Mullingar karate club welcome visitors from Portlaoise Dojo

Mullingar Karate members welcomed visitors from Portlaoise Dojo for some extra training and tuition in preparation for forthcoming National Grading for Brown and Black Belt candidates.

Kyokushinkai Karate is a tough form of Karate and gradings are strict. Candidates have to express knowledge of a wide range of techniques, perform Kata (forms), understand and demonstrate applications of Kata, be extremely fit and display that they can fight strongly, especially when fatigued.

The Mullingar Dojo train twice weekly (Tuesday and Saturday) and are based at the Mullingar Parish Community Centre; beginners are always welcome and no previous experience is required.

The club cater for all ages ranging from six to adult , male and female.

The Mullingar club celebrate 25 years in existence this October and in that time they have produced many high grades, male and female. They have competed overseas in full-contact knockdown karate tournaments on many occasions, representing club and country at a high level.

The club aspire to compete on a more regular basis at European and world levels in 2027.

Contact details: 086 1676358 Facebook: Mullingar Kyokushin and www.kyokushinireland.com.