The USKF would like to congratulate all those who were picked for the USKF Junior Squad. The team will be travelling to compete in the Liverpool Youth Championships on May 31st.
 
On the squad will be James Farrelly, Aoife Farrelly, Alan McCann, Graham Gibney, Patrick Fowler, Leeanne Royle, Ruth O'Hara & Savannah Coates. The team will be accompanied by coaches Sensei 's Michael Sherlock and David Royle.

The USKF National Championships 2008 were held at the Blanchardstown Institute of Technology. As usual the standard on the day was great, with a lot of new talent showing through. Best overall male on the day went to Alan McCann from Santry Shotokan Karate Club. Best overall famale on the day went to Ruth O'Hara from Newbridge Shotokan Karate Club.

Members of the Corduff and Hartstown Shotokan Karate Clubs being presented with awards to mark their sucess in the recent DAN grading with Sensei Andy Sherry...

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The USKF Spring Course was held at the Hartstown Shotokan Karate Club on Sunday the 13th of April. This years course was for brown & black belts only, and allowed for a much more concentrated class, with Sensei Sherry paying strict attention to the syllabus for DAN grading...

As part of its committment to continual improvement, the USKF held the first of its Referees and Judges courses on Sunday in Corduff Sports Centre...

Approximately 50 students trained at the USKF's first black and brown belt course of 2008... Click title for more info!

Congratulations to all the competitors at the first Newbridge Open Karate Championship... click title for more info!

The USKF would like to congratulate Sensei David Royle (5th DAN) for recently being promoted to USKF grading examiner... Congratulations Sensei!