Club News & Updates

Last weekend 29 of UCD Karate Club members invaded the beaches of Bundoran, where we trained, surfed, and partied for 3 days straight. This was our biggest Freshers trip in recent years and one of the best weekends away we've organised.  What a weekend of team...

As the year is coming to a close, we are left in wonder of how it flew by us so fast, again! We've had lots of laughter and lots of goodbyes. Hundreds of hours pouring sweat and (occasionally) blood in the training halls and the nights out that follow are the makings...

CONGRATULATIONS to our members who graded today!!! We've had an amazing turn out of 24 grading members, including 15 first-time graders! Extremely proud to say we've once again achieved 100% passing success! As a reward, we've topped a great night with a hot chocolate...

Once again we have approached the grading season! Grading in UCD is open to all UCD Karate club members, as well as sister university clubs and all JKA members in Ireland. Event page: https://www.ucdkarate.ie/events/ucd-karate-winter-grading-2019 More information will...

WE DID IT AGAIN!!! Amazing performances today from our members. We brought back 15 out of 18 GOLD medals and retained the All-Dublin Cup for another year!!! Outstanding performance!! We are extremely proud of all the members for bringing it home! 📸 Photos...

Hello everyone! We're hope you're ready for one of the highlights of the UCD Karate year. It's going to be a hell of a weekend, you can find all the information you need below! Bus Pickup 18/10/19 16:00 We are all going to be getting the bus down to Wexford together...

What an incredible turn out!! Thank you all for coming down to our 2019 Fresher's class, you were an awesome team of warriors! Cheers to the start of a brilliant year! We're delighted to team up with Red Bull and Avonmore Protein Milk who...

As the first day of UCD Sports Expo 2019 wrapped up, we are ready for one of the busiest weeks of the year. We will be here all week! Part of what "makes or breaks" the club is its presence at the Sports Expo on the 2nd week of lectures every academic year. This time...

We are absolutely delighted to announce Bank of Ireland as the new Title Sponsor for UCD Karate! This amazing support will help not only the growth of our club, but will also benefit all of our student members, helping them to receive better equipment,...

From the 15th to 18th August, members of UCD Karate Club travelled to Glasgow for the 2019 JKAWF Scotland International summer Camp, an annual event that members of our club have been regularly attending every year. Under the guidance of Sensei Masao Kawasoe (8th...

Exactly one year from now, Karate will make its Olympic Games debut for the first time in Tokyo 2020, taking place from 6 to 8 August. The quest to bring karate to the Olympics has begun since the 70s, but took four decades later to receive the majority vote to become...

Another stellar karate grading result from UCD Karate with promotions across the board! Our first summer grading in years was made possible by the continuous participation of our members. While the quiet summer months are usually marked by inactivity of other clubs,...

Mark down this date: 19 July 2019 (Friday), 6-8pm Normally summer is a rather quiet time for our club, but since we've grown so much last year, there is now a need for our members to grade even out-of-term! Our visiting grading officer will be Sensei Neville Reilly...