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SS. Peter & Paul's Primary
School Hall
Tuesday. 6.30pm – 7.30 pm
Karate Beginner’s Class.
Tuesday. 7.30pm – 8.30 pm
Karate All Grades Class.
Thursday. 6.30pm – 7.30 pm
Karate Beginner’s Class.
Thursday. 7.30pm – 8.30 pm
Karate All Grades Class.
Saturday 7.30 am to 9.00 am Tai Chi Chuan
Monday 7.30 pm. to 9.00 pm Tai Chi Beginner’s
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CALENDER OF UPCOMING EVENTS
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S.K.I.F. World Championships Greece
Karate Classes For Beginners
We
are introducing new beginner’s classes at 6.30 pm each Tuesday and Thursday
night in St Peter and Paul’s Primary School. This is an ideal opportunity
to start training with our club. Basic training consists of warm up
stretching exercises and the practice of basic karate techniques such
as kicking punching blocking and evasive drills. All training will be
under strict supervision by an experienced black belt instructor.
National Champions 2009
On
Sunday 17th May a number of our competitors took home some
silverware from the S.K.I.F. Ireland National Championships held in Mitchelstown. Ions Congratulations are due to …. Shane
Fraughen, Kaysey
English, Lee Conroy, Josephine Thomas and Conor
Acheson. More details soon. Well done to
all we are proud of you.
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Kancho
Kanazawa's Visit.
In
April Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa
and his son Nobuaki Kanazawa visited Ireland for a serious of seminars and
grading examinations in Dublin, Cork city
Bandon and Clonmel. Our kyu grades and
black belts were busy preparing for this very important visit and a
number of nervous souls stepped onto the floor to take long awaited
grading examinations.
Master
Kanazawa is Chief Instructor of the Shotokan Karate
International Federation based in Tokyo
Japan
and he is no stranger to our shores. He has visited Clonmel every
year for the past two decades and we have enjoyed countless seminars
with the Master of the Shotokan style ("Kancho")
who prefers to be addressed simply as "Sensei"
or teacher.
Congratulations
are due to the following club members who graded with Kancho……
Josephine
Thomas 6th Kyu
Green Belt
Kevin
Condon 4th
Kyu Purple Belt
Isaac
Hogan 4th
Kyu Purple Belt
Shane
Phillips 1st
Kyu Brown Belt
Aisling Fiuza 1st Kyu Brown
Belt
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February
Grading Exam Results.....
In February
a number of our club members successfully passed some basic grading
exams and are to be congratulated for their achievements……..
White Belt (9th Kyu)
Andy Higgins, David Barnett, Josh King, Evan Power and Oliver Flynn.
Yellow Tip (8th Kyu)
Luke Cashman, Weronika
Pietrkiewicz, Konrad
Pietrkiewicz and Conor
Acheson.
Yellow
Belt (7th Kyu)
Dylan
Cronin.
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Nine
Trophies at Piltown Tournament
On Sunday 22nd February 2009 our members travelled
to Piltown for the club's Annual
Invitational Tournament. An unusually small but very competitive
Clonmel contingent did us proud on the day collecting nine trophies.
A special thank you is extended to all those who participated and
supported us in our battles. For those who went home empty handed be
proud that you did your best and it takes courage to step onto that
competition mat.
A Long Day
As is usual with these events it is a very long and difficult day for
competitors, judges, referees, kids, adults, parents and supporters
alike but everybody teamed together to ensure a very enjoyable and succesful event. A special thanks should go to
the members of Piltown Karate Club for organising a very well run competition.
Junior Team Kata
1st Clonmel / Midleton (Kaysey
English and Shane Fraughen)
Junior Kata
1st Shane Fraughen, 2nd Kaysey
English, 3rd Lee Conroy
Boys Kumite 16 - 17 years Brown and Black Belts
2nd Shane Fraughen, 3rd Lee Conroy
Girls 16-17yrs Brown and Black Belt Kumite
1st Kaysey English
Boys 18 - 20 yrs Brown and Black Belt Kumite
2nd Jamie Conroy
Kata
This years competition saw the biggest team kata
entry of no less than seventeen teams contesting for the coveted
first prize. Nevertheless two Clonmel members Kaysey
English and Shane Fraughen combined forces
with one member from Midleton to blow away
all opposition and took the prize. Way to go Kaysey
and Fraughney? Black belts Kaysey and Shane combined forces to Lee Conroy to
take 1st 2nd and 3rd place in the Junior Kata.
Kumite
In the fiercely contested boys sixteen to seventeen years fighting
for Brown and Black Belts Shane Fraughen
and Lee Conroy took second and third place while Kaysey
took first place in the Girls event. Our last competitor of the day
Jamie Conroy battled his way to second place in the boys cadets brown
and black belts section. Jamie, Kaysey Lee
and Shane together with their Sensei John Aylward
are all training very hard in preparation for the World Championships
in July in Athens
and hopes are high for success.
New Members?
Now is an excellent time for prospective new members to visit us and
try out a training session. All our students and black belts both
young and not so young train together for warm ups and basic training
beginning at 6.30pm. As the class progresses the class will be
divided in order to practice various techniques specific to the
student’s ability and experience. We cater for all ages from six to
“sixty” and beyond. Karate is a martial art suitable for all ages and
all students are encouraged to train to the best of their ability. We
are not an elitist group where only the most skilled and determined may
apply. We are for everybody who wants to train. Be warned though!
Karate is an art form which takes time to perfect and master! In this
modern era it is an invaluable self defence
system and exercise programme. Beginners
may join our classes at 6.30pm on both nights. Beginners train for an
hour each night while the more advanced grades train for two
hours.
Five for World Championships
Five members of Shotokan Karate Clonmel have been selected for the
Irish National Karate Squad to compete in the World Karate
Championships!
Athens. The
S.K.I.F. Ireland team consisting of 17 juniors, 12 seniors and 9
veteran masters will be travelling in July
to the home of the Olympics in Athens Greece
to compete in the 10th Shotokan Karate International Federation World
Championships. The Clonmel group consists of 3 juniors, Lee
Conroy, Kaysey English and Shane Fraughen, 1 cadet Jamie Conroy and a club
instructor John Aylward. All are delighted
with their recent success. The four younger students are the clubs
most out standing competitors and have put in many hours of training
working hard to accomplish their goals. Over the past 12 months they
have all been working very hard to prepare for this tournament and
are proud to represent their country in the international arena.
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