate Clubs with representative from Tuam Club, Dunmore Club and Kilkerrin Karate Club returned from the Tokon Cup laden down with medals from their huge successes.
Pictured L-R: Back row Clara Muller, Kieron Friel, Shauna Flynn, Jayden Murphy, Patricia Mc Loughlin,
Front row: Amy Riley Kearns, Séan Brandon, Kelly Keane, Alyssa Fahy, Matthew Friel.
Oct 3, 2016
Jul 26, 2016
Jun 29, 2016
White Tigers Challenge
Galway Karate Team Regan Warde, Shauna Flynn, Kieron Friel, Jayden Murphy, Jasmine Flaherty, Matthew Friel and Zoe Fleming had a great day out at the White Tigers Challenge in Castlebar.
They excelled in their kata events and returned with new friends, 2 first places and 4 medal places.
They excelled in their kata events and returned with new friends, 2 first places and 4 medal places.
Feb 13, 2016
IMAF Tournament
The Irish branch of the International Martial Arts Federation Europe hosted teams from Germany and Belgium for an international contest, held in the Ballina Sports Centre on Saturday 30th of January. Featuring competition for the disciplines of Karate Kata, Weapon Kata, Sword Fighting and Kumite (Karate Point Fighting), there were over 250 entries from young children to veteran competitors.
The competition was preceded by two seminars on the Friday evening when the Moy Valley Freestyle Dojo in Ballina hosted Vicky Fricke from Germany who focused her presentation on Japanese Jujutsu. At the same time, the Faolchu Dojo in Tuam was hosting a Karate seminar with Vicky’s husband, Jens Fricke. The feedback from both seminars was very positive as both instructors are very experienced at delivering lessons in an informative, but enjoyable way.
On the Saturday morning the competition began, and the event was introduced by Martin O’Malley, Chairman of the Irish branch of the federation. Deputy Michelle Mulherin was in attendance on the morning, and opening her address to the group she offered a multi-lingual welcome, much to the delight of the international teams. Deputy Mulherin went on to congratulate all involved on the organisation and running of the event, and in particular the local Moy Valley Freestyle group under Mr. Harry Thompson, who had done so much work to secure the hosting of such a prestigious event. This had taken a lot of hard work on their behalf, but offered great opportunities for the promotion and development of martial arts as a minority activity in the area, and to showcase Ballina and its sporting facilities on an international level. Closing her speech, Deputy Mulherin wished all of the competitors the very best in their competitions.
These sentiments were reiterated by Cllr Jarlath Munnelly, who welcomed all the visitors to Ireland and to the town of Ballina. Councillor Munnelly also spoke as a parent whose child had recently begun martial arts practice, and of his admiration of the discipline, dedication and determination of all the people involved. He too wished the contestants well in the competitions.
Finally, Jens Fricke spoke on behalf of the International Martial Arts Federation, Europe where he outlined the basic concept of the federation as one which brings martial artists together for mutual education and friendly competition. He congratulated the Irish branch on the organisation of the event, and he too wished the contestants well in the event.
With the formalities out of the way, the day began with Karate Kata for children aged 4 and 5 years and progressed through the age groups to the over 35’s. There were some excellent demonstrations of Shotokan, Shorin-ryu, Shito-ryu and Goju-ryu Kata, and earning a medal was extremely tough. This was followed by the second form of demonstration competition, the Weapons Kata division. With demonstrations of the Katana (sword), Nunchaku, Tuifa (baton), Bo (staff), and Sai (Truncheon) the skill of the participants was really revealed by the dexterity of their weapon manipulation and control.
After the initial medal presentations, it was on to the ‘combat’ divisions. These began with the ever popular Kengeki (sword fighting) divisions. Using foam swords to strike the targets, the children thoroughly enjoyed this division, while the older age groups saw some fierce competition among the teams. The day closed with the Kumite (Karate Point Fighting) divisions, where again there were some great battles between closely matched fighters. Earning a medal was certainly a tough challenge, but all three nations took their fair share.
The feedback after the event was very positive with Kris Tunen, the head of the Belgian delegation requesting the dates for the 2017 edition as soon as possible. Similarly, Jens Fricke who was there as head of the German group said that he and his team thoroughly enjoyed the whole weekend, and are looking forward to the next chance to be back in Ireland.
From an Irish point of view, Martin O’Malley told us that ‘creating these events is not easy and I want to thank everyone involved, the local hosts Harry Thompson and his team at Moy Valley who arranged the competition, the Civil Defence for providing the first aid cover, and the Ballina Leisure Centre for their excellent facilities, and of course, I want to thank both Deputy Mulherin and Cllr Munnelly for showing their support for the event’. Martin added that he would ‘also want to say thank you to all those who travelled to officiate at the event and who worked hard to ensure that it all ran smoothly. Lastly, I want to thank all those who turned up to take part in the competition. Without that support we could not have had the success we did’.
The competition was preceded by two seminars on the Friday evening when the Moy Valley Freestyle Dojo in Ballina hosted Vicky Fricke from Germany who focused her presentation on Japanese Jujutsu. At the same time, the Faolchu Dojo in Tuam was hosting a Karate seminar with Vicky’s husband, Jens Fricke. The feedback from both seminars was very positive as both instructors are very experienced at delivering lessons in an informative, but enjoyable way.
On the Saturday morning the competition began, and the event was introduced by Martin O’Malley, Chairman of the Irish branch of the federation. Deputy Michelle Mulherin was in attendance on the morning, and opening her address to the group she offered a multi-lingual welcome, much to the delight of the international teams. Deputy Mulherin went on to congratulate all involved on the organisation and running of the event, and in particular the local Moy Valley Freestyle group under Mr. Harry Thompson, who had done so much work to secure the hosting of such a prestigious event. This had taken a lot of hard work on their behalf, but offered great opportunities for the promotion and development of martial arts as a minority activity in the area, and to showcase Ballina and its sporting facilities on an international level. Closing her speech, Deputy Mulherin wished all of the competitors the very best in their competitions.
These sentiments were reiterated by Cllr Jarlath Munnelly, who welcomed all the visitors to Ireland and to the town of Ballina. Councillor Munnelly also spoke as a parent whose child had recently begun martial arts practice, and of his admiration of the discipline, dedication and determination of all the people involved. He too wished the contestants well in the competitions.
Finally, Jens Fricke spoke on behalf of the International Martial Arts Federation, Europe where he outlined the basic concept of the federation as one which brings martial artists together for mutual education and friendly competition. He congratulated the Irish branch on the organisation of the event, and he too wished the contestants well in the event.
With the formalities out of the way, the day began with Karate Kata for children aged 4 and 5 years and progressed through the age groups to the over 35’s. There were some excellent demonstrations of Shotokan, Shorin-ryu, Shito-ryu and Goju-ryu Kata, and earning a medal was extremely tough. This was followed by the second form of demonstration competition, the Weapons Kata division. With demonstrations of the Katana (sword), Nunchaku, Tuifa (baton), Bo (staff), and Sai (Truncheon) the skill of the participants was really revealed by the dexterity of their weapon manipulation and control.
After the initial medal presentations, it was on to the ‘combat’ divisions. These began with the ever popular Kengeki (sword fighting) divisions. Using foam swords to strike the targets, the children thoroughly enjoyed this division, while the older age groups saw some fierce competition among the teams. The day closed with the Kumite (Karate Point Fighting) divisions, where again there were some great battles between closely matched fighters. Earning a medal was certainly a tough challenge, but all three nations took their fair share.
The feedback after the event was very positive with Kris Tunen, the head of the Belgian delegation requesting the dates for the 2017 edition as soon as possible. Similarly, Jens Fricke who was there as head of the German group said that he and his team thoroughly enjoyed the whole weekend, and are looking forward to the next chance to be back in Ireland.
From an Irish point of view, Martin O’Malley told us that ‘creating these events is not easy and I want to thank everyone involved, the local hosts Harry Thompson and his team at Moy Valley who arranged the competition, the Civil Defence for providing the first aid cover, and the Ballina Leisure Centre for their excellent facilities, and of course, I want to thank both Deputy Mulherin and Cllr Munnelly for showing their support for the event’. Martin added that he would ‘also want to say thank you to all those who travelled to officiate at the event and who worked hard to ensure that it all ran smoothly. Lastly, I want to thank all those who turned up to take part in the competition. Without that support we could not have had the success we did’.
Feb 1, 2016
Results from IMAF National Tournament
Fantastic medal haul from the recent IMAF tournament in Ballina. Well done to everyone who participated and make sure to bring in your score cards to be entered in competitor of the year.
Kata
1st – Alyssa Fahy
Regan Warde
Sean Flemming
Ciaran Flemming
2nd - Matthew Friel
Kiera Dempsey
3rd- Kelly Gibsey
Laura Daly
Clara Muller
Sander Muller
Kenjitsu
1st – Regan Warde
Kieran Friel
2nd - Kiera Dempsey
Alyssa Fahy
3rd- Zoe Flemming
Zak Flaherty
Devin Tierney
Kumite
1st – Jasmine Flaherty
Sander Muller
Sean Flemming
Shauna Flynn
Zak Flaherty
Regan Warde
2nd - Kelly Gibsey
Kiera Dempsey
Keiran Friel
Devin Tierney
3rd- Zak Flaherty
Laura Daly
Dominic Rogaliski
Jan 31, 2016
Jens Fricke Sensei
We had the pleasure of hosting Jens Fricke from IMAF Germany in our dojo on Friday with thanks to IMAF Ireland. It was a wonderful experience to have karateka from seven different dojo and various organisations all come together to meet and train and learn.
Sensei Jens Fricke covered such a wide range of topics from kihon, kata and kumite , linking from one to the other seamlessly. However I felt that we where only scratching the surface of the class variety and knowledge that Sensei Fricke could offer. Hopefully we will get to train again with him soon.
Sensei Jens Fricke covered such a wide range of topics from kihon, kata and kumite , linking from one to the other seamlessly. However I felt that we where only scratching the surface of the class variety and knowledge that Sensei Fricke could offer. Hopefully we will get to train again with him soon.
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