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Congratulations to Marketa Hlucha from Henshin Aikido who successfully graded for 1st kyu tonight…. well done Marketa, well deserved… thanks for all your hard work and dedication!
Congratulations to our two competitors in yesterdays Dublin BJJ Open.
Mick Kelly won gold in his weight class and bronze in the absolute, Tom Bermingham won bronze in his weight class.
Well done lads!
Escaping Death
When I fist started training in the martial arts, nearly forty years ago, I used to look at my heroes – Terry O’Neill, Bruce Lee, Frank Brennan, Chuck Norris – and wonder, ‘how did they get to be so good?’ Working locally at the time with local instructors in small local community halls (with cold wooden dojo floors) I trained with good people, dedicated people, but they rarely met the standard of those who graced the covers of our MA magazines. There was a difference in class, and that difference was startling, so much so that it was easy to believe there was an ‘us’ and there was a ‘them’ and that never would it be possible for the twain to meet. I always half believed that I – and everyone I knew personally – fell into the ‘us’ category, and the ‘them’ (people like Dave Hazard and Bob Poynton) were special, ordained to greatness, the naturals. I say half believed, because there was another part of me, the cheeky, strongly intuitive part, that knew this was bollocks, secretly I was aware that greatness was for everyone. I just wasn’t brave enough at the time to say it out loud. If you had foresight and individuality and could muster the daring-do to work like a steel fixer and invest like a city trader, all things were possible. I knew that to be magnificent you had to strive and dare to become magnificent. I wasn’t entirely sure at the time exactly how or why these legends entered the hallowed halls, but I had a sneaking suspicion that it had a lot to do with massive industry, and more still to do with finding piss-excellent instruction.
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Special Offers and Free Classes for January 2010
*Free classes are an invitation for non-members to come and try out a class.
Special Offers:
Sign up in January for our beginners Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or Aikido Courses or our Women’s Self Defence Course and get €10 off the normal price.
- Aikido 6 week Beginners Course Starting Monday Jan 18th 7pm to 8pm
- Women’s Self Defence 6 week Course starting Wednesday January 20th 8pm to 9pm.
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 6 week Beginners course join in any Tuesday and/or Thurs 7.30pm to 8.30pm commencing Tues Jan 12th.
Normal price 75 euro…. special offer for January 65 euro!!!!!!
Free Classes:
- Free Kickboxing Class for non members on Monday January 18th
- Free Boxing Class for non members on Wednesday January 20th
Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for 2010. Thanks to everyone for your support and dedication in 2009…. cya next year! Ray & Maeve
Kickboxing is finished now until Monday January 4th.
Boxing last class on Wednesday 16th December and will start back on Wednesday 6th January.
Aikido last class on Monday 21st and will start back Monday January 4th.
There will be a Jiu Jitsu classes on Tuesday 22nd and Monday the 28th (12pm to 2pm if there is enough interest or it will be an open mat). Jiu Jitsu classes will start back on Tuesday January 5th.
MMA class is finished now and will start back on Friday January 8th.
Circuit Training last class on Thursday 17th and will start back on January 7th.
Please note that there will be a few changes to the time table for 2010, so take a minute and have a look at it.
Congratulations to Andy Condon, Carl Fitzsimons, Mick Kelly, Mike Moloney and Tom Bermingham for competing and winning medals in the Irish BJJ Open today. It was a great day for Team Balance Ireland and I’m very proud of them for competing and their commitment to training.
Dan Haney will be giving a 3 hour Brazilian Jiu Jitsu course on Saturday the 28th of November. Dan is a Team Balance 2 stripe brown belt and trains under Phil Migliarese in Philadelphia.
Please click here for Dan’s bio and accomplishments
Time: 12 to 3 pm
Cost: 30 euro
Please book your place as soon as possible!
There will be no classes on Saturday 24th or Bank Holiday Monday 26th. Classes will resume as normal on Tuesday 27th. Enjoy your weekend.
The next MMA class is on Friday October 16th 6.30pm to 8.30pm members only.
Suitable for beginners, please bring kneepads, shin insteps, MMA gloves and boxing gloves if you have them. Some spare equipment available
Cost 5 Euro.
