Martial Arts Limerick

Sunn

was wondering if anyone did kung fu in limerick?

pma-ire

Sunn wrote:

was wondering if anyone did kung fu in limerick?

There's a Kung Fu/Kickboxing club pops up when you Google Limerick Kung Fu.

Sunn

coolio, thanks man

memphis

There are a number of MA clubs in UL, not sure if they do Kung Fu, but its worth checking out... Probably find a list of clubs and socs on the UL website... plus one of the lads from UL posts here, so maybe he can enlighten ya.

Ger Healy

I've been in around the UL a few time have'nt seen anyone training kung fu.

Tim_Murphy

There's no KungFu in UL but there is a host of other martial arts clubs, check out ULSU , I'd presonally recommend either kickboxing (which includes sub wrestling and MMA), TKD or judo out of what's available. We're also hoping to have one evening in the week where all clubs can come together and train together in all ranges. We've been doing this over the summer and I think it's worked very well. PM me if you'd like more details.

Tim_Murphy

TJ Davitt is the coach of the Judo club.

Ya we've been doing it over the summer, KB, TKD and judo coming together. As far as I'm concerned it's worked very well and the others think so too AFAIK. The Aikido club were training over the summer as well but they preferred to work by themselves.
Who coaches? Well different people at different times depending on what we are doing. I'm friends with the people from the other clubs so at this stage I wouldn't even think in terms of different clubs as we're all interesting in the same things (broadly speaking) and we work together.

Ger Healy

Cool what Tim said

memphis

Tim, just curious, but are you a lecturer/member of staff at UL, or just simply training Kickboxing there??

Ger Healy

memphis wrote:

Tim, just curious, but are you a lecturer/member of staff at UL, or just simply training Kickboxing there??

Tim a lecturer hahahaha

His just some guy who walk in of the mean street ok Kerry and said "I can do that"

Tim_Murphy

Tim, just curious, but are you a lecturer/member of staff at UL, or just simply training Kickboxing there??

Hi Memphis, I'm a postgrad there. We set up the KB club when I was a third year there.

His just some guy who walk in of the mean street ok Kerry and said "I can do that"

rural Kerry Ger so that should probably read "mean fields"!!

memphis

Would love to have someone set up some sort of MA/Self defense club in my college. We actually have none. I think they tried last year but there was objections or something from one of the club in the town, sayin it'd take from there numbers or sommmat like that... Probably a lack of interest too with it being such a small college!!

Must get onto the Student Union President and see if he can come up with someone willing to train us, obviously I couldn't do it as I'm no BB..... yet!!!

Ger Healy

What college is that?

pma-ire

Tim_Murphy wrote:

TJ Davitt is the coach of the Judo club.

Ya we've been doing it over the summer, KB, TKD and judo coming together. As far as I'm concerned it's worked very well and the others think so too AFAIK. The Aikido club were training over the summer as well but they preferred to work by themselves.
Who coaches? Well different people at different times depending on what we are doing. I'm friends with the people from the other clubs so at this stage I wouldn't even think in terms of different clubs as we're all interesting in the same things (broadly speaking) and we work together.

Thats cool Tim!!

Good on ye

memphis

Ger Healy wrote:

What college is that?

I'm a student in Tipperay Institute. Its devided into two campuses, one in Clonmel and the main campus in Thurles... This in itself tends to be a problem when it come to clubs.

Plus as the college is relatively new (opened in 1999) numbers are small so interest in such clubs and societies is at a minimum.

Anyway, still haven't spkon to SU president... must make note to do it. I was considering asking my own instructor, or suggesting that students join our club, but then it would not be considered as a college club. And I'm not sure the college wold provide transport to this club being outside the college!!

Ger Healy

Which of the campuses has the biggest number?

memphis

Ger Healy wrote:

Which of the campuses has the biggest number?

Thurles, being the main campus would obviously have the bigger number of students. I'm studying in the Clonmel campus at moment!!

When the college sets up a club or soc they try to involve the two campuses (this is where transport comes in). If someone can set up a club and the college can throughly call it its own, they will fund it, and provide transport to and from both campuses to the training location (no hall on campus so a hall in either town would have to be used... again problems!!!)

Brian Moloney

Hi my name is Brian Moloney,
I teach Shaolin Kung Fu in Mag Mell Studio, 66 O Connell St, Limerick city.
I have trained in Shaolin Chang Chuan Longfist for over twenty five years. I also trained in Shaolin Ngor Chor, Wu Chi and Chinese Weapons under Master Kim Sen Han Sifu NW London and Peter Dillon and Bob Bannon in the UCD Dublin.

I am interested in trying to contact previous students of the Limerick based Shaolin Chang Chuan Kung Fu /Wu Shu and Combat Karate clubs to see about organising a meet up to catch up and swop stories.

This style has been taught in Limerick for over thirty years. Blackbelt Bill Frieghery trained under Joe Holmes brought it over from England. P.J. Bennis, Sean O Reagan, Randolph Turbot and myself amongst many others taught it.

If you know of any of them or their students, or are a martial arts enthusiast in the Limerick area and would like to meet up to talk about martial arts give me a call me on 089 43 63 989