karate dojo for a kid needed

astarte

Hi folks

My daughter is 11 and up until a year ago was studying karate in australia, she got as far as green belt in renbukan, which I am told is of the ****o ryu style..

of course they could have told me it was of the kanga ryu style and I would have believed them too.

anyway we live in east clare and I am keen for her to take it up again, I probably wont find the same style, so pretty much any style would do. Failing that a well run martial arts school (ie well disclipined, no kids killing one another!)

it wouldnt hurt for me to do a bit too...

anyone know of any dojos around..Limerick perhaps?

cade

A yes i'm afraid there are as yet no Shi-to-Ryu Karate-do clubs in ireland, the other styles have less Kata than her previous style, i think theres aroung 150 kata in it, whereas the others only have about 20.

we have 2 of the Major 4 styles being taught, these being

Wado-Ryu Karate-do
mixture of Shotokan and Jiu-jitsu, not as physically demanding as the others, a step above Shi-to-Ryu.

info at www.wikf.com or www.onakai.org or the University of limerick, http://www.ulkarateclub.com/training_details.php

Shotokan Karate-do, a step more physically demanding than Wado-ryu.
1 limerick club found in my searches. http://uk.geocities.com/abbeyfealekarateclub/index.html

astarte

Thanks for that information

have to remember to write it as shi-to otherwise I get asterisked

astarte

I dont think that renbukan is the one with fibreglass shields, so far as I could see the more senior grades only used shin pads etc,


less katas....she will love it!

Damo W

cade wrote:

A yes i'm afraid there are as yet no Shi-to-Ryu Karate-do clubs in ireland, the other styles have less Kata than her previous style, i think theres aroung 150 kata in it, whereas the others only have about 20.

we have 2 of the Major 4 styles being taught, these being

Wado-Ryu Karate-do
mixture of Shotokan and Jiu-jitsu, not as physically demanding as the others, a step above Shi-to-Ryu.

info at www.wikf.com or www.onakai.org or the University of limerick, http://www.ulkarateclub.com/training_details.php

Shotokan Karate-do, a step more physically demanding than Wado-ryu.
1 limerick club found in my searches. http://uk.geocities.com/abbeyfealekarateclub/index.html

There are a variety of Sh1to-Ryu Itosu-Kai clubs around the west of Ireland, I understand that they are still in existance.

Just google and hope

http://www.ballinasloe.com/content/view/101/107/

http://www.karatetoronto.com/links.htm

Hope this helps.

Damien

RedRaven

astarte wrote:

Hi folks

My daughter is 11 and up until a year ago was studying karate in australia, she got as far as green belt in renbukan, which I am told is of the ****o ryu style..

of course they could have told me it was of the kanga ryu style and I would have believed them too.

anyway we live in east clare and I am keen for her to take it up again, I probably wont find the same style, so pretty much any style would do. Failing that a well run martial arts school (ie well disclipined, no kids killing one another!)

it wouldnt hurt for me to do a bit too...

anyone know of any dojos around..Limerick perhaps?

Ger Healy runs a club in Limerick, I dont know if he teaches kids..you will find him in the members list, good luck.

Tim_Murphy

Ger trains in Cappamore and teaches kids.

There's also Taekwon-Do in ennis www.bannermaf.com and I think there's others around clare too, check out www.taekwondo.ie there might be more details on there.

Ger Healy

Hey Astarte,

I train in Cappamore in east limerick which is probably the wrong side of limerick for you as your coming from Ennis.
But if your interested in training with us pm me

Gaillimhtaibhse

astarte wrote:

Hi folks

My daughter is 11 and up until a year ago was studying karate

anyway we live in east clare and I am keen for her to take it up again, I probably wont find the same style, so pretty much any style would do. Failing that a well run martial arts school (ie well disclipined, no kids killing one another!)

anyone know of any dojos around..Limerick perhaps?

As an alternative before signing a contract with a dojo or a dojang, you might also wish to contact universities to see if there are any skilled students with black belts willing to tutor your daughter one-on-one. Some are both qualified and hungry (and might be very reasonable in their hourly fees). The training is more intense and rigorous, and she will more than likely learn defensive and offensive techniques much faster. She could also expedite the learning of kata or poomse for testing, if this is important. Later, with some level of mastery, she could then join a dojo or dojang for sparring purposes against girls (and boys) her age and size. Or perhaps try a tournament or two with girls in her division (and coached by the student BB tutor).

I started young and did all of the above. Found very few girls that stayed with it, unfortunately. They get discouraged by the boys, sometimes. But if they could first build skill and confidence with a tutor (as I did), then perhaps they will not get overwhelmed by the disproportionate number of boys in class later? Boys hit girls hard, sometimes. But if she has prior skill, she can block and kick hard back and earn their respect.