News and Events

19
Feb
2022

HDKI International Cup and Seminar

Barcelona 2022

September 16 – 18 2022

Holmes Place, Carrer de Sardenya, 549, 553, 08024 Barcelona

Seminars with Rick Jackson 8th Dan, Guy Brodeur 7th Dan and Scott Langley 7th Dan

Friday 16th September – Welcome, Registration and Training 7pm – 9pm

Saturday 17th September – Training 10am – 12pm, 1pm – 3pm, Dan Grading and Referee Course/exam 3pm – 5pm

Sunday 18th September – HDKI International Championship – 9am to finish.

Full Information pack www.hdki.org/barcelona-2022/

Gorgeous and amazing Park Guel in Barcelona.
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09
Nov
2021

Simon Bligh and Ricardo Galina

HDKI Ireland present an Open Course

Simon Bligh 6th Dan and Ricardo Galina 6th Dan

assisted by Hombu Dojo Instructors

4th December 2021

Sports Hall, Wesley College, Ballinteer, Dublin 14

Cost of Training

Adults (16yrs and over):
HDKI Members €30 both sessions; Non HDKI €40 both sessions
HDKI Members €20 one session; Non HDKI €25 one session

Children (under 16 years):
HDKI Members €20 both sessions; Non HDKI €30 both sessions
HDKI Members €15 one session; Non HDKI €20 both sessions

 

Please pay on the door.

Training Times

1pm to 3pm (aimed at high grades)

3.15pm to 4.45pm

Simon Bligh 6th Dan

Simon Sensei has been training in Shotokan Karate since 1974, where he started in his hometown of Liverpool.  After relocating to London, he spent many years as a member of Enoeda Sensei`s famous Marshall St Dojo. In 1990-1991 he spent a year living and working in Japan and whilst there continued his training at the JKA Hombu Dojo in Tokyo.  In 2004 he joined the JKS and has been a big contributor to the success of JKS in England. He has a wealth of experience in Shotokan Karate and believes in "Karate for everyone, for all your life." He is now Technical Director of HDKI GB.

Ricardo Galina 6th Dan

Ricardo Sensei has been training for four decades, starting with his parents, who were also professional karate instructors. In 2001, he left his full-time dojo and moved to Japan, were he spent the next several years training on the instructors’ course and becoming a personal student of Keigo Abe Sensei. He is now Chief Instructor of JKSA Mexico and holds numerous world championship titles.

This course is open to all karate-ka regardless of grade or association.

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26
Aug
2021

Scott Langley and Christian Øygarden – September 11th 2021

HDKI Open Seminar - 11th September 2021

Wesley College Dublin - Ballinteer Road

In the sports hall in the Sports Centre

1pm to 2.30pm and 2.45pm to 4.15pm training (followed by club gradings from 4.30pm)

Cost:

Adults: both sessions €35; one session €20

Children: both sessions €25; one session €15

All Welcome from any organisation.

No Spectators Permitted.  Training will be under Covid-19 guidelines.  Please bring your own hand sanitiser and use before (and after).  No access to changing facilities.  Please wear masks on arrival (park in the car park on the left before proceeding to the sports centre).

Christian Øygarden

Christian Sensei began training in 1998 in his hometown of Kongsberg, Norway with the Norwegian Shotokan Federation. In 2004 he moved to Vestby and began training with Robert Hagen 7th Dan HDKI, a senior instructor of the NSF. During these years, Christian has sought out a variety of instructors and has been a regular attendee on the numerous seminars the group host. Innovative, inventive and individual, Christian’s karate has developed tremendously, and he is now the chief instructor of Vestby Karate Club.

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22
May
2021

19th June 2021

Training with Paul Uren 6th Dan

HDKI IRELAND PRESENTS AN OPEN COURSE & GRADING

Assisted by Hombu Dojo Instructors

Saturday 19th June 2021

Hombu Dojo
Ranelagh

Paul began training at age 7 and started as an assistant instructor when he was 15. He competed from a young age attaining junior and senior kumite and kata titles at association and squad level, including 3 individual senior SEKU kata titles and winning the technical excellence award. He achieved his current rank of 5th Dan in January 2011. He started Plymouth Karate-Do in 1998 and has succeeded in supporting students of all ages and ability to achieve their goals. He strongly believes in helping others, both in physical improvement and personal development. From 2005-2008 Paul was the SEKU senior squad kumite and kata coach, supporting the squad through a period great success at national and international level. He is now a senior and well-respected member of HDKI GB.

Black Belt training 9.30am - 11am €15

Black and Brown belt training 11am - 12pm €10

Booking Essential.  Places Strictly Limited.

 

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23
Feb
2020

Rick Jackson

Rick Jackson - 8th Dan

HDKI Ireland are delighted to host a Seminar with Rick Jackson - 8th Dan on

Thursday March 12th

7pm - 9pm

Hombu Dojo Ranelagh

€20

Open to Black and Brown belts only.

Places are Limited. Please book online here or email secretary@hdkiireland.org to reserve your place.

 

Rick Jackson 8th Dan

Rick Sensei began training in the 1960’s and travelled to Japan in the early 1970’s where he lived and trained for several years at the infamous JKA Hombu Dojo in Ebisu, Tokyo. After returning from his time there, he continued to develop his art, becoming one of the most senior instructors in British karate. He is the founder of Fudochi Shotokan Karate and teaches regularly at Leicester University Karate Club. Blending traditional Shotokan Karate with concepts of Budo and Zazen meditation, Rick Sensei always delivers a thought-provoking and informative class.

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24
Dec
2019

Fulvio Pascut 7th Dan

HDKI Ireland are delighted to host Fulvio Pascut 7th Dan for the first time teaching in Ireland. Fulvio Sensei is a long term student of Paolo Bolaffio Sensei, Fulvio is a senior instructor at the Makotokai Hombu in Trieste, Italy and travels throughout the world teaching for the group.

Monday January 13th - Hombu Dojo Ranelagh - 7pm-9pm

Tickets are limited.
€20 per person.

You can book online here or email secretary@hdkiireland.org to reserve your place.

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09
Mar
2019

Guy Brodeur Open Seminar

Saturday 30th March

Tallaght Leisure Centre, Furtunestown Way

10am – 12pm & 12.30pm – 2pm

Cost:

Seniors €30, Juniors (under 16) €20

Guy is a professional instructor based in Quebec, Canada.  He began training in 1979, gaining shodan in 1985. Representing Canada both for the SKIF and the All-Styles team, he gained many gold medals in his long competitive career. In 1998 he met Steve Ubl Sensei, a moment that changed his karate journey. Since then, he has spent his time building his organization (Shotokan Canada), training regularly with Steve Sensei, developing his own karate and teaching internationally. This will be the second time Guy Sensei has taught in Ireland, combining a solid biomechanical understanding of technique with a practical application of karate.

To register and pay for this course you can do so on the Courses and Competitions page on this site. You can also pay on the door on the day.

This is an Open Seminar open to all organisations.

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05
Feb
2019

Minoru Kawawada

Minoru Kawawada 8th Dan

JKA World & All-Japan Grand Champion, Hoitsugan Chief Instructor

Wednesday 4th December 2019
Palmerstown Sports Complex
20 Oakcourt Grove, Johnstown, Dublin 20
6-8pm All Grades Welcome

Thursday 5th December 2019
Hombu Dojo
Ranelagh, Dublin 6
7-9pm Black Belts Only

Kawawada Sensei is a product of the golden age of the JKA. A graduate of Takusoku University and the Kenshusei programme, he went on to develop into a formidable competitor, becoming Grand Champion at both the JKA All-Japan and the JKA World Championships. After many years teaching and working at the JKA Headquarters, he now dedicates his time to teaching at Nakayama Sensei’s personal dojo, the famous Hoitsugan. Kawawada Sensei has a generous and humorous teaching style and the HDKI are honoured to host him in Ireland for the first time.

Cost:
Juniors: 1 day - €15           2 days - €25
Seniors: 1 day - €20           2 days - €35

Book your place on the Courses & Competitions page.

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05
Feb
2019

Rick Jackson

Rick Jackson 8th Dan

Monday 13th May 2019

Hombu Dojo

Ranelagh – Dublin

Rick Sensei began training in the 1960’s and travelled to Japan in the early 1970’s where he lived and trained for several years at the infamous JKA Hombu Dojo in Ebisu, Tokyo. After returning from his time there, he continued to develop his art, becoming one of the most senior instructors in British karate. He is the founder of Fudochi Shotokan Karate and teaches regularly at Leicester University Karate Club. Blending traditional Shotokan Karate with concepts of Budo and Zazen meditation, Rick Sensei always delivers a thought-provoking and informative class.

Cost of Training: €20

7pm-9pm

Strictly limited to 20 participants.  Book your place on the Courses & Competitions page.

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05
Feb
2019

JD Swanson – Open Course

JD Swanson - 5th Dan

Monday 11th March 2019

Hombu Dojo

Ranelagh – Dublin

JD Sensei is a New Zealand karate-ka who is now resident in the USA and a qualified instructor and examiner with the ISKF. As a very active member of the ISKF College program, he teaches regularly throughout the U.S. He is also the author of Karate Science and Professor in the Department of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Salve Regina University.

Cost of Training: €20

7pm-9pm

Strictly limited to 20 participants.   Book your place on the Courses & Competitions page.

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