Edenderry Tournament

All Zanshin members going to the tournament in Edenderry need to be at Edenderry Boxing Club at 11.30 AM on Sunday, May 6th. Please bring suit, belt, plenty of water and a packed lunch. Remember fees are €10 (kata and kumite) or €5 (kata/kumite only). Tournament should be over by 6 pm. Hope to see you all there! Kinnegad squad members are meeting outside GAA centre at 10.45 AM to travel over.
There is NO TRAINING in Kinnegad on Monday, 7th March - to give you all a chance to recover!

No Class on Easter Monday!

Zanshin Karate-do  Kinnegad will not be training on Monday, 9th April (Easter Monday). When we resume training on 16th April we will be preparing to take part in a tournament in Edenderry on Sunday 6th May. If you are interested, please tell Proinsias or Liam on the 16th. The cost will be €10 (covers kata and sparring).

Grading at Zanshin Karate-Do, Kinnegad

On Saturday, 31st March 2012, a contingent of junior and senior members from Zanshin Karate Club graded in their dojo in the Kinnegad GAA Centre. After a brisk warm-up and stretch, led by Zanshin Sempai Ollie Henchy, the juniors began their grading. They were assessed on bag and pad work, basics, kata, kata bunkai, pre-arranged sparring and free sparring. Emma Crowe, Ronan Moran, Conor Darcy and Liam Ó Fearghail were promoted to orange belt, Emily Moran, Grace Moran, Alannah Casey, Chloe Coyne, Emmanuel Etcheri, Seán Govan and Cormac Ó Fearghail advanced to yellow belt and Louise Darcy and Muireann Ní Fhearghail achieved green belt. Here are some photos!

At 3.30, the senior grading started. This was a physically and mentally demanding affair, comprising fitness and conditioning, basics, kata, kata applications and lots of sparring! At the end Conor Crowe and Peter Govan advanced to yellow belt, John Whelehan was awarded green belt and Matthew and Aaron Darcy were promoted to blue belt. Here are some photos:

Congratulations to all our members - we were very proud of the spirit and good technique shown on the day. The grading panel comprised Zanshin instructors Senseis Gerard Walsh, Liam Darcy and Proinsias Ó Fearghail along with guest instructor Guro Donal Connaughton from Midlands FMA Club. Many thanks are due to Zanshin assistant instructor Ollie Henchy for his work with seniors and juniors alike. It was a great day for our club. Here is the grading panel:

See you all on Monday for training! Well done again!

No Training on 19th March

Zanshin Karate-Do Kinnegad will not be training on Monday 19 March. Training will resume on Monday 26 March at the usual time.

New Class in Portarlington

Sensei Paul Thackaberry is running classes for children (7 years and older) and adult beginners in Portarlington Community Centre on Sundays between 11.30 - 1.00 PM. Sensei Paul is a Nidan (2nd Dan) instructor with many year's experience in practicing and instructing Karate. You can contact him for further details at 087-2677132, or contact Sensei Keith Walsh at 086-8531516.

Dan grade training

All Zanshin black belts (and prospective black belts!) are reminded that Shihan Brett Halliday usually teaches a dan-grade class in the Midland Martial Arts Centre, Tullamore on every second Sunday. Contact Proinsias if you're interested in attending - well worth your while!

Next Zanshin Grading!

Zanshin Karate-Do hope to run a colour belt grading in Kinnegad GAA Centre  on Saturday, 31st March. Students who will grade will be told in advance. As usual, the fee will be €15 for junior members and €25 for senior members. Remember - you may not grade if you do not have a karate-gi (suit). Regular training is compulsory for those hoping to grade, so please contact an instructor if you can't attend class. Instructor contact details can be found on the "About Us" page of this site.