Makoto Karate Dojo

17/03/2026

☘️ Happy St Patrick’s Day to all our students , parents, friends and members around the globe ☘️ 🇮🇪

13/01/2026

A gentle reminder that we are back training again tomorrow night. Time to pay the piper for all that festive overindulgence folks 🥋🥋
Also enrolling new members for our adult and children’s classes 🥋🥋

06/01/2026

🥋🥋Adult and Children’s Karate Classes 🥋🥋
Now enrolling new members for both groups.
Training twice weekly in the Ballybofey area each Wednesday and Friday evening.
Why not try something new, interesting and unique which brings positive benefits for your health and wellbeing.
The focus is on improving self defence skills.
Phone or message 0863953199 for further information

04/01/2026

31/12/2025

What a wonderful year 2025 has been for me with Shogen-Ryu seminars around Europe, leading an Irish and Swedish group to our honbu dojo in Okinawa, and having a few new Yudansha in our dojo. I extend my deepest gratitude to everyone who has supported our efforts over the past year. Wishing you all a very Peaceful, Prosperous and Healthy New Year for 2026 🥋🙏 🙇‍♂️

24/12/2025

Wishing all our members, students and parents a very Merry Christmas. Sending you all joy and peace over this festive season 🎄 🎅

19/12/2025

We have had a busy week with gradings, and tonight we held Yudansha tests. Congratulations to Charlie, Aaron and Emer on their brilliant performance and effort over the past ten years to achieve Shodan 🥋🥋🥋

18/12/2025

Congratulations to the members of our children and senior group who successfully passed their grading last night. Awesome effort everyone 🥋 Tomorrow night we have three candidates for Shodan test, some of who have been training with us for ten years plus to reach this stage.

04/12/2025

An interesting read. We have welcomed a number of students who are on the spectrum over the years, and many of them have excelled in their karate training 🥋and contributed greatly to the dojo

https://www.grkc1978.com/post/how-karate-helps-adhd-kids-and-adults?fbclid=IwZnRzaAOe7vdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe16dSPExSh52hLCgKRcfEx5hKPEz4xIfnlT8wMtXrlmA9_055v9YHVgJ5SbY_aem_vBiwfKo3bijOfbf1sLi9Aw

It's always been a given that kids with ADHD get referred to karate, and everyone has a story about how karate helped them improve and manage their ADHD symptoms. But how? What is the magic sauce in karate that soccer, or tennis, or gymnastics doesn't have? Why does your child's pediatrician, occupa...

16/11/2025

Some pictures from our very recent visit to our honbu dojo in Okinawa

09/10/2025

It’s never too late to start training