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THE longest established Kenpo Karate club in Ireland is beginning its 45th year this month, on the Northside.
Senior Grand Master Brendan Walsh (10th Dan) founded Daigokan (Die Go Can) Kenpo Karate Ireland in November 1969 in Abbeyfield, Killester.
Mr Walsh, life President of the club, handed over the running of Daigokan in 2000 to Grand Master Kieran Devlin (10th Dan) who is now the chief instructor and Vice President.
The club, which has been based at the Le Cheile Community Centre, Donnycarney, since 2003, is run on a not-for-profit basis for the benefit of the community to teach the art of Traditional Kenpo Karate.
Daigokan Kenpo Karate Ireland held its annual children’s competition in Le Cheile last month.
On the night, awards were presented by Grand Master Kieran Devlin to the Junior Student of the Year, Senior Student of the Year and Black Belt of the Year.
The head instructor of the children’s class is 3rd Dan Black Belt Mr Eugene Malone who is supported by other senior black belts af the club. Eugene who was a latecomer to Karate, originally brought his two children down as students and he himself was encouraged to join the senior class. He joined the senior class and trained very hard and has now achieved the rank of 3rd Dan Black belt.
According to Grand Master Kieran Devlin, one of the main reasons for Daigokan’s success is due to the generosity of all the instructors who give their time for free to teach the art of Kenpo Karate.
Grand Master Annarino and eight of his Black Belts were inducted into the 26th Eastern USA International Martial Arts Association. The Eastern USA International Martial Arts Association has been supporting martial artists for 26 years. They have members in more than 70 countries around the world. The Global Award Leadership Conference was a three-day event that was held at The Embassy Suites in Pittsburgh on November 15-17. The prestigious award and event was by nomination and invitation only. The event hosted numerous martial artists of all styles from all over the world, including Ireland, Germany, Russia and US States.
All inductees and attendees enjoyed the weekend of training, instruction seminars and forums. The training itinerary was presented by experienced instructors from around the world. The open forum gave all martial artists the opportunity to share and participate in the training seminars.
The ceremony was a Black Tie Event where each recipient was presented an engraved award with their name and award category.
Grand Master George Annarino received the “Inspirational Martial Arts Example” award. Black Belt Gloria McCarthy received the “Inspirational Women of the Year” award. Black Belt Christopher Murray received the “Extraordinary Martial Arts Loyalty” award. Black Belt Kathy Sterling received the “Crystal Anniversary Achievement” award. Black Belt Joe Kirk received the “Extraordinary Martial Arts Achievement” award. Black Belt Eric Winters received the “Outstanding Competitor of the Year” award. Black Belt Walt O’Dell received the “Outstanding Achievement” award. Black Belt Don Matthews received the “Martial Arts Dedication” award. Black Belt Linda Pugliese received the “Female Fighter of the Year” award.