Some Events in the coming Weeks

There's plenty to be doing for those of us with free time on our hands over the next couple of months!
Masao Kagawa 8th Dan will be in Nottingham, UK on the 11th to the 13th of March.
The JKS will be having one of many open training courses in Dublin on the 26th of March, followed on the Sunday of the same weekend the JKS squad training in Moat.
Scott Langley will be teaching at an open course and grading in Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo hosted by Alan Biesty on the 3rd of April.
Master Harry Thompson is having MVF's first invitational Little Dragons in Ballina also on the 3rd of April.
The Ardee Open mixed karate will be on the 16th of April, followed on the Sunday the 17th by JKS squad training in Dublin.
Scott Langley will be teaching at a course and grading in Athboy, hosted by Pat Murtagh.
On Sunday the 1st of May, the IJKA Open Tournament is on in Fermoy, Co Cork.
Should any of our students wish to attend these events please talk to one of your sensei for further details.
That should keep us busy for a while.

Dai Katas Uploaded

Karate in Tuam has taken a new progression this week with the uploading of versions of the Dai Katas to the Grading Syllabus pages. So far Dai Ichi Ken, Dai Ni Ken and Dai San Ken are loaded to the 13th, 12th, 11th and 10th Kyu pages along with the required Khion and Kumite for the grades. I will add Dai Yon Ken later as I add to the syllabus.

These Dai Katas are not available on any other site and are not on the web anywhere in the forms required by I.J.K.A. Ireland for grading through the beginner grades, for this reason we had to record them ourselves. We have shown them from two angles and a little slower for learning purposes, so use them as a learning aid only.

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.