kickboxing in north dublin?

hunggar

hi does anyone know of any kickboxing clubs in north dublin preferably in the swords area. not that cardio kickboxing either. i thought i seen a poster for a club in santry awhile back but i forget the address. any help is appreciated!

Millionaire

check out world mugendo university on my signiture.

Located near Drumcondra.

Look at www.kickboxing.ie and make sure you get a proper kickboxing club...not that points fighting crap they pass off for real kickboxing these days!

Miles Long

Hey Mill,

I just surfed your sig. and found Larry Kidd. Did you train under him or meet him on your travels? Two of my mates were in his club but ducked out without forging informed opinions. From what I gather he's impressive, old now, but impressive both teaching and fighting.

Rory!

loz

Hi Hunngar,

Theres a great club in Glasnevin - almost santry ! - see my Sig


Loz

Millionaire

I know who you mean, but I did never meet Larry Kidd, I believe he still teaches in North Dub, is old and fit as a young guy. He had a few champions too. he did have a www but i cannot rememeber it. hes been around years, in wado before it became mu gen do.

George Cannning taught Larry. and George taught me also, as did his brother Joe Cannign who is Gan Theo kickboxing now.. or something like that.

I did train alot with Gerry "Cisco" Kidd, who was world full contact champion under WAKO for a few years in late 80s. He was going to fight about 4 years ago, even though in this 40s, and we did alot of sparring together. I was on the receiving end mostly during those sessions! LOL!.

Miles Long

Yeah Larry Kidd's club was/is in Chanel college in Coolock, it's no more than a mile from me. There was a KB club mentioned on here a while back that was in Coolock and I though it was him, mugendo and all. Guess Coolock is the Kickboxering capital of Ireland.

*sits back and wait for others to lay claim*

Millionaire

well Mu Gen Do orignated (well the Irish end of it) in Phibsborough , in Dolyes corener, up on the 2 & 3 floors, of the building diagonal across from Doyles pub. I think there is a Bible Banger place up there now.

That was the first full time Kickboxing gym in Ireland, and was base on 2 floors, and was a really great place back in the 80s.
I graded black belt up there when I was 14 or 15! 3 hour exam too! very exciting for a teen back then!

Doing kickboxing while listen to the old dublin pirate radio like Radio Nova and Sunshine! ha ha

So there is a big North Side connection. Santry, Coolock Artane too. Also Mayo, Monaghan, Louth/South Armagh, and Belfast, and Waterford.

Mu Gen Do had many World, + European Champs, and were first to bring professional USA Kickboxing world champs to fight the Irish boys. Troy Dorsey came, and I think he is still knocking about as a professional boxer.


Hey... we could organise a tour of Dublin "The Where it all began tour" of MA in 70s and 80s LOL!!!

Fire Dragon in Nrth Gt Georges Street!

Hell, I better stop... I ll Bore all!

pan

Here is the link for Larry Kidd's kickboxing club in Coolock.
http://www.mugendu.eu or http://gofree.indigo.ie/~mugendo/mainpage.html

He has a huge wealth of knowledge and still trains!!

It's mostly light/full contact, with some point fighting for the juniors

I've trainned there for years, and highly recommend it. Just ask if you have any further questions.

paul

Millionaire

Great! Nice to meet ya Paul!

Ya know..some American due, Mason is his name in Florida,
went and Trade Marked the Mu Gen Do name for himself.

So Legally no one else can use the name.

What a greedy disrespectful prick to do that!

Mu Gen Do is well splintered with politics these days.

Roper

hunggar wrote:

hi does anyone know of any kickboxing clubs in north dublin preferably in the swords area. not that cardio kickboxing either. i thought i seen a poster for a club in santry awhile back but i forget the address. any help is appreciated!

Hunggar,
Swords has lots of stuff, but kickboxing I don't know! Stephen Cooley has a much respected TKD club in River Valley and as far as I know they enter kickboxing comps. Theres also Swords Boxing Club on North Street in the old Carnegie Library, thats where I'd go.

Outside of Swords in Glasnevin is the best club ever in the world ever, really;) . www.ko-martialarts.com if you feel like a bit of a journey.

I think I trained with that guyu Kidd when I was a wee lad. Did he have a place in Colaiste Dhulaigh at any stage?

Miles Long

Dunno about him and Colaiste Dhulaigh but he's from that neck of the woods anyway. Remember much of it?

Mill wrote:

Hey... we could organise a tour of Dublin "The Where it all began tour" of MA in 70s and 80s LOL!!!

He he he, Uh I would but I'm only 21. I could barely kick up a temper by age six. The only thing I know about in the 70's and 80's is music...

hunggar

@ loz and roper,

glasnevin would be a handy location for me. i was on your website. is it kickboxing or is it tkd? i went to a club in swords which was suppose to be kickboxing but turned out to be tkd. ive trained in tkd in the past and its not what im looking for.

Roper

Hey Hunggar,
We're ex-tkd, hence the confusion;) These days we train kickboxing. Feel free to pop down anytime.

King of Kings

hey hunggar

i used to do kickboxing in swords. A guy called Willie runs a class in the Image Fitness studio on a mon and thurs night at 8.30

It's 6euro a class (well it was last year)

It's a super class for fitness and a workout but it was very pad work orientated rather than sparring

but I supposed he'd argue that he was teaching me the basics and I was too ****e to spar:D

But i doid get fit and always woke up the next morning knowing I'd had a workout and a half the previous day

Budo.Judo.Kev

might drop in some night meself if the pads are good. Looked a bit taebo ish to me.

Millionaire

your better off with Thai pad work.... it is miles ahead of kickboxing.

Marty Mc

Im a forum newbee and u appear to be the best man to ask this question - Im currently on a summer break from full contact K Boxing and we start back in a few wks. Was wondering what i should do to break in again before we go back full pelt in september. I just know he's gona make us spar as soon as we get in the gym and i want to be half ready. The reason? - We have a x2 european champ and a good squad of fighters and as u can imagine sparring gets abit hectic at times and would rather not be on the recieving end!!!!:D
Our coach was a very successful fighter and trainer and sets high standards!

Budo.Judo.Kev

Where is your club Marty?

Millionaire

Marty Mc wrote:

Im a forum newbee and u appear to be the best man to ask this question - Im currently on a summer break from full contact K Boxing and we start back in a few wks. Was wondering what i should do to break in again before we go back full pelt in september. I just know he's gona make us spar as soon as we get in the gym and i want to be half ready. The reason? - We have a x2 european champ and a good squad of fighters and as u can imagine sparring gets abit hectic at times and would rather not be on the recieving end!!!!:D
Our coach was a very successful fighter and trainer and sets high standards!

Hi Marty:

Start to run and get the endurance up for sparring. Half the problem is running out of wind. Sprints, long runs, hill sprints etc. get conditioned push ups, sit ups, circuit training, hit the gym if one near by.

Bag work.. if you have a bag... if not stretch out and do shadow boxing, while visualizing your sparring someone. get your combos and punch kick timing down, and up on the balls of feet. working the techniques slower too to perfect them. perfect hands/guard up!

if you can get a buddy to hold focus mits for you as a pad man, do it.

If you got your wind up, to last longer, that half the battle.

Who you training with? where?

Sounds like a good club you got there! I like the sound of the sparring.. thats great!

Marty Mc

Sorry i have taken so long to reply, advice is much appreciated and taken on board. i have about 2 weeks until i go back and i'll be doing something every day now. The club i use is in derry in northern ireland and our coach was a three time amateur world champion at three different wieghts. A true gentleman and well respected by all. Sparring is very full on and hense the apprehension about going back well under par. As i mentioned before with a two time European champ and a guy who challenged for an irish title on numberous occassions, plus hungry younger fighters, its a real battle like you might imagine. But a fantastic club and training.

I have been doing a small amount of running, bag work, shadow boxing, pads etc. But only small!!! Could i pick your brains on any idea's or drills for keepng your guard high and tight, if there is such a thing! I know there is nothing like an over hand right to sort that out but its an area which requires improvement.

Millionaire

sometimes i suffer from low hands too.

I just try to be conscious of keeping them up!

I use mobile phone to make short vids of my training, so I can check out habits etc.... its a real good idea to do that.

drills... sick to the basics!

Marty Mc

Thanx again for the advice the mobile phone is something i would not have thought about myself but will definately try it. And again your right, just be concusious about keeping the hands high. I got tagged in my last fight with low hands and that stopped the contest and i dont wana make the same mistake again. You live and learn!