Matt Price Sensei teaches in Tuam

A fantastic session on Saturday with Sensei Matt Price 6th Dan.

New Black Belts for Tuam

Congratulations to Tuam's 4 new karate Black Belts. Marie Murphy 3rd Dan, Ciarán Fleming 1st Dan, Colin Friel 2nd Dan and Noel Flynn 3rd Dan.

Competitor of the Year Update - October

As we near the end of 2016, we are delighted that our Competitor of the Year has been a great success.
Please note that the final date for this year is the 10th of December, any points gained after this will be added to 2017.
Current ranking as they stand are

Little Wolves (under 8 years)

1. Sean Fleming

2. Zoe Fleming 

3. Caelim Begley

4. Sean Gannon 

5. Eibhlin Collins

6. Mylo Higgins

7. Edi Kilmartin 

8. Sarah Brandon

9. Gianluca Fornaciai 

10. Nuala Kilmartin 

Age 8+, under brown

1. Matthew Friel

2. Kelly Gibsey 

3. Kiera Dempsey

4. Clara Muller

5. Conor Fleming

6. Luke Walsh

7. Jasmine Flaherty 

8. Zak Flaherty 

9. Diana Atmad

10. Ciara Murray ( Dunmore)

Black and Brown

1. Regan Warde

2. Shauna Flynn

3. Kieron Friel

4. Alyssa Fahy

5. Ciaran Fleming 

6. Jayden Murphy

7. Laura Daly

8. Dominik Rogalski

9. Sean Brandon

10. Marie Murphy

Clonberne 

1. Luke Walsh

2. Tracey Gillooly

Kilkerrin 
1. Sean Gannon
2. Eibhlin Collins
3. Jane Collins
4. Darragh Kilmartin
5. Patricia Mc Loughlin
6. Patrick Coneran
7. Mya Grogan

Dunmore
1. Diana Atmad
2. Ciara Murray
3. Sé Mitchell
4. Síofra Waters
5. Hugh Reddington
6. Donncha Mitchell
7. Aoibhinn Waters
8. Finian Cronin
9. Conor Meehan
10/11.Isabelle Reddington
10/11. Robert Glynn

Tuam
1. Regan Warde
2. Shauna Flynn
3. Kieron Friel
4. Alyssa Fahy
5. Sean Fleming
6. Ciaran Fleming
7. Jayden Murphy
8. Zoe Fleming
9. Matthew Friel
10. Kelly Gibsey

Thursday Little Wolves Student of the Month

Children's Karate Class winners Tudor and Caoimhe from the beginner Little Wolves

And Catriona and Mylo from the advanced Little Wolves class

Competitor of the Year Current Rankings

We have had an outstanding response to our Competitor of the Year and it is a credit to the amazing dedicated and loyal students of Faolchú.
Here are the top rankings as they stand but it is still constantly changing and anyone could be the winner!!!
LITTLE WOLVES 
(Top 10)
1. Seán Fleming
2. Zoe Fleming
3. Caelim Begley
4. Sean Gannon
5. Eibhlín Collins
6. Mylo Higgins
7. Edie Kilmartin
8. Sarah Brandon
9/10. Gianluca Fornaciai
9/10. Nuala Kilmartin


AGE 8+ UNDER BROWN BELT
(Top 10)
1. Kelly Gibsey Keane
2. Kiera Dempsey
3. Matthew Friel
4. Luke Walsh
5. Conor Fleming
6. Diana Athmad
7. Ciara Murray (Dunmore)
8. Clara Muller
9 Jane Collins
10. Zak Flaherty


BROWN AND BLACK BELT
(top 10)
1. Alyssa Fahy
2. Regan Warde
3. Ciarán Fleming
4. Shauna Flynn
5. Kieron Friel
6. Dominik Rogalski
7. Jayden Murphy
8. Laura Daly
9. Seán Brandon
10. Devon Tierney

CLONBERNE
1. Luke Walsh
2. Tracey Gillooley

KILKERRIN
1. Sean Gannon
2. Eibhlin Collins
3. Jane Collins
4/5. Darragh Kilmartin
4/5. Patricia Mc Loughlin
6. Patrick Coneran
7. Mya Grogan

DUNMORE
(top 10)
1. Diana Athmad
2. Ciara Murray
3. Sé Mitchell
4. Síofra Waters
5. Hugh Reddington
6. Donncha Mitchell
7. Aoibhinn Reddington
8. Finian Cronin
9. Conor Meehan
10/11. Isabelle Reddington
10/11. Robert Glynn

Please note there has been a small change to the scoring system with the points per event attended changed.
Local events where 0 points, now 5 points
National events where 5 points , now 10 points
International events where 10, now 20 points.

Tuesday Little Wolves

Arsen proudly displays his winning trophy from the Little Wolves Tournament.
Congratulations.

Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha Cairde

Many thanks to Gaelscoil Iarfhlata Cairde in Tuam for the invitation to teach as part of Primary Schools Active week.
I had the pleasure of meeting and training with 1st, 2nd and 3rd class.
We covered an introduction to basic punches, blocks and front kick.
Followed by a series of games used to develop listening skills, speed, reaction and confidence.

Kilkerrin April Student of the Month

Kilkerrin Karate Club Student of the Month Jane Collins

And Jennifer Bedn.
Keep up the good work.

Thursday Little Wolves Student of the Month

Congratulations to siblings Abbie, Mary Kate and Ben Collins on their joint awards for student of the Month Little Wolves March. Great work by all.

Little Wolves Medal winners

Karate Kids Fionn Mitchell and Tudor Scurty worked very hard to get their Student of the Month medals.

Good work boys.

February Little Wolves Student of the Month

Jay Flaherty and Gerard Teahon

Sisters Ailish and Catriona Harper

Well done and keep up the good work.

Irish Fighter

Irish Fighter landed at my house today and it's definitely an interesting one!

Great work Rob

Tuam Karate Kids Student of the Month

Karate Kids win student of the month for their consistent hard work

Sarah Rigney and Keith Collins

Brothers Conor and Ciaran Fleming

Makita Sensei in Tuam

We where honored to have Makita Sensei come to our dojo on Monday the 18th of November.
Makita Sensei held two classes, one for our Little Wolves and one for older students.
We had a wonderful insight into how I'd imagine the Japanese Little Children must train with intense detail to attention.
Sensei went through a series of drills for developing basic technique (that where tricker than they looked).
With the senior class, the focus was of a similar nature. Taking the basic mae geri and exposing the true power and genius of this magnificent instructor. However 90 minutes of training really feels like the tip of a deep iceberg.
Many thanks the JKS and Scott Langley for making Makita Sensei available to us in Galway.

Name Boards Completed

A big thanks to Paddy Mc Loughlin for creating our name boards. Everyone thinks they are pretty impressive and with our grading coming up it will be exciting to watch the names move up and new ones added.

Shinto Nagaki comes to Jks Ireland

Dunmore Student of the Month

Dunmore Karate Kids Jake Slattery and siblings Ella & Erica Ryan proudly display their student of the month medals.