Women in Sport Week

Last week 2nd through to the 8th of March was Women in sport week.

Sensei Marie took the time to take photos of some of the great women we have training with us.

Below is a collection of photos from some of our classes.

IMAC / Karate Ireland National Squad Training

 On Saturday 7th of Feb '26 we travelled to Nass for Squad training. The course lasted a little over 2hrs and covered Kata & Kumite training.

We were suprised at how many were in attendance with in excess of 70 athletes.

Well done to our representatives on the day you performed brilliantly.

Training with friends

 Last Saturday 24th Jan I travelled to Rochfordbridge to train in Midlands Shotokan Karate club with Sensei Alan Smith. 

It was a great training day where we covered the Katas, Heian Nidan,Tekki Nidan, Kakioku Nidan and Nijushio. Complemented with some nice Khion and a recap of some of the lessons they had covered during the week.

The training was followed by a light lunch and a chat about karate development and progress between our clubs.

Karate Ireland Coaching Course Pt 1

 This weekend 17th & 18th January, club instructors Marie & Malcolm took part in two days of training for their IMAC and Sport Ireland accredited coaching certificates.

This is a four day course spread over two weekends. The course covered a vast amount related to coaching athletes and dealt with best practices, legal obligations, integration and scientific methods for coaching students.

Marie Murphy & Malcolm Murphy

Students of the Year

 To end 2025 we held our Student awards. We do this each year to honour the best performing, most inspiring and most dedicated students. It's always a difficult choice.

This year we choose the following:

Ronan Luxford for Student of the year in the Little Wolves category and his sister Fionnuala with an award of merit for best attendance

Fionn Coen for Student of The Year in the General classes

Meábh Fleming was our Competitor of the Year

Osaka Cup Germany

 Hi everyone, it's been a while since I posted here. So let me begin by wishing you all a very Happy New Year 2026. I thought I'd begin again by filling you in on the highlights of 2025.

For us one big event was our trip to Emden and taking part in the Osaka Cup. 

We had a brilliant experience with a full programme for the day.

Firstly we had a seminar for 2hrs with 4 different instructors teaching Bo, Sport Kenjutsu, Kumite and Kata. This was followed by an exibition of cutting with Live Katana.

We took part in a Ireland v Germany challenge and finally the open Osaka Cup in kata and kumite

A brilliant adventure and well done to our representatives and their supporters.

Health Screening Form

Ground fighting and Grappling Seminar

Club members Colin Friel, Kieron Friel and Jayden Murphy took part in a ground fighting and grappling seminar recently hosted by NUIG Karate Club.

Competitor of the Year Rankings

Here are the current ranking of the students who have reached the top ten in their division. This list will change accross the year with many more making it into the list and from previous experiance there is no way to tell who will be the final winners at this stage.

LITTLE WOLVES
1. Saoirse Mc Grath
2. Ria Flaherty
3. Erin Keane
4. Shiloh Mihnes
5. Aoibhinn Waters
6. Shay Mc Grath
7. Sean Minnock
8. Julien Karczynski
9. David Walsh
10/11. Gerry Lydon
10/11 Nicole Miskell

CHILDREN COLOURED BELTS
1. Caelim Begley
2. Alana Ferry
3/4 Darragh Kilmartin
3/4 Tiernan Kilmartin
5. Paul Cotter
6. Connor Mc Guire
7. Grace Scarry
8. Fionn Coen
9. Anastaia Nikolajeus
10. Cian O Driscoll

BLACK AND BROWN BELTS
1. Latisha Beirne
2. Niamh Divilly
3. Kieron Friel
4. Diana Atmad
5. Jane Collins
6. Amy Riley Kearns
7. Patricia Mc Loughlin
8/9 Mya Grogan
8/9 Alyssa Fahy
10. Kiera Dempsey

TUAM
1. Latisha Beirne
2. Kieron Friel
3. Diana Atmad
4. Caelim Begley
5. Alana Ferry
6. Amy Riley Kearns
7. Saoirse Mc Grath
8. Alyssa Fahy
9. Kiera Dempsey
10. Shauna Flynn

CLONBERNE
1. Niamh Divilly
2. Cian O Driscoll
3. Kieron Walsh
4. Nicole Miskell
5. Luke Walsh
6. Sean Mitchell
7. Sadhbh Jennings
8. Donncha Jennings

KILKERRIN
1. Jane Collins
2. Patricia Mc Loughlin
3. Mya Grogan
4/5. Darragh Kilmartin
4/5 Tiernan Kilmartin
6. Nuala Kilmartin
7. Eli Kilmartin
8. Edi Kilmartin
9/10. James Kilmartin
9/10 Noah Kisik

DUNMORE
1. Ria Flaherty
2. Aoibhinn Waters
3. Erika Diskin
4/5 Elana Maslov
4/5 Timmy Maslov
6. Saoirse Kivlehan
7. Siofra Waters
8. Paddy Fleming
9. Clodagh Kivlehan
10. Jack Fleming
10. Mícheal Fleming
10. Reuben Kramer
10. Sean Kivlehan

March Students of the Month

Here are all the great students who were successful this month.

From Kilkerrin Jessica

From Clonberne Tracey and Cian

 From Dunmore Elana and Timmy

From Tuam Eileen and Katie

Oliver and Saoirse

 Joshua and Oscar

Eve and Oisín

Well done everyone and keep up the great work.