We are a small traditional shotokan karate club who train in the Creaven House dojo on Claddagh Quay. Our adult only classes cater for mixed abilities, and are given by our experienced and qualified instructors. We're a club who are looking to expand, so we are always recruiting new members. We are looking for both students who have never trained before and also for people who have trained before and are looking to get back into the habit! We have several qualified instructors but our main instructor, Sensai Sean O'Riain has over 20 years experience of training and instructing experience, and he takes most of the classes.
Training: The current training times is on Thursday night from 8pm - 9.30. It's all pretty simple :) All you need is some shorts or tracksuit bottoms and a t-shirt in the start, and a willingness to try new things. A typical class will begin and conclude with a warm up and some stretching exercises, and the main part of the class usually consists of a combination of some basic training, plenty of work with different partners and a lot of sweating. We offer plenty of variety, and it all comes down to the instructor during the class, but we tailor our classes to meet the abilities and needs of our students but you'll never have the same class twice.
