Classes / Training centres in DUBLIN, Ireland

abetarrush

Hey

I was just wonderin if you guys would post where you train and what MA you do

I wanna get back into Martial Arts but I might do something different, I did Tae Kwon Do before

Any Capoeira classes, the info 'd be good!!!

Cheers

MaeveD

Post which area/county you're in... there's people from all over here

abetarrush

MaeveD wrote:

Post which area/county you're in... there's people from all over here

Lol, Dublin, Ireland


I just assumed everyone was Irish on account of the name

Roper

WWW.KO-MARTIALARTS.COM

We have Stand-up, BJJ and MMA training groups and we're in Glasnevin. Simple as that really!
Best of luck in your hunt.

ShaneT

www.mmaireland.com

Walking distance from Connolly Station. Full Contact Standup (Kyokushin, Kickboxing), Takedowns and Groundwork (Judo, Submission Wrestling). All Round Fighting (Kyokushin Budokai).

Great basis for all round self defense and/or Mixed Martial Arts competition.

Good luck with the search...

-ShaneT

yomchi

Roper
We have Stand-up

You have comedy nights now Roper?

yomchi

Taekwon-Do, Kickboxing and basic Combatives

Cabra Dublin 7!

Roper

No no Jon, comedy would be Taekwondo:D:D

abetarrush

Jon wrote:

You have comedy nights now Roper?

So Bruce Lee walks into a bar........

Haha


Thanks guys, keep em comin!

yomchi

Roper wrote:

No no Jon, comedy would be Taekwondo:D:D

LOL.. yes that olympic stuff is funny alright. As for Taekwon-DO now thats a fighting art

Colm_OReilly

www.twokingsmma.net

The only BJJ/MMA club to offer Murderball, MMA Basketball and Lightsaber training as standard!

silat liam

Cimande Silat

Classes in the Following venues

Firhouse Sports and Leisure Center Monday and Wednesday (Bus number 49 from citY center stops outside Sports center)
Lucan Sports Center Tuesdays
Walkinstown - Sheldon Park Leisure Club- Thursdays (200 meters from Kylemore Luas)

We also opening a new city center class from September 10th which will be at Club Vitae Gym on Saturday mornings 11am.

There also a class taught in Skerries on a Tuesday night.

For more info this is our website www.silateurope.com or tel 087 9956569

Liam

Miles Long

Tae Kwon Do (link in signature).

My instructor is a bit ... erm ... diverse:D . We train in four fighting zones. Our training is deeply rooted in TKD but it "tangents" to other styles and techniques very often...

I'm in Clontarf training for the summer (same deal as above), pm me if you're near and/or interested.

RedRaven

If you are up for it give it a go. There are 3 clubs about the city..Bridgestone in the city centre with p kelly...Chupasart in Crumlin with paddyc and warriors on the southside with mike d. Take your pic and good luck!!;)

loz

Jon wrote:

LOL.. yes that olympic stuff is funny alright.

Assume your slagging WTF ? - dont knock it till you try it

Roper

Miles Long wrote:

We train in four fighting zones. Our training is deeply rooted in TKD but it "tangents" to other styles and techniques very often...

I'm interested to know where the 4th fighting zone is:eek: . I know of three, stand-up, clinch and ground, whats the other one??? I seem to remember something like this from my TKD days but not the details.

loz

Roper wrote:

I'm interested to know where the 4th fighting zone is:eek: . I know of three, stand-up, clinch and ground, whats the other one??? I seem to remember something like this from my TKD days but not the details.

Seem to recall from a He Il Cho book - That would be - erm - leg distance - as in kicking, , arm distance - as in striking with hands, clinch and ground............

not that there was any clinch or ground in it either.

Miles Long

Roper wrote:

I'm interested to know where the 4th fighting zone is:eek: . I know of three, stand-up, clinch and ground, whats the other one??? I seem to remember something like this from my TKD days but not the details.

First of all - :eek: - Shame on you for forgetting!

1-4 (or 4-1 whatever)

1. Is out of range, as in requiring a step, skip in, jump or scorpion harpoon (oh yeah, that's right. We use a massive velcro dart for reality-based training) to get to the point of contact.

2. Long range striking distance, i.e. kicks, straight punches, sweeps etc.

3. Isn't really clinch cause there is no holding as such though we did train in some (I assume muai thai-ish) neck holds. It's short range, hooks, uppercuts, knees, elbows, headbutts etc. as strikes and takedowns

4. Ground fighting (in all it's glory!) Which I'm really getting into, totally different bag of hammers!

Roper

1- Isn't really a range is it? Or "the range where nothing's happening!
2- That's what I'd call stand-up range, and its not necessarilly long range
3- I've never seen any clinch training in TKD. Generally it was ignored though there was some strikes that could be used from there. Takedowns were only trained co-operatively. Hooks, uppercuts knees etc are all part of stand-up training as per your range 2. I don't see any reason to seperate them. Muay Thai plume uses the head though its occasionally given the misnomer of neck tie, its not a neck hold. Only neck hold I know of is the schoolyard headlock!:)
4- Cool! Since we're only down the road from each other, DCU is but a stones throw from our gym, we should have a joint session sometime and have a roll.

Miles Long

Roper wrote:

1- Isn't really a range is it? Or "the range where nothing's happening!
2- That's what I'd call stand-up range, and its not necessarilly long range
3- I've never seen any clinch training in TKD. Generally it was ignored though there was some strikes that could be used from there. Takedowns were only trained co-operatively. Hooks, uppercuts knees etc are all part of stand-up training as per your range 2. I don't see any reason to seperate them. Muay Thai plume uses the head though its occasionally given the misnomer of neck tie, its not a neck hold. Only neck hold I know of is the schoolyard headlock!:)
4- Cool! Since we're only down the road from each other, DCU is but a stones throw from our gym, we should have a joint session sometime and have a roll.

The only joint sessions in DCU in which I have a roll are...

1- Out of range defeats the purpose of it being a range literally, but used a as generic term Range is an area in this case that needs to be covered before an effective attack can be landed.

2- Long as opposed to short distance attacks w.r.t. the 4 zones themselves.

3- Clinch is a bad term in this instance cause you can't actually hold anyone in a TKD fight. The hold I was trained in was using the radius of one arm and the ulna of the other on the sides of the neck to control the opponent with the hands clasped palm on palm. A great one for this is the shin kick to the hip (mmm) leaves one of those spotty bruises.

4- That's a fantazmazsically good idea. We're not back til October but I'll mention it to Dan about a Roper Kwon Do (the art or method of punching Ropers fists?!?) appearance.:D We'd have to sort out halls and crap cause the mats are ... and we are ... it's all balls really. I'll iron it out though.

*Shakes Ropers Hand*

Roper

Miles Long wrote:

The only joint sessions in DCU in which I have a roll are...

Ahem... no comment....

1- Out of range defeats the purpose of it being a range literally, but used a as generic term Range is an area in this case that needs to be covered before an effective attack can be landed.

In terms of the terminology used in most martial arts circles, this is still just stand-up. That is to say that the set of skills you will use in this range are those that are trained in a good stand-up fighting art. The distance to be covered doesn't make it a range, it just changes the techniques. Techniques do not equal range.

3- Clinch is a bad term in this instance cause you can't actually hold anyone in a TKD fight.

Which begs the question, why train it? Why not focus on what you can do? I don't see to many footballers practising backhands. (backhanders in the case of the Italians) Or else maybe you could get some guys into the Amatuer MMA league?

A joint session is a fantabulous idea, but don't bother with matts and hall rental and such when all you need do is pop round the corner to us. We have regular BJJ sessions so just tell me when you want to come down or just check the timetable and pop down. All welcome, anytime. Haven't seen Dan in a long time. October is a million years away though!

yomchi

Assume your slagging WTF ? - dont knock it till you try it

It was actually part of a little slaggin with myself and roper. I wasn't knocking it at all... but keep your hands up anyway!


As for the 4 ranges of fighting. I believe AIMAA 'cover' these zones.

Miles Long

Jon wrote:

As for the 4 ranges of fighting. I believe AIMAA 'cover' these zones.

Yes, I'm training in the AIMMA curriculum. 'Cover'? Sarcastic or not? Meh, I like where I'm at. The zones are devised with a TKD basis so they mightn't be that generally applicable, MA-wise.

Roper,
I'll check out the BJJ night in your place at some stage soon enough, I'm injured at the moment but I'll make a point of it asap. It's true that stand up is within and outside kicking/punching distance. I reckon it splits the likes of a back turning kick from a step over BTK and any other attack that lends itself nicely to both a straight shot and a step/skip/jump shot. Just makes it easy to distinguise rather than seperates them as definate zones, a teaching aid if anything.


AS A BY THE WAY! I am not on drugs nor do I like/agree with them, contrary to what could be read into my previous, misleading statement. It was mearly a student joke. I'm not saying anyone implied it (I did) but now it's cleared up. ("Sounds to me like he's on drugs?!?" "Damn students"):D

goo

CAPOEIRA

www.candeiasdublin.com

Three classes in town a week, Monday/Wednesday/Friday
One class in Blanchardstown a week on a Thursday, but this is most likely being phased out.

Start now and you'll be easily ready for the batizado (that's the grading) in late July.

Mondays and Fridays are best for your first night taking part, Wednesdays are the best if you just want to have a look. Professor Pele is a lovely dude, beginners are not just given a warm welcome but a special hat to wear* and expensive gifts*.

(*hugely unlikely)

Roper

Miles Long wrote:

The zones are devised with a TKD basis so they mightn't be that generally applicable, MA-wise.

Eh? TKD is MA right?

It's true that stand up is within and outside kicking/punching distance. I reckon it splits the likes of a back turning kick from a step over BTK and any other attack that lends itself nicely to both a straight shot and a step/skip/jump shot. Just makes it easy to distinguise rather than seperates them as definate zones, a teaching aid if anything.

Eh? Now you're just confusing me!
I think that just overcomplicates things, and stand-up fighting is complicated enough!:) The very nature of the techniques should make it obvious as to where they should be used, its all stand-up. Sounds like classic overcoaching

Miles Long

I meant MMA-wise, seeing as that had 3 zones the the TKD 4 zone deely wouldn't. Personally I'd break it into more zones than Sonic 3 if it meant clarity, but I guess it doesn't. It could probably be argued that there are 2 zones, On Floor and Not on Floor, cause there is no holding in TKD and no fights that contain both in competitions, i.e. you can't actually take someone down and then start a ground fight.

But what do I know. It's probably for clarity about using distance covering footwork and things born out of WTF-esque combos.

But what do I know.

Roper

I meant MMA-wise, seeing as that had 3 zones the the TKD 4 zone deely wouldn't

MMA doesn't "have" 3 zones and TKD 4, Kenpo 6, Muay Thai 2, etc....... Combat, all combat based on reality that is, has 3 zones. There's no questioning that. Watch two guys with no experience in any MA fight. They'll "duke it out", then they'll grab on to each other and then probably fall over. Then watch two fighters, they'll strike, clinch, maybe secure a takedown and ground fight.

Some arts concentrate on one of the zones. Boxing, TKD do stand-up, BJJ does ground, wrestling clinch and so on. Some do two, Muay Thai has stand-up and clinch, Judo clinch and ground. Some do 3, though these are few and MMA is essentially a combination of the best of these single arts combined to do these 3. Now you're saying that TKD has 4? When I trained it it had 1. Stand-up. Thats what we trained 99% of the time. Sometimes we'd do ground in a limited way. Thats 2, at a push.

I'm not getting at you here fella I'm just wondering where you're coming from!:)

drop-d

Kendo is for you!

www.irishkendofederation.org

kenpo_dave

Would anyone here consider weapons to be the 4th "zone" of a complete MA system? Making the 4 "zones" - ground, clinch, stand up and weapons.
Lets hear your thoughts.

Dave.

Miles Long

drop-d wrote:

Kendo is for you!

Who me?

roper wrote:

I'm not getting at you here fella I'm just wondering where you're coming from!

I know, It's all constructive conversation (til I get to your club:eek:) The four zones its a GM Cho/Master Ameris thing for those who don't know.
He said, on the 4 fighting zones he designed

Master Ameris wrote:

"An example would be starting with a kick and closing the distance with a punch to set-up your opponent for a takedown then finishing him off with a choke or submission technique."

Now what I get from that is that there is a fourth zone. A kind of squaring up area. Like where a striker would keep a good grappler in order to get the KO without going to ground. It is very difficult to get the initial strike that brings you into range without taking a heavy shot from a striker. This is where techniques from zone 4 come into play. Using a front pushing/snap kick to the solaroplexus from the back leg to draw the guard in and the head down to for the upper hand in the clinch etc. That would be going from four to two. The discrepancy here is that zone 3 is within striking distance immediatly, i.e. you can reach your opponent with all four limbs, danger is here, zone 4 takes some pre-emptive movement to get to where you can reach.

There are techniques that are effective for this and they are distinct from those that are used in zone 3, direct contact.

I need more questions on this one.

Note: Master Ameris didn't post that on this board, it just lets you quote with a name.

TwoKingMick

kenpo_dave wrote:

Would anyone here consider weapons to be the 4th "zone" of a complete MA system? Making the 4 "zones" - ground, clinch, stand up and weapons.
Lets hear your thoughts.

Dave.

Nope, unarmed fighting has three zones. If you bring in weapons there are way more than four, as i will now demonstrate with the aid of my beautiful assistant.

1. stand up
2. clinch
3. ground
4. weapons
5. throwing stars
6. guns
7. missiles
........
57. big red button with do not push
58. knowledge of chemicals required to make sarin
59. lazers

and so on.

MaeveD

abetarrush wrote:

Lol, Dublin, Ireland


I just assumed everyone was Irish on account of the name

Hhhhmmmm....there's loads of different clubs in Dublin..... if you post your area, you'll get replies that will be more useful to you.

And not everyone here is Irish!

BJJ - Thursdays in Swords, Saturdays in Fairview
Aikido - Mondays and Wednesdays in Swords
More info: www.defendu.ie

kenpo_dave

Miles Long wrote:

Who me?

I know, It's all constructive conversation (til I get to your club:eek:) The four zones its a GM Cho/Master Ameris thing for those who don't know.
He said, on the 4 fighting zones he designed

Now what I get from that is that there is a fourth zone. A kind of squaring up area. Like where a striker would keep a good grappler in order to get the KO without going to ground. It is very difficult to get the initial strike that brings you into range without taking a heavy shot from a striker. This is where techniques from zone 4 come into play. Using a front pushing/snap kick to the solaroplexus from the back leg to draw the guard in and the head down to for the upper hand in the clinch etc. That would be going from four to two. The discrepancy here is that zone 3 is within striking distance immediatly, i.e. you can reach your opponent with all four limbs, danger is here, zone 4 takes some pre-emptive movement to get to where you can reach.

There are techniques that are effective for this and they are distinct from those that are used in zone 3, direct contact.

I need more questions on this one.

Note: Master Ameris didn't post that on this board, it just lets you quote with a name.

Personally I consider there to be 3 sub ranges of the stand up zone - short, medium and long. And I believe what you are refering to is really just the long range. However, its still stand up.

TwoKingMick wrote:

Nope, unarmed fighting has three zones. If you bring in weapons there are way more than four, as i will now demonstrate with the aid of my beautiful assistant.

1. stand up
2. clinch
3. ground
4. weapons
5. throwing stars
6. guns
7. missiles
........
57. big red button with do not push
58. knowledge of chemicals required to make sarin
59. lazers

and so on.

LOL. Do I really need to point out that Im talking about handheld weapons when talking in relation to Martial Arts? The weapons zone of course could then be divided up into sud zones - handheld, vehicular, computer activated etc etc etc, which in turn could be divided up into more sub zones, or sub sub zones if you will. For example handheld could be divided into melee and ranged, and then melee could be divided up into bladed and bashing weapons and so on

Roper

kenpo dave wrote:

Personally I consider there to be 3 sub ranges of the stand up zone - short, medium and long. And I believe what you are refering to is really just the long range. However, its still stand up.

LOL:D we could do that all day. Short. Short-medium. Medium. Medium-long. Long. Extra-long.

Miles Long wrote:

Now what I get from that is that there is a fourth zone. A kind of squaring up area. Like where a striker would keep a good grappler in order to get the KO without going to ground. It is very difficult to get the initial strike that brings you into range without taking a heavy shot from a striker. This is where techniques from zone 4 come into play. Using a front pushing/snap kick to the solaroplexus from the back leg to draw the guard in and the head down to for the upper hand in the clinch etc. That would be going from four to two. The discrepancy here is that zone 3 is within striking distance immediatly, i.e. you can reach your opponent with all four limbs, danger is here, zone 4 takes some pre-emptive movement to get to where you can reach.

RANGES AREN'T ABOUT DISTANCE, THEY ARE ABOUT THE SKILLSET REQUIRED FOR THAT RANGE. Techniques from one range to another (your zone 3 or 4) are not skills in that range, they are just techniques. Don't confuse technique with skill or Colm O'Reilly will have you!:D

There's no art that deals in "far away stand-up" or "near stand-up". There are just arts that deal in stand-up.

But hey, sometimes over-complicating can be fun so Carry on Training.

Colm_OReilly

Don't confuse technique with skill or Colm O'Reilly will have you!

*Feels rage building*

As far as weapons SBG's knife defence, STAB is all clinch.

Miles Long

Colm_OReilly wrote:

*Feels rage building*

*Whimper*

Roper wrote:

RANGES AREN'T ABOUT DISTANCE, THEY ARE ABOUT THE SKILLSET REQUIRED FOR THAT RANGE.

You don't have to shout, I'm sitting right here.:D

Mustn't skills possesed for that range ("4") have to be designed differently to those used when the opponent is within your reach ("3")?

Roper

Miles Long wrote:

*Whimper*

You don't have to shout, I'm sitting right here.:D

Mustn't skills possesed for that range ("4") have to be designed differently to those used when the opponent is within your reach ("3")?

No, they're not skills, they're techniques.

I still have to have the same fundamentals of balance, footwork, timing at any distance.

Obviously you're not getting this. Thats cool as its probably best to catch the movie rather than read the book;) . When you pop down I'll show you what I mean. Otherwise you run the risk of enraging the Hulk in Colm even more. You wouldn't like him when hes angry...

Miles Long

That's no problem at all. Thanks for the feedback. .

... to be continued.

Now that that beligerant hi-jacking is over. Abetarrush, you any closer to finding a suitable club?

SorGan

Roper wrote:

No no Jon, comedy would be Taekwondo:D:D

burn!:D

Roper

Jon, people keep carrying on with this mickey taking we had without us!

yomchi

Roper wrote:

Jon, people keep carrying on with this mickey taking we had without us!

Its not on Roper old boy, well have to hang around here and see if it keeps up

cue

Hey all,
New here and know zero about martial arts, but I attend a Tai Chi class in Navan which is run by a chinese guy who was trained by Shaolin monks. I love it. He also runs some sort of kung fu training aswell as running classes in Drogheda but he is gone back to China for the summer. Classes resume in September

yomchi

cue wrote:

Hey all,
New here and know zero about martial arts, but I attend a Tai Chi class in Navan which is run by a chinese guy who was trained by Shaolin monks. I love it. He also runs some sort of kung fu training aswell as running classes in Drogheda but he is gone back to China for the summer. Classes resume in September

Welcome!

aussiegal

Hi there, i am moving to Dublin in October from Australia. I have done Zen do Kai karate here for a few years and want to take up some form of martial art when I get there. Zen do Kai isnt heard of in Ireland I have been told so was hoping to join maybe kick boxing. I will be living in Rush but working in Glasneving. Does any one know of any martial arts schools in eith of those areas? preferably Rush. Any info would be of great help! Thanks

ninjawitatitude

Hey aussiegal,
Roper has a class in glassnevin which is well worth a look, kickboxing and bjj. Don't know about anything in Rush, though I'm sure someone can help you.

Hope this helps

Boru.

www.self-defence-ireland.com

Reality Based Personal Protection in Temploegue, Dublin, Ireland. Contact details on the website.

Offering classes in;

Defensive Tactics
Ground Survival
Knife Survival
Crime Survival
Terrorism Survival
Women's Surivial
Conflict Conditioning
Improvised Weapons
Kids Survival

we also use lightsabres

aussiegal

aussiegal wrote:

Hi there, i am moving to Dublin in October from Australia. I have done Zen do Kai karate here for a few years and want to take up some form of martial art when I get there. Zen do Kai isnt heard of in Ireland I have been told so was hoping to join maybe kick boxing. I will be living in Rush but working in Glasneving. Does any one know of any martial arts schools in eith of those areas? preferably Rush. Any info would be of great help! Thanks

There's a Judo club in Lusk. We start back training in September. It's quite a well regarded club. I think there is also a Kenpo club in Rush, but don't have many more details. There is TKD, Shotokan, Judo & Aikido in Swords as far as I know.

As mentioned, KO Martial Arts in glasnevin is definitely worth a look.

Millionaire

there is a brilliant MA, thats simple to learn, if you put the work in and its deadly, and there is no BS involved, no belts, no fancy suits...

it goes like this...

low shin kick to leg, right cross, left hook, clinch neck as knee goes to ribs, elbow to jaw... knock the B@stard out!!! ; -)

Oh yes.... its called Muay Thai !!!!

Its great fun.

Serious, my joking side, well worth considering as an option.

Michael O Leary

Millionaire wrote:

no fancy suits...its called Muay Thai !!!!

Speak for yourself Gerry.:)

My Muay Thai shorts are pretty fancy plus the headbands traditionally worn around the head and what about the traditional dress they wear when working with weapons. All looks pretty fancy. (And cool:cool: )

Regards,

Michael O'Leary
www.wingtsun-escrima.ie

Roper

Michael O Leary wrote:

Speak for yourself Gerry.:)

My Muay Thai shorts are pretty fancy plus the headbands traditionally worn around the head and what about the traditional dress they wear when working with weapons. All looks pretty fancy. (And cool:cool: )

Regards,

Michael O'Leary
www.wingtsun-escrima.ie

One day, soon I hope, I will own the world's fanciest Thai shorts. I ordered a pair, they arrived, they were considerably less fancy in real life. Paddy Clint had a pair with tassles on them one night, if I can outdo those I'll be alright....

Michael O Leary

Andy in Bridgestone had a bright pair of pink shorts for sale and for a second I was really tempted.

Michael O'Leary
www.wingtsun-escrima.ie