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Instructors, Mr. Kevin Kinsella 5th Dan, Ms Anne-Marie Kinsella 5th Dan and Mr Michael Clune 2nd Dan are ITF Certified Black Belts, Garda vetted, 1st Aid and Child Protection certified and also hold qualifications from the Irish Sports Council.
Classes are held in the Ennis National school and cater for children, teens and adults. See the classes page for the class schedule and prices. So whether you're a beginner looking for a great new sport or a school member who wants to keep up with the activities of the school, we hope this website has all the information you need.
A The Irish Taekwon-Do Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place in the Horse & Jockey Hotel conference centre on Sunday January 15th 2012. Mr. Kinsella, Ms. Kinsella and Mr. Clune were among 55 Instructors representing 75 clubs who attended the meeting to elect the board of directors and standing committees for 2012. Mr. Kinsella was elected National Treasurer for a further year. Ms. Kinsella was elected a Designated Person on the Young Peoples Advisory Committee.
We had our last Saturday classes for 2011 today. An atmosphere of festive excitement could be felt in the air throughout the morning. New belts and Tags were presented to those students who graded last weekend. At the end of each class we had our Annual free raffle. Winners this year were Sean Carmody, Jack O'Connor, Niall Walsh and Jack Finucane. And last but not least, our Tigers were tested in their Stranger Awareness. We are delighted to announce that all who took part were successful. Certificates were then presented to each Tiger. Timmy Tiger also paid a surprise visit and got a huge welcome from all the Tigers. Before he left us he gave a selection box to everybody. A huge thanks to all the students, parents and staff of the Ennis National School for their support throughout the year. Happy Christmas and Peaceful New Year to All !
WINTER KUP GRADING
Our Winter Kup Grading took place on Sunday 11th December at the Ennis National School. The students were thoroughly examined by Mr Kevin Kinsella and Ms Anne-Marie Kinsella in all aspects of the ITA syllabus. Thanks to Mr Michael Clune and Mr Darren Rigney who helped keep the grading run smoothly by assisting in the Special Technique and Power sections. We are proud to announce that all of the students were successful and will receive their new Belts, Tags and Certificates at their next class.
IRISH OPEN The Irish Taekwon-Do Association Irish Cup took place on Saturday the 19th and Sunday the 20th of November 2011 at the University of Limerick, Sports Arena. 530 competitors took part in the event over the two days which included sparring and patterns as well as power breaking and special technique for black belts. On Saturday, the competition took place for all cadet (14 – 17 year olds) and seniors 18 years and over. On Sunday, the under 13 years competition took place. Fourteen students from Ennis TKD participated, five on Saturday and nine on Sunday. Ennis Results Sparring Male 64 - 70kg Blue/Red Belt Liam Phillips 1st Sparring Female U/10yrs Green Belt Aodha Marrinan 1st Power Female over 18yrs Black Belt: Angela Keane 2nd Power Male 14 -17 yrs Black Belt: Ciaran Pfiffer 2nd Special Male 14 - 17yrs Black Belt: Naoise Stack 2nd Patterns Male U/10 Green Belt: Niall Walsh 3rd Patterns Female 11 - 13 yrs Green Belt Elaine Walsh 3rd Darren Rigney, Amr Sayed, Cian Hayes, Laura Walsh, Conor Southby, Chou Nam Lin and Ben Howard also participated but were unlucky not to win a trophy. Congratulations also to the ITA tournament and umpire committee who did an excellent job to make the weekend such a success.
SPONSORED WALK PROCEEDS
The proceeds from the Taekwon-Do Annual Sponsored walk in aid of the Childrens’ Cancer fund Crumlin Hospital were presented to the hospital’s representative Gerry Culley last weekend.
The 10km walk took place last June. Four Clare clubs from the Irish Taekwon-Do Association participated, namely Ennis (based at the Ennis National School), Quin, Barefield and Ballyea. Most of the money was raised by the younger students. Indeed the original idea for the walk was that our healthy children would do something beneficial for those who were not as fortunate.
Mr Culley accepted €4025 on behalf of the fund and paid tribute to the instructors, students, parents and especially the children who make this event such an annual success. Picture shows from left : Kevin Kinsella (Ennis), Anne-Marie Kinsella (Ennis), Gerry Culley, Laura Cullen (Quin) Stephen Ryan (Quin) & Michael Clune (Ennis) Missing from photo : Jamie Rigney (Ballyea), Brian Coughlan (Barefield).
HALLOWEEN VISITORS Once again this Halloween, we were visited by hordes of very scary looking beings at our Saturday morning classes.. Click here to see pictures.........if you dare!!
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations to the Irish Taekwon-Do team, coaches, umpires and management who participated in the European Championships in Slovakia at the weekend. Placed 2nd overall from a total of thirty countries, the team of 38 competitors won a record 8 Gold, 5 Silver and 8 Bronze medals. Special congratulations to the Clare competitors........
Laura Cullen Bronze Individual Patterns Bronze Team Sparring Leanne Egan Bronze Team Sparring Nicole Moriarty Gold Team Pattern Jamie Williams Silver Team Pattern Stephen Ryan Jamie Rigney Adrian Byrne Coach For full results click here
CLASSES IN SEPTEMBER
FREE CLASS for Adults: Thurs 15th September at 6.30pm. Interested in getting fit, losing weight, gaining confidence while at the same time learning a dynamic and valuable Self Defence? Come along and try our FREE CLASS !! Enrolment for our new Class will take place immediately afterwards. Limited places available!! NEW CLASS Start Date: Tuesday 20th September 2010 Venue: Ennis National School Time: 6.30pm. If you need any more information, please contact us. Tel. 065 6820646 or email ennistkd@gmail.com For details of our exciting new classes for children, click HERE
Students from Ennis and Barefield Taekwon-Do Schools participated in the Midwest Summer Kup grading held at the Ennis National School today 24th July. The examiners were Mr Brian Coughlan V Dan, Ms Anne-Marie Kinsella V Dan and Mr Kevin Kinsella V Dan. Narrator was Ennis instructor Mr Michael Clune II Dan. We are delighted to announce that all the students were successful, having been tested thoroughly according to the ITA syllabus. Congratulations to all !
Ennis students and instructors are now having a well earned rest, as classes are finished for the annual summer holidays. We will be resuming in early September.
Thanks to all students, parents and instructors for their support throughout the year.
DAN GRADING SUCCESS
The ITA Summer 2011 Black Belt Grading took place on Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th June 2011. 25 people were promoted by the ITA Examiners panel chaired by Master Kenneth Wheatley VII, ITA President. On Saturday the 18th the Grading for those testing between II and V Dan took place. The Examiners Panel consisted of Master Kenneth Wheatley VII, Master Patrick Four people were promoted to II Dan, three to III Dan and two to V Dan.
On Sunday the 19th the testing took place for those wishing to promote to 1st Dan. 16 candidates were promoted under the examiners panel of Master Kenneth Wheatley VII Dan, Mr. Pat Barry VI Dan, Mr. Ken Leahy V Dan, Mr. Adrian Byrne V Dan and Mr. Stephen Ryan V Dan. Congratulations from Ennis TKD to all successful candidates.
We are very pleased and proud to announce that Ennis TKD members Mr. Darren Rigney and Ms. Anne-Marie Kinsella were promoted to III Dan and V Dan respectively. Congratulations to both!!
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MIDWEST TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS The Midwest Team Championships took place in Shannon, Co. Clare on Sunday June 12th 2011. 150 local children took part in team pattern, team sparring and special technique events over 3 rings. The team patterns were the first event of the day and the children showed a high level of preparation, with well practiced routines. In sparring the rules were modified for the younger competitors so that all levels of skill could compete on as even a playing field as possible. For example under 8 divisions wore hogus (body armour) and there was no head contact. Under 10 divisions had the option of the body armour and with only light head contact. The older divisions competed in full AETF rules. In this way all competitors enjoyed taking part in the sparring. Even those who because of lack of confidence or fear of getting hurt would normally take a lot of persuasion to take part in the sparring had big smiles on their faces, because of the modified rules and because they really enjoyed the team atmosphere. The final event of the day was special technique. This was again done in a novel way. Competitors were divided by age group once more and competed in the high jump event. This was done on an elimination basis and the obstacle got higher each round until there was only one person left. This ended the day with a great atmosphere in the hall as all competitors cheered each other on.
TKD TIGERS GRADE
Congratulations to our TKD Tigers class who all graded successfully on Saturday 11th June. They all performed brilliantly in their Bully awareness and Taekwon-Do examinations. Picture show Tigers with their certificates and new Taekwon-Do Tags. Classes are now finished for the Summer holidays and will resume in September. Thank you to all the Tigers and their parents for their support throughout the year.
SPONSORED WALK Clubs from Ennis, Barefield, Ballyea and Quin took part.in our Annual Sponsored Walk in aid of the Childrens Crumlin Hospital on Sunday 5th June. Approximately eighty students, parents, friends and some dogs made the trek from Lidl carpark to Barefield School and back. Despite the weather looking very gloomy and close to rain at the start we managed to have a dry and very enjoyable walk.
Thanks to all those who took part and helped out, especially to Gerry Rigney who drove his van behind the group to pick up any casualties. Fortunately there was none. All collectors are encouraged to bring in their money as soon as possible so that we can present the proceeds to the Hospital.
EASTER RAFFLE Our annual Easter raffle for Childrens Under 10 classes took place on Saturday 23rd April.
Winners of the Giant Eggs were Dylan White and Ross Smith. Everybody else present also received an Egg. Our delighted Tigers got two Eggs each from a very Special visitor....... Timmy Tiger.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL SEMINAR An ITA Technical Seminar conducted by the ITA Technical & Instruction Committee; Master Kenneth Wheatley VII Dan, Mr. Niall Jones V Dan and Mr. Stephen Ryan V Dan took place on Sunday April 17th in Shannon TKD Centre.
63 participants ranging from green belt to VI Dan black belt took part. The morning session covered the ITF patterns up to Yul Gok, with attention on the technical content, performance, creation of power and how to create the sine wave correctly to maximize power. The afternoon session focused on patterns up to Choong Moo with special attention again on on the technical content of each pattern, using hand speed to create dynamic and powerful movements, and following the training secrets of Taekwon-Do. Mr. Ryan also conducted an impressive session on the ITA kicking syllabus with focus on the progression of the kicks, exercises to improve the leg strength and technique of each kicking progression. The step-sparring requirements for the Dan grades and the Dan grade patterns up to Tong-il were covered in the final session of the day as well as a presentation on the "Do" and Moral Culture of Taekwon-Do by Master Wheatley. Participants from Ennis all agreed that it was an excellent seminar and they will be endeavouring to include the information they received into their training.
MIDWEST KUP GRADINGS The Midwest Kup gradings were held on last Sunday April 10th in Quin and Barefield. Ennis and Barefield students were examined by Mr Brian Coughlan V Dan, Mr Kevin Kinsella V Dan and Ms Anne-Marie Kinsella.IV Dan at the Barefield National School. The students were thoroughly tested according to the ITA grading syllabus. Congratulations to all those successful !
St. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE 2011
Up to 6,000 people attended the St Patrick's Day parade in Ennis, Co Clare with 40 different community groups and associations taking part in the celebrations
Among those were Taekwon-Do schools from Ennis, Quin, Barefield and Ballyea.
ank you to all the students, Instructors, Parents & Guardians who participated to make this parade such a great success.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Congratulations to the members, coaches and management of the Irish Taekwon-Do Team who enjoyed great success at the World Championships held in Wellington, New Zealand. They achieved excellent results and finished the championships with, 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze, as follows
Special congratulations to Quin TKD instructor Mr Stephen Ryan V Dan who took home two medals. Silver in the Individual Patterns section and Bronze as a member of the Senior Male Sparring team. Well done Mr Ryan !!!
IIC TRALEE The IIC hosted by the Irish Taekwon-Do Association (ITA), in Tralee, Ireland from January 28th – 30th was a great success. 138 people took part in the course from red belt to 8th Dan, including 50 4th Dan and above and 5 masters. Participants came from 9 countries; Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, Ukraine, Spain, Jamaica, Belgium and Norway. Among these were the following 10 members from the Ennis TKD School. Mr Kevin Kinella V Dan, Ms Anne Marie Kinsella IV Dan, Mr Michael Clune II Dan, Mr Darren Rigney II Dan, Ms Angela Keane II Dan, Mr Alan Higgins II Dan, Mr John Moriarty I Dan, Mr Kevin Burke I Dan, Mr Ciaran Pfiffer I Dan & Mr Naoise Stack I Dan. The course was conducted by the ITF technical committee of Grandmaster Marano, Chairman of the technical committee, Grandmaster Trajtenberg acting President of the ITF and Grandmaster Bos, Secretary General of the ITF. On the Saturday afternoon there was a promotional examination conducted by the ITF technical committee. Five people took part in the exam of which four were successfully promoted, two being from the ITA. Mr Patrick O’Rourke was promoted to the rank of VII Dan Master and Mr Donal O'Donoghue promoted to V Dan. Congratulations to both. A huge thank you to the organising committee for all their work in making this the best IIC that we have participated in.
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