Full Circle Martial Arts

Train Hard | Fight Easy

Author: Gerry

  • Class Schedule

    Little Ninjas

    Ardoyne Community Centre

    Monday 6pm-7.15pm

    Wednesday 6pm-7.15pm (Full Gear)

    Ardoyne Youth Club

    Tuesday 6pm-7.15pm

    Friday 5.45pm-7pm

    Older kids & Adults

    Ardoyne Community Centre

    Monday 7.15pm-9pm

    Wednesday 7.15pm-9pm (Full Gear)

    Could everyone who won medals at the weekend please bring them tonight for pictures that would be great.

    I will start registering some of the kids & adults for the Wkc Irish Open on the 11 May in Dublin this week, I will talk to you all more about this during the week.

    If the kids could also bring their belts they won at the Iska Europeans in Malta again that would be great. We never got a picture off them together.

    Thanks folks

  • WKC Irish Open

    WKC Irish Open

    We will start registering some of the kids & adults for the Wkc Irish Open on the 11 May in Dublin this week, I will talk to you all more about this during the week.

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  • Iska Ireland Irish open

    Iska Ireland Irish open

    Hi folks the Full Circle Team went to ISKA Ireland Irish Open in Derry & what a tough competition. The kids & adults had a really hard days fighting as the level of competition they were fighting was extremely high & Full Circle ended up second on the Top 10 Schools & we even had 2 of our fighters in the Top 10 Individuals. We would like to thank everyone involved for putting on an amazing show & thank you to everyone who came to support our fighters & to all our coaches who worked tirelessly at the rings & on the mats, it takes all of us working together to make this happen. 10 Irish Champions isn’t too bad a day at the office.

    For More awesome pictures check out Just Photos By Sean on facebook

  • WKU Northern Ireland Qualifiers

    WKU Northern Ireland Qualifiers

    Congratulations to all our Little Ninjas & adults who fought at the WKU Northern Ireland Qualifiers on Sunday. Full Circle came home with 21 N.Irish Champions 24 silver medals as well as 8 bronze medals. We are all super proud off all our students as they worked incredibly hard to achieve their goals. We would also like to thank all the kids & adults in the club as they were the ones who helped prepare them for Sunday & without them they would not have achieved their goals. That’s going to be a big team going to the Wkuworld World Kickboxing and Karate Union Championships in Germany later this year

  • Battle of the North

    Battle of the North

    Hi folks that was another successful day fighting some tough opponents with different styles of fighting at the Battle of the North. We got lots of good experience & all our students should be really proud of themselves. Thank you to all the coaches who worked tirelessly yesterday, our kids & adults fought in 85 sections with numerous fights in each category which definitely kept us on our toes. Thank you to all our parents who looked after the kids & who helped us out taking photos & videos it was greatly appreciated. Well done to our 2 judges who helped out on the mats yesterday, everyone commented on how fair you were & finally thank you to everyone in Mickey Finns for running a great show, I enjoyed watching our kids fighting & getting tested by some really tough opponents.

  • ISKA AMA EUROPEAN CHAMPOINSHIPS

    ISKA AMA EUROPEAN CHAMPOINSHIPS

    Hi folks when our Full Circle kids went to Malta last week to represent ISKA Ireland in the European Championships we truly exceeded any expectations we had & came home with 17 medals & 7 European Champions. The Full Circle kids fought with an unbelievable determination that seen them having to fight so many incredibly tough opponents from all over Europe. We couldn’t be more proud of them all. We were lucky to get quite a few photos of the kids over the past week which will be great for them to have when they grow older. We will put up some of their fights over the next fee days & you will see how deep they had to go to get their hands raised. John & myself would like to thank all of the coaches for getting the kids ready & again we would like to thank all off the parents for everything they do for us & who keep bringing their kids down & in trusting us to help them be the martial artists they are.

    Day 1 – 10th April @ 18:12

    The Full Circle Ireland team were on fire today, we have 3 European Champions with Jayden, Conor & Zoey all winning their points sections along with Caleb & Cadhla winning a silver medal with Caedan & Conor also winning a bronze medal. what a day.
    Zoey fought a Ukrainian in the final of the-30kg section & put on an exhibition in how to fight points. Zoey was technically amazing & won convincingly in the end.
    Jayden was unreal today she was technically amazing & fought in the section up & still won her section. What a star.
    Unfortunately Cadhla hurt her thumb & she will have to withdraw from her favourite light contact section tomorrow.  Cadhla was literally leaving one tatami mat & going to fight on another. The fight in her was absolutely incredible & she turned quite a few heads with her shear determination to win. Super proud of her.
    Conor Mailey is the leading individual fighter from Ireland & 15th in the tournament so far, with a little more composure he would have been a double European Champion today but he fought absolutely amazing.
    Caleb fought up a section today & he was beat by a very good Romanian fighter who narrowly beat Caedan 20-17 in a belter off a semifinal. Well done boys you should be extremely proud of yourselves.
    Day 2 will have 5 off our kids fighting in light contact section tomorrow which we will be looking forward to. Super proud coaches & thank you to all our parents who were amazing helping to keep an eye out for the sections & looking after all our fighters.ISKA Ireland @top fans

    Day 2 – 11th April @ 16:47

    Full Circle had another amazing day fighting in the light contact section.
    Caleb McCann was robbed in his light contact final after he beat a tough Ukrainian in the semifinal.
    Caedan Copeland had a few fights to get to the final & he kept his composure well to beat a Romanian fighter. What a fight & great performance.
    Conor Mailey fought a good Romanian in his light contact quarterfinal fight which he will hopefully overturn tomorrow.
    Jayden Neill was fighting a German fighter in the semifinal who ended up falling on top off her in the first round & she was unable to finish the round. Jayden will be fine for tomorrow & will hopefully be pushing for another medal in the kick light.
    Zoey Doherty finished her opponent in the first round to become Full Circle & Irelands first double European Champion off the tournament with a clinical display of skill. Well done everyone, tomorrow will be our last day & we will be finishing strong. ISKA Ireland
    Full Circles Medal Tally so far
    5-Golds
    3-Silvers
    4-Bronze

    Day 3 – 12th April @16:06

    Well folks Full Circle has left its mark on the Iska European Championships. We came home with
    7 European Champions
    5 Sivers &
    5 Bronze Medals
    We would like to thank ISKA Ireland for giving us the opportunity to fight for Ireland with a special mention to Ashleen Nicell for all her hard work over the past few months & especially in getting us through this past week, thank you for everything.
    Team Ireland ended up with
    10 Golds
    9 Silvers
    12 Bronze with some unreal performance from our fighters from all over Ireland.  
    The kids could not have done all this without their amazing sparring partners back in Belfast. We also have to thank our coaches for all the tireless work they have put in both at home & in Malta. The work you have all put in with these kids has helped them grow into the martial artists that they are. Thank you so much & onto the next one.