July Squad Training

Fantastic group training in at our July Summer Squad. Well done everyone.

Faolchú Grading Sunday June 2016

Another greatly successful grading day was held in Milltown Community Centre by Faolchú Karate Clubs, combining Tuam Faolchú Dojo, Dunmore Karate Club, Kilkerrin Karate Club and Clonberne Karate Club.
Sensei Pat Murtagh and Sensei Alan Smith taught two exciting and engaging classes before we set about grading 100 karate students from complete beginners all the way up to 3rd brown belt (the belt before black belt).
A challenging and exciting day was had by all participants.

JKS National Championships

Congratulations to Faolchú Karate Club members Dominik, Kieron, Regan, Shauna, Matthew, Ciaran, Jayden, Conor, Alyssa and Conor who travelled and competed at the JKS Nationals in Dublin. They once again did us proud returning victorious with 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze. A big thanks to our students for always stepping up and challenging themselves and our helpers on the day Colin, Caroline and Mark.

Jks England Championships.

Well done to the Faolchu guys who trained today in preparation for The Jks Championships.

I'm loving our new jackets

Some Photos from the CIKA international

In action Jayden Murphy scores

And Regan Warde.

Hirota Black Belts

Just love the new Black Belts

Dunmore Student of the Month

Dunmore Karate Kids Ava Dunne and Isabelle Reddington our successful Student of the Month medal winners.

And our Little Wolf Morgan, well done to everyone.

MSKC

A strong Faolchú Karate Team traveled and competed at the MSKC tournament with great success.

Kagawa

Jks Ireland hosted a very exciting and successful course with Kagawa Shihan in Dublin on Sunday. Faolchú students travelled and trained with this the exceptional instructor.
Regan Warde and Paddy Murray successfully passed shodan in what was a physically and mentally challenging day. We are all very proud of them and delighted to have our new blackbelts in Faolchú Karate Club.

Clonberne Karate Club

Clonberne Karate Kids Ava Costello and Cathal Donelon our well deserving student of the month winners.

Matt Price Sensei

Photos from another fantastic training weekend with Sensei Matt Price.

Many thanks to all who travelled and trained.

February Squad Training

Faolchu Karate had a great February squad training with over 60 in attendance 

Pictured Little Wolves Class

Clonberne, Dunmore & Kilkerrin

Karate Clubs from Clonberne, Kilkerrin and Dunmore attended training and grading under Dermot O Keeffe Sensei 6th Dan on Sunday. 

The students made a big effort and excellent performance as they displayed their Kihon , Kumite and Kata .

Well done to everyone 

And They're Off

Best of Luck to Team Ireland at the European Championships

JKS Ireland Ready for Copenhagen

JKS Ireland held their final training session today before their departure for The JKS European Championships in Copenhagen , Denmark.

Led by Dermot O Keeffe Sensei 6th Dan the team have been training hard in preparation for the much anticipated event.

JKS Ireland have taken the innovative step of funding their squad by reinvesting affiliation fees into the development of their students.

This means unlike other karate organisations squad funding is not solely reliant on fundraising.

Tuam Faolchu would like to wish all the best to Team Ireland.

Dunmore Karate May Student of the Month

Dunmore Karate Club May medal winners, Keep up the hard work guys :-)

Little Wolves Saoirse Corless and Christy Comer.

Sean and Marcus Halliday.

First JKS Squad Training of 2014

JKS Ireland national Squad training will be held on Feb 16th.
Training will at 10:30am in Hokubu Dojo.
This is suitable for all students purple belt and above.
 All students wishing to come to training should contact their Sensei for the relevant information

Galway Karate Clubs Grading

Faolchu Karate held our largest ever grading over the weekend with 166 students trying out for their next rank. Well done to everyone who challenged themselves to the next level.

What about your Mammy???

For many scholars and athletes the nature vs nurture debate is a common one. 

Are you a born talent or has training and study brought you to your current abilities.

Personally I've researched a lot about the subject and that's another days debate. 

Today after bringing 10 of our students aged from 9 years to 14 to Squad training in Dublin, where they had to be got out of their beds before 6am by Mammies and Daddies. The evidence is larger than ever, neither nature nor nurture can prevail without those parents.

The parents who make sure their child makes classes, competitions, squad training and all the other demands.

No child can prevail without a supportive parent.

And I would like to say a big thank you to all of you who sacrifice your sleep ins. 

Shinto Nagaki comes to Jks Ireland