Christmas Grading

There will be a grading held tonight in Kinnegad GAA centre  for students from Kinnegad and Portarlington dojos. Grading starts at 7.30 pm. Cost €15.

Success at Moynalty Tournament!

Zanshin Karate-do Midlands had a great day out at Moynalty Kata Tournament today. The tournament,hosted by Moynalty Karate club chief instructor Sensei Philip McCarthy,was a kata-only event and was great fun. Congratulations to Albert,Clare,Tomasz,Rachel,Igor.Karolina,Caspar,Oisin,Muireann and Louise who all brought home medals! Zanshin instructors Proinsias and Liam assisted Sensei Philip and Sensei Mary Marcus from Dundalk Karate with the judging. A great end to the year!

Class with Guro Donal

On Monday,9th December 2013,the senior class will be taught by Filipino Martial Arts expert Guro Donal Connaughton.  Class will run from 8-10 pm. ALL Zanshin seniors (and any other friends of ours in martial arts)are welcome to attend. Cost is €7.50. Junior class for ALL grades will run from 7-8 pm.

Portarlington Tournament-a great day out!

Congratulations to all our students from Kinnegad who perfomed so well at the Zanshin tournament in Portarlington today. Well done to Sean,Conor,Cian, Muireann,Louise,Cormac and Liam for giving it 100%. Sean came third in kata and second in Kumite,while Conor came second in Kumite. Congratulations to Sensei Liam on training our squad so well,and to Senseis Paul,Gerry,Keith,Ollie and Fergus for a most enjoyable day. Thanks also to IKFC for providing officials. A special thanks to Sensri Ger,Alan and Madeleine from Edenderry for all their help and to Peter Govan for transport. Back to grading work on Monday!

Details of Portarlington tournament

We meet at Kinnegad GAA centre at 8.15 AM. Please bring mouthguard,packed lunch  and a drink. Cost is €10 for sparring,€10 for kata or €20 for both.  Please note that this is a pre registered event. Those students who have said they are going have been informed by text.  NO entries will be accepted after Nov 1. Please contact Proinsias at 0868341561 if you are going and have not told us.

Portarlington tournament

Hi all,no training on Monday 28 October due to bank holiday.  We DO howevet have training(usual place and times) on Tuesday 29 October.  We have our annual Zanshin tournament in Portarlington on November 9 and we'd love a strong squad from Kinnegad there!So please let us know on Tuesday if you're going(you'll need a mouthguard for sparring). €10 for kata €10 for kumite.

Great day at Edenderry Tournament!

On Saturday 19th October,a squad of 10 from Zanshin Kinnegad headed across to Edenderry for a tournament organised by Edenderry Shotokan Academy. We had a great day and won on many categories: Cian Wilson took gold in under 8 kata,Conor Darcy took gold in under 10 kata,with silver going to Liam O Fearghail and bronze to Shauna Kavanagh, Patricia Odjungo took gold in under 10 sparring,with silver going to Conor Darcy and  bronze going to Luca Rocca. In the under 12 kata,Muireann Ni Fhearghail took gold. In under 12 sparring,Louise Darcy won gold with Muireann Ni Fhearghail taking silver. Not a bad day's work. We are VERY proud of all our squad, whether they won a medal or not!.You showed great attitude and respect on the day. Well done!