New Members Welcome!

Newlands Taekwon-Do Club is currently enrolling members for the new season which begins in September. We are inviting new members to come along to our club for a free trial class and experience TAEKWON-DO!!  Taekwon-Do is a fantastic activity for children & teens as it improves fitness & discipline, builds confidence and provides an environment for children to have fun & make friends. Taekwon-Do also provides young people with a chance to compete in tournaments in Ireland & throughout Europe and to learn self defence.

Our club is a fully registered member of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), Irish Taekwon-Do Association (ITA), Irish Martial Arts Commission (IMAC) and Taekwon-Do Advisory Board (TAB). That means our instructors are highly qualified to teach martial arts, holding the following qualifications; ITF Black Belt Certificate, NCDP Coach Level 1, ITF Teaching Plaque, First Aid and Child Protection Certified.

If you would like to book a place for your child in our TKD Tigers Classes (for 3 – 6 year olds), our Children’s Taekwon-Do class (for 7 -10 year olds) or our Junior Taekwon-Do class (for 10 – 15 year olds) please call our instructors: Carl Smullen on 087 285 5250 or Stephen Smullen on 087 975 4773. If you are interested in a free trial class – please click here to contact our instructors. Places are limited so call soon!

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Newlands Taekwon-Do members at the I.T.A. Summer Camp 2010

A small team from the Newlands Taekwon-Do Team took part in the I.T.A. National Summer Camp in Mt. Melleray Co. Waterford from the 16 to the 19^th of July.  Once again over 70 students of Taekwon-Do from all over the country took part in the event and all had the chance to train under some of Irelands top Taekwon-Do instructors. It was as always a tough training camp where all participants took 3 – 2 hour sessions of Taekwon-Do everyday which covered a wide range of activities from sparring, special techniques, self defence technical training & patterns.

As well as this there was a fun activity planned each evening which ranged from Olympic handball, to a special technique competition, to tag rugby. Late evening activities also included some very competitive games on the Nintendo Wii. Participants trained extremely hard each day which created a great atmosphere and team spirit in the camp.

Thanks to all the instructors on the camp for their time and for sharing their knowledge; Master Kenneth Wheatley VII Dan, Mr. Mark Buckley VI Dan, Mr. Adrian O'Mahoney VI Dan, Mr. Stephen Ryan V Dan, Mr. Adrian Byrne V Dan, Mr. Donal O'Donoghue IV Dan, Mr. Hong Keat Looi IV Dan and Mr. Carl Smullen III Dan. Thanks also to all the camp participants for making it a very enjoyable camp to be part of.

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Tuesday & Thursday Tigers Classes take part in Summer Grading

The Tuesday & Thursday TKD Tigers class finished the season in style as they took part in a grading where they tested for their Blue Stripe and their Fitness & Healthy Eating Badge. The classes gathered in the Clondalkin Leisure Centre on Sunday 11^th of July at 10am for the grading with their parents and families looking on. As always the children put in loads of effort and where tested on all aspects of the Taekwon-Do syllabus including blocks, punches, kicks and bully drills. The children were also quizzed on the different aspects of a healthy lifestyle in line with the TKD Tigers Programme including how many pieces of fruit & vegetables we should eat and why we eat different types of food. At the end of the grading all the students present on the day passed to their new grades and received their new badges. Instructors Mr. Carl Smullen & Mr. Stephen Smullen were very happy with the performance of the children and it was obvious they were all trying their best. All parents & families in attendance were once again impressed by how much extra the children had learned in the few short months since their last grading. Congratulations to all.

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Newlands Krav Maga instructor Grades in Israel

Newlands Taekwon-Do Instructor Carl Smullen has just returned from a Krav Maga training camp in Netanya, Israel. Mr. Smullen was joined by his fellow Krav Maga Academy Instructors Stephen Cooley, Oliver Sweeney, Keith Martin & Eddie Gavin in Israel. It was a very intense training camp which was open only to Krav Maga students who are above Graduate level with participants training up to 9 straight hours a day, with additional sessions in the morning & at night. The group trained with members of the Krav Maga Global Instruction Team including Eyal Yanilov, Amnon Darsa, Tamir Gilad, Ze’ev Cohen & Shachar Klarfeld. The G-Level Camp included participants from all over the world including Australia, United States, Hungary, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Israel, England, Ireland, Trinidad, Holland, Czech Republic & Russia, among many more.

The Irish Krav Maga Instructors in Jerusalem

The majority of the course took part in the Wingate Institute in Netanya where  participants on the course where put through many different aspects of Krav Maga training including real life simulations, knife & stick defence, defence against long guns, ground work and much more. The instructors were also put through varied training such as outdoor Night training, self defence for Buses & trains, training in water, Close Quarter training & multiple attacker simulations. The Irish instructors where also brought to the shooting range for firearms training with Tamir Gilad, a member of the KMG Global Team & also a firearms expert.

Mr. Smullen during Firearms Training

At the conclusion of the training camp 3 of the Irish instructors graded to for the next level with Stephen Cooley  grading to Graduate level 3(G3) while Carl Smullen & Keith Martin both moved up to G2. Those who took part in the grading where put through a very intense test which ran for over 5 hours & were tested on all aspects of the Krav Maga syllabus by Tamir Gilad, Amnon Darsa, & Ze’ev Cohen, with KMG Head instructor Eyal Yanilov also monitoring proceedings.

Mr. Smullen receiving his G2 Diploma

To summarise it was an extremely enjoyable & educating experience for the Krav Maga Academy instructors, to visit the source of Krav Maga & train under the best KM instructors in the world.

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Irish Cup Success for Newlands Taekwon-Do

Competitors from the Newlands Taekwon-Do Team took part in the I.T.A. Irish Cup on the 29th & 30^th of May in the Baldoyle Badminton Arena. The competition which had a very high standard was made up of 374 competitors from 29 clubs representing ITA, RITA, INTA, TKDI, Red Star, Pulse, ETA and NITA all of whom where competing for the title of Irish Cup Champion. The Newlands competitors achieved some fantastic results taking 5 Gold, 3 Silver & 2 Bronze medals. All the competing members of the team showed great progress since the Irish Open in March. Below are the full results for the Newlands Taekwon-Do Team  

Irish Success at the European Championships

The Irish National Taekwon-Do Team returned recently from the ITF European Championships in Skovde Sweden with an impressive haul of medals. The championships ran from the 30^th of April to the 2^nd of May and the Irish Team took home a total of 14 medals including 3 Gold, 4 Silver and 7 Bronze, leaving Ireland with a fifth place overall finish. The European Championships is the highest level of competition for Taekwon-Do in Europe, with over 30 countries sending their highest ranking competitor in each division.

Newlands Taekwon-Do Instructors, Mr. Stephen Smullen & Ms. Caroline Smullen where part of the Irish team at the event. Mr. Smullen claimed a Bronze medal in the individual 3^rd Dan patterns sections and was also part of the Senior Male Special Technique & Patterns team which reached the Quarter-finals. Ms. Smullen was making her Senior European Championships debut, having claimed a Silver medal at junior level last year and was happy with her performances in both individual patterns & sparring.

The great results from the team come after months of hard work & dedication from the competitors & coaches alike. A full list of Irish results, where as below.

Upcoming Tournament - ITA Irish Cup

The 2010 ITF Taekwon-Do - ITA Irish Cup Championships will take place on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th May 2010 in the Baldoyle Badminton Centre, Baldoyle Industrial Estate, Grange Road, Dublin 13. There will be six full size ITF competition areas, computerised draw and scheduling, electronic scoring and top quality competitors. Please reserve the date in your diary.

Full information and invitation will be given out at classes in the coming weeks. Black Belt finals will take place in a gala show on the Saturday evening. For further information speak to one of the instructors or email info@newlandstkd.ie

Newlands Taekwon-Do Team at the Irish Taekwon-Do Open

Newlands Taekwon-Do Club made the trip to Tallaght’s National Basketball Arena for the INTA Irish Open, International on March the 12^th & 13^th. This competition had an extremely high calibre of competition with eight countries represented in the 580 competitors which included several current & former world champions in the blackbelt ranks. The Newlands Taekwon-Do team was made up of 19 competitors some of whom were making there competitive debut.

Angelika Dimanirg receiving her Gold Medal from Master Gerry Martin

There were some extremely good performances on the day with Angelika Dimanirg taking Gold in the Yellow belt patterns section overcoming clubmate Reece Byrne in the final in a section where Celena Labada also took Bronze, while in the cadet divison Croia Kenny also took a Bronze for Patterns.

Competitors from Newlands Taekwon-Do

In the Sparring Divisions the team, did very well with Celena Labada & Ruth O'Brien, taking Golds in there respective divisions while Silver medals also went to Croia Kenny & Lia Keogh. There were many other top performances on the day, including that of Luke Mc Govern who came through 3 rounds to claim a well deserved Bronze in sparring and Adam Delmer who matched this result. Well done to all who took part we are now looking forward to the Irish Cup in Baldoyle on the 29^th & 30^th of May. Full Results below:

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Club Grading in March 2010

Newlands Taekwon-Do hosted a grading on the 10^th of March, under Mr. Stephen Cooley, 6^th Dan.  This Grading was for our 7 – 10 beginner group and 23 students graded for Yellow Tag while one student tested for Yellow Belt.

The participants were tested on all aspects of the I.T.A Grading Syllabus including Hand & Foot Techniques, Patterns, Self Defence, Step Sparring & Physical training and after a tough test all were successful in reaching their new grades.

Club instructors Mr. Stephen Smullen & Mr. Carl Smullen were very happy with the effort that all students put in to their training in the weeks leading up to the event.

Newlands Taekwon-Do at the Cork Open Championships

On Sunday 21^st February, Newlands Taekwon-Do sent a team of eleven to compete in the I.T.A. Cork Open Championships. It was the first time the club was represented at a Major tournament. The competition which had over 350 competitors began at 10:00am sharp and first up was Kacper Kencler & Luke Mc Govern in the Yellow Belt 10 & under patterns division; both performed extremely well in the large division, with Luke making it through 3 rounds & Kacper going on to take Gold. These performances inspired the older boys in the 13 & under section, where Reece Byrne, Adam Delmer, Lee Kavanagh & Oisin Mc Evoy performed very well, with Lee & Oisin taking 3^rd & 1^st place, respectively.

In the sparring divisions, all competitors performed very well, displaying courage & indomitable spirit. Kacper added to his earlier patterns Gold, taking a Bronze in Sparring while Tanya Purcell came through a hard semi-final to take Silver in her section. Lee Kavanagh came through 5 fights to take Gold in a very exciting final after extra time. Celena Labada matched Lee taking a Gold medal after several impressive performances against taller opponents. There were also good performances from Croia Kenny, Robert Wade, Reece Byrne & Adam Delmer on the day, who despite not placing in the top 3 at this competition, showed the potential that will see them winning events in the near future.

 The last competitor of the day was Conor Brennan who showed great fighting spirit taking Silver in his Cadet sparring division. The tournament was very well run and was finished by 16:30pm; tribute must be paid to the Organiser Mr. Mark Buckley, Chief Umpire, Mr. Stephen Ryan, Tournament Administrator, Mr. Richard Park and all the referees & officials on the day.

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Successful Grading at Newlands Taekwon-Do

Newlands Taekwon-Do hosted a grading on the 10^th of February, under Mr. Stephen Cooley, 6^th Dan. In total 26 students, all from the 7pm class tested with 9 testing for Yellow Tag, 6 for Yellow Belt & 11 testing for Green Tag.

The participants were tested on all aspects of the I.T.A Grading Syllabus including Hand & Foot Techniques, Patterns, Self Defence, Step Sparring & Physical training and after a tough test all were successful in reaching their new grades.

Club instructors Mr. Stephen Smullen & Mr. Carl Smullen were very happy with the effort that all students put in to their training in the weeks leading up to the event. Pictures from the day can be found in our Club Gallery

TKD Tigers Grading for Clondalkin & Lucan Classes 

On Saturday 30^th January, Newlands Taekwon-Do hosted 2 TKD Tigers gradings for our Lucan & our Tuesday Clondalkin classes. First up was the Lucan group who were taking their first test for yellow stripe & their Bully Awareness Badge. All the students had trained hard in the classes before the grading to make sure their Bully drills & Taekwon-Do skills were in tip-top shape! This hard work paid off as all students performed very well on the day & achieved their new grades.

Next up was the Tuesday group who were taking part in their second grading, this time testing for their green stripe & emergency badge. The more experienced children were put through a tougher test which included Taekwon-Do skills & elements of Water, Road & Fire Safety. All children were once again successful and now move on to more advanced Taekwon-Do skills and a new set of life skills. Instructors Mr. Carl Smullen & Mr. Stephen Smullen were very happy with the effort the children put in as it was obvious they were all trying their best. All parents & families in attendance were also impressed by how much the children had learned in only a few short months. Well done to all.

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Mr. Smullen completes Kids Krav Maga Instructor Course

Newlands Taekwon-Do instructor, Mr. Carl Smullen recently qualified as a Kids Krav Maga Instructors having successfully completing a course under Mr. Ze’ev Cohen of the IKMF Global Instruction Team. Mr. Smullen an IKMF qualified Krav Maga Instructor, completed the course which detailed how to adapt the principles of the Krav Maga Self Defence system for children of all ages. This course which was open only to qualified Krav Maga instructors took place in the Integrity Martial Arts Academy, Ashbourne & had participants from Ireland, England, Greece & Germany.

In total five instructors from Ireland, including Mr. Smullen, Mr. Stephen Cooley, Mr. Keith Martin, Mr. Eddie Gavin & Mr. Oliver Sweeney qualified as Kids Instructors and all found it was a very enjoyable & informative course

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