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Instructors who attended the Patrick McCarthy seminar on the 20th April 2008 in Beech hill sports hall
Back row; Martin McDonald, John Comiskey,Barry McGlenan, Hanshi Patrick McCarthy, Fergal McKenna, Eric Forthsight and
Damien Costella.
Front row; Damien Walker, Eamon Conway, Brendan Grady, Seamus Brady and Geard Neeson.
Group photo of the karate-ka that attended the Hanshi McCarthy seminar 2008 held in Beech hill sports hall.
Fergal and Seamus got to meet up with sensei Randy Willams at the Hanshi McCarthy seminar that was held in Cork on April
21st 2008
Fergal Mckenna & Seamus Brady with their Sandan certificates that was awarded to them from Hanshi Patrick McCarthy
at a recent grading at the NUIG club.
| Fergal Mckenna ,Hanshi Patrick McCarthy, Seamus B. |
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| Monaghan karate club 2007 |
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Monaghan karate club relocates
The new venue for Monaghan karate club is now Beech hill sports hall, the club had previously been in St Macartans
hall in park st for the past eleven years, it was decided to expand the club and to bring it up to-date a move was crucial.
The new venue has state of the art facilities with changing rooms and showers, classes can also be viewed from the balcony
and is opened for parents to watch while they wait.
The Monaghan Karate Club was founded over 12 years ago and is the longest running martial arts club in Co Monaghan. The
primary aim of the club is to provide a safe environment in which people can learn traditional karate in a structured and
progressive fashion.
The club is affiliated to the Karate Union of Ireland (KUI) The International Ryukyu karate research society (IRKRS) and
the Official National Amateur Karate Association of Ireland (ONAKAI), but also has close ties with many other karate groups
both nationally and internationally. This gives our members the opportunity to train with a wide variety of world renowned
instructors.
The club has three senior instructors that being Fergal McKenna, Seamus Brady and Kieran Friel all with a bundle
of experience between them having competed in many international events world wide representing there country, they are also
properly trained in teaching children with the Irish sports council and completed courses in child protection. David O’Rourke
is the clubs child protection officer. There is also plenty of help from the junior instructors, Shane Coltan, Stephen
Sherry, Patricia Sherry, Aoife Reilly and Conall O’Rourke are all getting great experience in helping teach the younger
children.
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Monaghan karate black belt grading
For the first time ever in Co. Monaghan there was a black belt grading held in St. Macartans hall. Cieran
Friel, Shane Coltan and Daniel Cawley tested for the 1st dan (black belt) with Aoife Reilly going for her 2nd brown, Neil
Osullivan also graded for his 2nd dan. The grading was conducted by sensei Tommy Mcgrane and sensei Paul Hickey from Co. Dublin.
Everyone was delighted to hear they had passed after the one hour grouling test, especially since they all had been training
hard for the last eight years. Tommy Mcgrane remarked on there fighting spirit and also the tremendous attitude that they
showed which left him in no doubt on passing them and told them that the real training starts now, Tommy has over sixty years
experience in karate being the tender age of eighty three! Well done to everyone!
All Ireland national championships
There was no rest for the Monaghan karate club for the next day was the national karate championships, this
was a terrific day with the Monaghan club cleaning up in most of the events!
Results are as follows; Shane Coltan 1st kata, 1st kumite. Daniel Cawley 2nd kumite. Aoife Reilly 2nd kata,
2nd kumite. Patrica Sherry 1st kumite. Cieran Friel 1st kumite, 2nd kata. Andrew Myles 3rd kata. Stephen Sherry 3rd kumite.
Connell O’Rourke 3rd kumite, 2nd kata. Fergal McKenna 1st men’s kumite. Team kata Monagahan came 2nd.
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| Club grading Feburary 2007 |
Monaghan club grading
Thirty three members 0f the Monaghan karate club successfully passed there grading under the watchfull
eye of sensei Paul Hicky 6th dan chief instructor of the karate union of Ireland.
Four members also tested for there pre-grade-black belt and were also successfull.....! Cieran
Friel, Shane Coltan, Daniel Cawley and Shane Power got a date set for the end of May to test for Dan grade.
Conal O`rourke received a award for best student of the day WELL DONE...!
Squad Training
Three members of the Monaghan karate club attended the latest squad training session in Dublin held
at the end of each month. The irish team are getting set for the european championships (ESKA) which are to be held in Portugal
at the end of November.
Member news
The club would like to wish long time member Ruairi Mcginnity every success in his moving to London to his new JKA
karate club and also to his father John who helped out alot in the club here in Monaghan, never forgotten, BEST OF LUCK
from Monaghan karate!
Well done to Monaghan club members
The Monaghan karate club were honoured with awards from Monaghan county council recently for there achievements in sport
in Ireland and international competition. This was a great reflection on the club as they picked up the most awards from all
the other sporting groups through out the county.
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| Monaghan karate club members with there awards |
Pictured is Fergal Mckenna and Seamus Brady club instructors Monaghan karate club, with the students
who received there awards!!
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| Kevin Mcbride with KUI members in St. Saviours karate club, Dorset st. |
Kevin Mcbride takes on the karate men
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| Fergal Mckenna club instructor getting to meet up with iron Mike Tyson |
Fergal Mckenna got to meet up with Mike Tyson at a reception in the Burlington hotel. Mike was put into retirement by
our very own heavyweight champion Kevin Mcbride.
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| KUI members at world championships in Chicago (WSKA) |
| Members who competed in KUI championships |
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| KUI squad members training session in Monaghan |
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JKA Ireland
Twentyeight members of JKA Ireland recently attended a course in Guildford hosted by JKA England where they enjoyed
the teachings of Osaka Sensei, Sawada Sensei, Takahashi Sensei and Ohta Sensei, the training
was spread out over four days which was enjoyed by all who participated.
Also included was a friendly mixed kumite competition between the various countries worldwide in attendance. Ireland battled
it out with England and Norway with some good solid performances. England proceeded on to win the competition beating South
Africa in a very exciting final.
| Riaan La grange South Africa and Fergal Mckenna |
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| Members of JKA Ireland at Guildford course |
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| KUI members at JKA European Championships Norway |
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Twenty four members of the club successfuly passed there grading at the weekend. The grading was conducted
by sensei Tommy Mcgrane and sensei Paul Hickey.
Congratulations to everyone who passed ! Ciaran Friel, Daniel Doherty and Shane power will now be
grading for their BLACK belts in December this year.
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There was a great turnout from the club for the St. Patricks day parade. Everyone really enjoyed
the day and are already looking forward to next years March.
| St. Patricks day 2005 |
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Monaghan championships Dec. 5/ 2004
The Monaghan championships were held recently with clubs from all over Ireland attending. It was a
great day for all with a very high standard from those that competed, well done to all those who won events and better
luck next time to those that didn`t.
| Monaghan club championships 2004 |
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| Monaghan club championships 2004 |
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European Championships
The European Championships were held this year in Cadiz Spain, 26 members of the Karate Union of Ireland
traveled to this event which included 2 members of the county Monaghan club being Fergal Mckenna and Seamus Brady.
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| KUI members at ESKA championships |
Members of the Monaghan Shotokan Karate club are training hard for the next competition which is to be held in St. Macartan`s
hall. Everyone is really looking forward to this event where they will get to test their skills against other competitors
from all over Ireland. The date has been set for the 5th of December starting at 12 noon. Anyone wishing to watch
is very welcome, where they will see competitors from eight years old right up to seniors where the adults will be performing
Recently a group of eight members attended a competition in St. Saviours Co. Dublin. This was a fantastic day with the
Monaghan club doing really well. Club instructor Fergal Mckenna was very impressed with the over all performances with everyone
being placed in the top three. With good results competitors can be put forward to represent their country when they reach
the age of sixteen. Results in there own age groups were Rory Mcginnity 3rd Declan Murphy 3rd Shane
Colton 3rd Shane Murphy 1st Aoife Reilly 2nd Patricia Sherry 2nd Stephen Sherry
2nd Kieran Friel 1st
| Club members who competed at St. Saviours club |
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Guildford Training Course
Members of the club that traveled to the training course seen here with sensei Imamura 7th Dan.
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| Members of the Monaghan karate club with sensei Imamura 7th Dan JKA |
| Members of the Monaghan karate club |
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July grading 2004
A big congratulations to all the club members who graded, there was a total of 29 students who attended and passed with
flying colours
The grading was conducted by sensei Tommy Mcgrane 7th dan and sensei Paul Hickey 6th dan
Well done to all that passed.
Championships in Monaghan
The forth coming championships in MONAGHAN will be in october with clubs from all over Ireland attending, this will be
the biggest competition to be held in Monaghan in the history of the club, so get ready to rumble.
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