Tuam Karate Student of the Month

Karate kids in Tuam medal winners Nathan Kilmartin and Jasmine Flaherty

Mellisa Roche. Well done keep the good work.

Dunmore Karate Student of the Month

Dunmore Karate kids Megan and Niamh from the senior children's class.

Mikey and Kyle from our Dunmore Little Wolves.

Well done to our medal winners

Teddy Adventures

Faolchu Karate Teddies have been having an amazing time in their adventures around Galway.

A big thanks to all the children and families that have hosted and entertained them on their adventures.

Kilkerrin Karate Student of the Month

Well done Darragh Kilmartin and Sean Gannon our Kilkerrin Student of the Month Winners in Kilkerrin Karate Club.

Great Work lads.

Clonberne Karate Student of the Month

Holly and Niamh. Clonberne Karate Kids February Medal winners.

Thursday February Little Wolves

Twins Rory and Brian Morgan the senior Little Wolves.

 Jayden our beginners Little Wolves winner.

Well done and keep up the good work.

Karate's Toughest Muckers

A group of 10 tough adventurers from Tuam Faolchu Karate club put on a brave face and their best foot forward when they took on The Lough Key Forest Park Toughest Muckers Adventure Race.

The race is designed by the Fire Department and incorporates obstacles from Ireland's Fittest Families along with rivers, mud holes and terrifying climbs.

Our brave team spirit was made up of two husband and wife teams and also both the youngest and oldest competitors of the event. Well done to everyone who all successfully competed the course.

Pictured 

L-R Photo 1: Colin Friel, Regan Warde, Dominik Rogalski, PJ Ferry, Sharon Ferry, Liam Brandon, Rebecca Gilcrest, Ciaran Kelly, Malcolm Murphy, Marie Murphy

L-R Photo 2: Liam Brandon, Colin Friel, Sharon Ferry, Malcolm Murphy, Dominik Rogalski, Marie Murphy, Rebecca Gilcrest, Ciaran Kelly, PJ Ferry, Regan Warde.

Sensei Matt Price Visits Tuam

Faolchú Karate Club had the pleasure of hosting Sensei Matt Price in Tuam, Co. Galway.

Sensei Price makes an annual visit to The West Coast of Ireland, each year bringing current and new training methods and information from England, Japan and the top elite WKF events worldwide.

There where 4 training sessions across the weekend. Saturday was an intensive 4 hour session which was split into a morning kata session and afternoon kumite drills.

Empi and the rarely taught Chinte where the focal points of our kata session, along with coaching on how to present kata in a confident and relaxed manner.

The advanced kumite session was a technically based session where we ran drills and built up scoring profiles. The floor was open to questions and during a topically based afternoon we explored how to fight various opponents like how taller and heavier fighters can be bested and how to deal with a light agile fighter.

Sunday had three 1 hour sessions where classes where divided by age and grade, with the youngest students from 4 years old.

Children participated in fun filled activities and drills where they developed speed and good karate technique, all in a light hearted environment. Both students and parents praised Sensei Matts training methods and warm personality. 

Next years session has already been booked!

Kilkerrin January Student of the Month

Well done to Kilkerrin Karate club member Joey and Micheala winners on Student of the Month in January. Also pictured is Seán taking home teddy for the week.

Dunmore Karate Kids Student of the Month

Dunmore Karate Kids Leah and Rueben win Little Wolves Student of the Month.

Tommy and Sabhdh win Childrens class Student of the Month

Well done guys , keep up the great work.