Clubs and Socs in DCU

scoey · 15-09-2004 03:53PM

I'm interested in joining the Martial Arts club but I'm just wondering about something. I've been practicing Aikido for a couple of years and really like it as relaxation and stress relief , but sometimes I get the feeling that it wouldn't be the most useful martial art to know if I get into trouble on the street or whatever. Basically what I want to know is,is the mix of martial arts taught by the MA club more practical than aikido (I'm not quitting aikido but I would like to learn something a bit more practical aswell, possibly involving more punches\kicks) and would it complement aikido well?. Also is the Aikido club any good?

I'll definitly be joining the Film Society and the Japanese Society(although NBMs talk of singing Japanese christmas carrols is worrying me somewhat

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Do the film society just show newish movies or do they show classics aswell?

Raz · 15-09-2004 08:21PM

Zem: We ran our own tournament last year but that was the only one we took part in. Hopefully we'll be taking part in more this year as I think we made a good impression with ours and may get invited to similar ones. Students of the club are also welcome to take part in any other tournaments they would like to and we'll say you're representing the club

Scoey: The Aikido club in DCU is very good. Last year they held a seminar in DCU with a grand master from France (On the same day as our tournament and stole our mats!! Nice guys though

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That said the Aikido club is very much different from anything you'll do in the Martial Arts Club. With the Martial Arts club the emphasis is more on street smart styles. Matsamura Seito is largely geared towards this. As you progress in this art you start to learn pressure points, which are cool. It's great being able to make a persons knees buckle by rubbing their elbow.

Nin Jitsu has a large element of grappling involved and it's pretty much the sole element of Brazillian Ju Jitsu. Grappling is very useful as a lot of street fights go in this direction.
Tae Kwon-Do can also be applied to street situations but you'd have to work at doing your techniques in confined areas.

I can see Seito and BJJ complimenting Aikido quite nicely but I'm not so sure about Tae Kwon-Do.

Filmsoc are nice people, they provide us with the classics too

scoey · 15-09-2004 09:51PM

Thanks a lot for the info Raz. It sounds great so I'll definitly give it a shot

MarkD · 15-09-2004 10:12PM

DCU Mens Soccer Club

Basically the club has 2 parts, the Leinster Senior League(LSL) Teams and the Intervarsity Teams.

LSL:
Anyone can sign for the LSL teams, so it's not just DCU students who play on these teams. Currently we play in Premier 1 Sunday and Premier 1 Saturday

Intervarsity:
There are 4 college teams
*IUFU League Team - Open to any DCU Student, runs until just after christmas.
*Harding Cup Team - Open to any DCU 1st Year, held in Limerick last year in Feb.
*Collingwood Cup Team - Top soccer intervarsity in Ireland, any DCU student can play, held in Belfast last year in March.
*Crowley Cup Team - Open to any DCU player who did not play in the Collingwood, last DCU hosted and won this Cup in April!
*We also run an internal league, where basically you get 13 guys together, and we provide the astro pitch, ref, and fixtures every week during the year.

We will be holding freshers trials in the first couple of weeks, getting through these will mean going to the Harding Cup and probably being called up to the other college teams and possibly the LSL.

For further info or any queries, check out dcusoccer.com!

Cheers,

Mark
Chairman
markd on RB

nuthin · 22-09-2004 12:01PM

Hello,
I am definitly joining Mens Basketball but it seems that there's not much going on in Mens Basketball club?

are they even playing regularly?
any homepage of Mens basketball team?

thanks

Zem · 22-09-2004 08:00PM

hey Raz any idea if joining the akido and the m/a club would clash in the long run because you were saying they had a guest come while you were in a tournament is that common?

I hear the music soc is good for joining because they sometimes buy tickets to concerts, events etc. in bulk and sell at a knock down price any idea if there is actually any playing of music in the music soc or would i be better to try the eclectic music soc, only thing is i wasn't to sure of the fact that it said it took place in the inter-faith centre, hey i got nothing against anyone with a religion it's just im not a big fan of group meetings to do with religion anyone any info?

finally did anyone do the scuba or sub aqua club last year was it any good?

BlackWizard · 22-09-2004 08:05PM

Im also gonna join the basketball club! Ive no idea what they are doing now but with me and you they will do lots

So are you doing computer applications or what course?

adjodlo · 22-09-2004 08:28PM

Is this m/a club open to total beginners? I did a bit of judo in school and liked it. Also, would anything have to be bought in order to participate in the club?

BlackWizard · 22-09-2004 08:41PM

Today the tae kwon do crowd wer trying to get me to join there club even tho i told them i never done it before(i lied to try to get them away) so maybe they will let beginners join.

nuthin · 23-09-2004 11:25AM

Hi Blackwizard

actually, I am a new postgraduate student in International Relations and I love basketball, did you play basketball here before?

if you let me know when you practice or just play for fun, I will definitly join..

ciao.

BlackWizard wrote:

Im also gonna join the basketball club! Ive no idea what they are doing now but with me and you they will do lots So are you doing computer applications or what course?

Raz · 23-09-2004 06:52PM

Zem wrote:

hey Raz any idea if joining the akido and the m/a club would clash in the long run because you were saying they had a guest come while you were in a tournament is that common?

Well, that was the first tournament we've held in 5 years so no it's not common

Usually the Aikido classes run straight after our classes or maybe an hour later (about 8pm ish and they run for an hour I think)

We'll probably have classes 3 days a week if not more. Generally they'll be in different styles so it won't really matter if you can't make a certain day.
Some of the classes will be 2 hours long so if you're going into an Aikido class straight after that then you can expect not to be able to move the next day

Zem wrote:

I hear the music soc is good for joining because they sometimes buy tickets to concerts, events etc. in bulk and sell at a knock down price any idea if there is actually any playing of music in the music soc or would i be better to try the eclectic music soc, only thing is i wasn't to sure of the fact that it said it took place in the inter-faith centre.

As far as I understand it Music Soc = classical influence
Eclectic = whatever the hell's your thing.
I know a few guys who were in the Eclectic soc for the last few years and they were the kinda guys who would bring they're guitars to parties an deliver the fine aural stimulation

adjodlo wrote:

Is this m/a club open to total beginners? I did a bit of judo in school and liked it. Also, would anything have to be bought in order to participate in the club?

The MA club is of course open to total beginners. You will find that during the first few weeks of the each semester you'll have classes with about 60 or so beginners, and I mean complete beginners. The numbers then usually drop down to about 10 or 15 regulars per class.

You don't have to buy anything to take part. The club provides any gear you'll need for training i.e. Hand/Foot pads, head gear, strike pads etc.
If you decide to keep it on as a regular thing you'd be advised to get a groin guard. Other than that you can train for the whole year without buying a single thing.

General training clothes would be tracksuit bottoms and a T-shirt. Don't wear shorts .... you'll be kicking and rolling around. Need I say more?
There will also be a lot of grabs and holds so don't wear your favourite T-shirt. It might get stretched.

page · 23-09-2004 07:29PM

Zem wrote:

I hear the music soc is good for joining because they sometimes buy tickets to concerts, events etc.

Yea, we get a lot of tickets for shows at a discount, especially if you want anything for the helix.

Music Soc
There are a few different parts to what people do in music soc...
Firstly, there is the bands part to it. We have a lot of guitarists, drummers, and people who just want to sing. So we all come together once a week and just jam, or you can get a few of you together to form a band to play in the hub or at the music soc nights out in town. If you're already in a band, we can get you a room to practice, and we own a full PA system, amps, drum kit (and transportation via shopping cart), so just bring your axe's or whatever.

For those more classically inclined, we will be forming a small orchestra to play at functions in dcu and elsewhere.

There are going to be two choirs this year too. I'm not sure which styles they each do, but I think they are planning to go to some intervarsity choir competition in semester 2.

Then there are those who just meet up in from being in music soc and do their own thing, but we support them anyway we can. Such as a jazz band could be in the works, and I'm personally looking for 3 other singers to form a barbershop quartet, purely for the laugh! ("baby on board", anyone?)

Zem · 28-09-2004 09:28PM

thanks raz and page for the info it sounds good.

yeah i think i'll choose the m/a over aikido then so thanks because i do value slight mobility after training.

Also page i've only played guitar for a few years but would like play with others i think i'm ok but the last attempts to get something going with people was a failure so it's ok for a newbie at playing with others to join in on the jammin yeah?

page · 29-09-2004 10:40PM

absolutely Zem! I can't play guitar at all, but hoping to pick up strumming chords or some malarky this year. Also going to give my hand at drums. We're getting people in to give free classes for diff instruments during the year, and all members are welcome.

Remember, all the clubs n socs are run by students, so they are usually a lot more relaxed about, well, everything.

OFDM · 30-09-2004 12:20PM

page wrote:

Music Soc
If you're already in a band, we can get you a room to practice

Can you organise a practice room for drummer's who want to practice on their own with an audio track?

johnjo76 · 03-10-2004 08:54PM

is there much point in joinin the film soc if you're commuting?

page · 03-10-2004 11:35PM

OFDM wrote:

Can you organise a practice room for drummer's who want to practice on their own with an audio track?

We're working on getting our own room on campus this year. It's going to have a drum kit and PA system all set up and ready-to-go. I'd imagine if you want to go in there for about an hour when noones using it there'd be no problem with it.

The Music Soc stand will be the first stand on your right when you walk into the hub (look out for the drum kit) if you're interested in signing up, or want to talk to any of the committee. We'll be loitering around and possibly playing a bit on the stage in the venue between 2-3 on both wednesday and thursday too.

Raz · 04-10-2004 10:57PM

If they still run 2 showings in one night as they used to then you could catch the earlier one and still make your bus. I think the earlier one was at 6pm or maybe 6:30, I'm not too sure.

spockety · 05-10-2004 12:25PM

page wrote:

We're working on getting our own room on campus this year. It's going to have a drum kit and PA system all set up and ready-to-go. I'd imagine if you want to go in there for about an hour when noones using it there'd be no problem with it.

The Music Soc stand will be the first stand on your right when you walk into the hub (look out for the drum kit) if you're interested in signing up, or want to talk to any of the committee. We'll be loitering around and possibly playing a bit on the stage in the venue between 2-3 on both wednesday and thursday too.

Where are you hoping to get a room?
It took Redbrick 4 years of painful negotiation before they finally moved into a relatively tiny server room... Who have you been dealing with on it? Keep badgering..

markpb · 15-11-2004 04:47PM

spockety wrote:

Where are you hoping to get a room?
It took Redbrick 4 years of painful negotiation before they finally moved into a relatively tiny server room... Who have you been dealing with on it? Keep badgering..

The Glass room on the first floor of the Hub between the Sports Complex and the Pool room I'd imagine.

While Martin Conroy was in a good mood last year, I went on a bit of a spree with HMC and seconded large chunks of the Hub for society use

Chipstick · 24-11-2004 02:05PM

TKD is open to beginners all the time, mon 6-7 wed 34 both in the main hall! go for it it's well balanced in all the stuff you need, ie training fun and tkd itself.

nun robber · 01-10-2005 04:01PM

hmmmmm three pages of this and no mention of dcu snowboarding, frankly guys i'm a little hurt :P
if you really want to try something random during your stay here check us out on clubs and socs day
http://www.dcusnowboarding.com
we do happen to be dcu's best club and ireland's largest snowboarding community, quite how that happened seeing as we're constantly drunk escapes me but i ain't complaining

Amz · 01-10-2005 04:06PM

I remain to be convinced.

Rhyme · 01-10-2005 05:46PM

Any idea on a Photography club? i didnt spy them last year and they dont seem to be listed where ive checkd.

Amz · 01-10-2005 07:25PM

Eh ... Photo Soc?

They had a big photography display in the Seminar Room in the Hub last year that I went to. You probably just missed them.

Rhyme · 01-10-2005 07:30PM

Amz wrote:

Eh ... Photo Soc?

They had a big photography display in the Seminar Room in the Hub last year that I went to. You probably just missed them.

Silly me... my clubs and socs day last year comprised of running in, joining redbrick, getting cajoled into joining japanese soc and then being lured to karting soc and running to class. Must spend mroe time there this year.

OFDM · 02-10-2005 12:08PM

nun robber wrote:

hmmmmm three pages of this and no mention of dcu snowboarding, frankly guys i'm a little hurt :P
if you really want to try something random during your stay here check us out on clubs and socs day
http://www.dcusnowboarding.com
we do happen to be dcu's best club and ireland's largest snowboarding community, quite how that happened seeing as we're constantly drunk escapes me but i ain't complaining

What do they do every week? Get together and imagine they're snowboarding?

andrew163 · 02-10-2005 12:44PM

Was just thinking the same thing

Tyrrial · 02-10-2005 05:26PM

Ultimate Frisbee!!

best club ever!! great people, great fun and a really great game!

Kenny_D · 03-10-2005 01:36PM

Snowboarding:

You start of with lessons for four weeks at Kiltiernan dry slope until you get your rider pass then you can go up and use the slope whenever. It's really good actually and it was the only club last year that I was in that was active

Clubs and Socs in DCU

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