Tournament in Moate Community Centre

The Irish Shotokan Academy have invited us to partcipate in their 2nd anniversary tournament in Moate Community Centre on Sunday, June 5th. We need to be there by 9.45 AM. You can partcipate in kata, kumite or both. If any Zanshin members are interested, please contact Proinsias by Monday, May 23rd. Thanks to Senseis Liam and Gerry for inviting us - we'll see you there! Cost is €10 per person.

Martial Arts for Tsunamai Relief - Report

Several members of Zanshin Karate-Do, including all four instructors, attended the Martial Arts Tsunami Support seminar on Saturday, 23rd April. We were pleased to see that both junior and senior members supported this worthy cause. Among others, we trained with Shihan Brett Halliday (6th Dan) and Sensei Artie Speight (5th Dan), and gained a new insight into aspects of our art. Grand Master Llanera was in flying form, and many other brilliant instructors were teaching on the day, including Sensei Maurice Oldridge (Karate-jutsu), Grand Masters Tommy Jordan and Peter Coyle (Kenpo), Sensei Ken Fitzpatrick (Kyokushin), Jay Daniels (Kickboxing champon) and Shihan Steve Byrne (Bujinkan Ninjitsu). All instructors proved to be absolute gentlemen, as well as great martial artists. It was a day to remember, and hopefully we'll be able to invite some of the aforementioned masters to give seminars in our dojo!
Remember: no training on Easter Monday. Training resumes on Monday, 2nd May at the usual time.

Mini-Tournament

We had great fun at our Mini-Tournament on the 18th of April! Students from Kinnegad and Portarlington dojos took part, and good fun was had by all! Remember, it does NOT matter who wins or who loses... it's the fighting spirit that counts, it's what Shotokan is all about. Senseis Liam, Gerry and Proinsias officiated on the night and were VERY pleased with the spirit displayed! Here are a few photos...

Easter Mini -Tournament

On Monday, April18th, Zanshin Kinnegad are running a mock-tournament in practice for the real thing! We will have individual and team kata, individual and team sparring! Senseis Gerry, Liam, Keith and Proinsias will judge the competition. Any of our friends from LFS and Renshukan Karate-Do Europe are welcome to attend (instructors can help with judging!) Good luck to all! We are NOT training on Easter Monday (25th April)

Martial Arts for Tsunami Relief

There is an allstyles martial arts seminar and family day being organised in Tullamore on Saturday 23rd April 2011. Kids who wish to partake in different martial arts styles and training pay €10, adults pay €20. Kids session is between 9.30 -11.00 AM, adults between 12.00 - 5.00 PM. Styles include Shotokan, Kenpo and Kyokushin Karate, Kickboxing, Aiki Ju-Jitsu and Eskrima. If you don't feel like Martial Arts, face-painting, kid's disco and magic show is available. If you're interested, please contact a Zanshin instructor. All fund go to Japanese Tsunami Relief. Many top masters will be teaching on the day. It's a worthy cause - if you have the opportunity, please support it! Our own top instructor, Shihan Brett Halliday, 6th Dan, and Grand Master Ding Llanera will be teaching on the day. Liam and Proinsias thoroughly recommend this!. Log on to Martial Arts for Tsunami Relief on Facebook to find out more...

Brown belt grading!

Congratulations to Zanshin Karate-Do assistant instructors Ollie Henchy and Fergus Fenlon who successfully graded to Brown 2 (Nikyu) last night. The grading took over an hour and a half, and comprised fitness and conditioning, kihon (basics), kata, kata applications, defence against weapon attacks, five-step, one-step and semi-free sparring and of course plenty of jiyu kumite! (free sparring). The panel of Zanshin instructors werte very impressed with the levels of physical fitness and technical expertise displayed. The lads are well on their way towards achieving their shodan level. Here are some photos...

Congratulations on promotions!

Congratulations to all those from Zanshin Karate-Do who graded last night, Monday, March 7th. 25 students from our Kinnegad and Portarlington dojos tested in front of a panel of ZKD instructors (Gerard Walsh, Liam Darcy, Keith Walsh and Proinsias Ó Fearghail) with guest examiner Guro Donal Connaughton from Llanera Fighting Systems. Great spirit was shown by all candidates on the night, and we were impressed with the level of skill displayed. However, we have no time to rest on our laurels, there is much room for improvement! See you all in the dojo next week..,.