Tuam Karate Club: Tuam Karate Club

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Tuam Karate Club – Nidan Grading!!

Tuam karate club would like to congratulate Sensei Ben Kelly on achieving his 2nd Dan black belt last weekend at the IJKA Spring seminar with Kato Sensei. About 10 members of the dojo made the trip to Fermoy for the course, including two of our white belts, Barry and Daithí who were training with Kato Sensei for the first time. Congratulations to them for doing the club proud. As usual it was a tough but very educational and fun weekend of training which was then followed by a very challenging grading examination from IJKA world chief instructor Shihan Kato (9th Dan). Ben has been training and teaching at Tuam karate club for many, many years now. His commitment to training and teaching and Karate in general is an inspiration to everyone in the club. It is also a great asset to the club to now have two 2nd dan black belts graded by one of the most well respected Karate masters in the world. I know Ben has a lot of exciting classes planned for everyone over the coming weeks which are certainly not to be missed!!

Well Done and congratulations from everyone at the Sho Bu Kan Dojo!

OSU!

Ben during his kumite! - some more photos from the weekend have been uploaded to our Photo Gallery page as well.

about us

Tuam Karate Club is currently accepting new students. If you want to learn to defend yourself, get fit, improve your confidence and have fun - give it a try! The club was founded in 1974 and is the oldest Karate club in the West of Ireland; we currently have four black belts training at the club and a wide variety of mixed grades. Unlike many Karate clubs, we are run on a non-profit basis as a labour of love and we are dedicated to teaching only top quality Karate.

We hold a yearly autumn course with IJKA world chief instructor Sadashige Kato Sensei, 9th Dan - one of the world's most respected Karate Masters - as well as regular classes with high ranking Irish instructors. Members frequently attend training camps across the country and indeed, the whole world. Our primary focus is traditional Japanese Karate for self defence, but many students also attend national competitions annually. We accept adults and students aged eight years and above. People of any fitness level are more than welcome to give it a try. Class costs 5 euro and all classes are pay as you go. Your first class is free. As we have a large, very well equipped hall and several black belts to help supervise at all times, there is no need to pre-book for classes. To register, just turn up any Saturday (at 11.30am) to sign up! For more information, please look around our website and feel free to use the contact details provided.

Upcoming Events

14/15/16th October –- Autumn course with Kato Sensei (9th Dan) in Tuam!
3rd/4th December -- Black and brown belt seminar, Whitchurch, IJKA England Honbu Dojo.
9th December -- Course and grading with Sensei Brian Toomey, 6th Dan. Scouthall, Tuam.
17th December -- Senior grade kata class with Demot O' Keefe, 5th dan, in Castlebar Shotokan Karate Club.
28th/29th January 2012 -- Koryu Uchinadi kata and bo staff course with Sensei Jim Sindt, 4th Dan, GMIT Galway.
4th/5th February -- Course with Sensei André Bertel, IJKA New Zealand 6th Dan and uchideshi of Shihan Asai, 10th dan, in Ahrensburg, Germany.
9/10/11th March -- Spring seminar with Shihan Kato, 9th Dan, IJKA Ireland Hombu Dojo, Fermoy, Co. Cork.