Ballincollig Taekwon Do School

02/05/2026

Congratulations to our 2 new Ninja Black Belts - Will and Rory. Fantastic demonstration of their skills at their grading this morning. 🥋👏🏻

01/05/2026

Looking forward to seeing all our little ninjas in class tomorrow morning

17/04/2026

Thanks everyone for your entries for the upcoming Bishopstown Competition. Entries are now closed and unfortunately I cannot accept any additional competition entries.

30/03/2026

We hope that everyone is enjoying the Easter Eggs that the Easter Bunny dropped off for you last week in class. Just a reminder that we’re now on Easter break until Monday 13th April. 🐰🐣💝

15/03/2026

Happy Mothers Day to all our amazing Mums ❤️

26/02/2026

Looking forward to seeing all our Ninjas back in class on Saturday for the start of Term 3.
We also got to celebrate our instructor Lucy’s 18th birthday with students in class yesterday. Happy 18th Lucy 🎂🥳🍾

15/02/2026

Ballincollig Taekwon Do School is closed until Monday 23rd February 2026 for Mid Term Break.

04/02/2026

Saju Jirugi is a fundamental, four-directional punching exercise in International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) style, designed for beginners (white belts/10th kup) to learn basic stances, blocking, punching, and turning.

Meaning: Saju translates to "four directions" and Jirugi translates to "punch," therefore it is known as the Four Directional Punch.
Purpose: It acts as a precursor to formal patterns (Tuls) teaching students how to move in different directions while maintaining proper, stable stances (specifically, walking stances).
Techniques Involved:
Walking Stance (Gunnun Sogi): The primary stance used throughout the exercise.
Low Outer Forearm Block (Najunde Makgi): Used to defend.
Middle Punch (Kaunde Jirugi): Used to attack
Structure: Part 1 - It consists of 7 movements, usually performed starting with the right foot and right hand moving anti- clockwise to create a "plus sign" or cross shape on the floor. Part 2 begins with the left foot and left hand and moves in a clockwise direction

05/01/2026

Classes at Ballincollig Taekwon Do School resume today and Wednesday, with Little Ninjas classes returning on Saturday 10th January. Hope to see all our students back in their dobuks at classes during the week.

01/01/2026