Midleton Taekwon-Do Club

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Master James Dwyer

1996
• Started training in Bandon TaeKwon-Do Club under Mr. Gerard Allen and Ms.

Brenda Green

1999
• Achieved 1st Dan Blackbelt under Master Karel Van Orsouw

2000
• Won Gold in Taekwon-Do Ireland Cork Opens
• Won Gold in Munster Opens, Macroom

2001
• Achieved 2nd Dan Blackbelt under Master Dermot Walsh
• Won Gold in C.T.I. Munster Championships
• Won Gold in Irish National Championships (Power)

2002
• Won Gold x2 in IUTF Leinster Championships, DCU

2003
• Won Gold in Iris

h National Championships (Sparring)
• Won Gold in Kinsale Opens

2004
• Achieved 3rd Dan Blackbelt under Master Dermot Walsh
• Silver medalist as member of TKDI Irish Team in Four Nations “Sword of Friendship” Tournament

2005
• Won Gold in TKDI West Cork Opens, Bandon
• Won Gold in Great Southern West Cork Opens, Clonakilty
• Gold medalist as member of TKDI Irish Team in Four Nations “Sword of Friendship” Tournament
• Represented Ireland in WKA and IASKA kick boxing World Championships, Niagra Falls, Canada

2006
• Won Gold in TKDI West Cork Opens, Bandon
• Won Gold in TK1 Lightning Tournament, Sydney, Australia

2007
• Opened Blackrock TaeKwon-Do club with Mr. Paul Manning
• Won Gold in NUI Galway Opens
• Represented Ireland in ITF Taekwondo World Championships, Birmingham, England

2008
• Achieved 4th Dan Blackbelt under Master Dermot Walsh & Master Denis Daly
• Won Gold in Kinsale Opens
• Won Gold in NUI Galway Opens
• Member of Irish Team for TI European Championships, Cork (Silver in Team Sparring)
• Winner of Blackrock Grand Champion Division

2009
• Opened Midleton TaeKwon-Do Club
• Won Gold x 2 in Kinsale Opens
• Won Gold x 2 in Redking Championships
• Won Gold in "Best of the Best" Taekwon-Do Championships
• Won Gold in NUI Galway Opens
• Won Gold in Blackrock Championships
• Winner of Blackrock Grand Champion Division

2010
• Won Gold in IUTF Connaught Championships
• Won Gold in Kinsale Opens
• Won Gold in Redking Championships
• Won Gold in Blackrock Championships (Tul)
• Winner of Blackrock Grand Champion Division
• Won Gold in ITF Aragon Tournament, Zaragosa, Spain
• Won Gold in Adult Middle Weight Sparring at ITF Taekwondo World Championships, Cheongju, Korea
• Won Bronze as member of Irish Team at ITF Taekwondo World Championships, Cheongju, Korea
• Won West Cork Opinion award for Sportsman of the Year
• Won Cork Indoor Sports award for Taekwon-Do

2011
• Gold in IUTF Cork Opens
• Gold in Midleton Tul Tournament
• Gold x 2 in Innishannon Championships

2012
• Gold in IUTF Cork Opens
• Gold in Redking Championships

2013
• Achieved 5th Dan Blackbelt under Master Dermot Walsh & Master Michael Burke

2014
• Won gold x 3 in DIT Championships (Tul, Sparring, Team)

2016
• Won Gold in Red King Championships

2017
• Won Gold x 2 in IUTF International Championships (Sparring & Tul)
• Won Gold in Red King Championships (Tul)

2018
• Won Gold in Kinsale / Scion Championships
• Won Gold x 2 in Rathpeacon Championships (Sparring & Tul)
• Won Gold in UK ITF Taekwon-Do Championships (Senior Heavy Weight)
• Won Gold in Senior Heavy Weight Sparring, ITF World Championships, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Won Gold x 2 in Redking Championships (Sparring & Tul)
• Achieved 6th Dan Black Belt under Grand Master Trevor Nichols

2019
• Won Gold x 2 in Scion International Championships (Sparring & Tul)
• Winner of Scion Best Male Competitor Award
• Winner of CMAP Award for Best Male Fighter 2018
• Won Gold in ITA Munster Championships
• Won Gold x 2 in UK ITF Taekwon-Do Championships (Senior Sparring & Tul)
• Won Gold in Rathpeacon Championships
• Won Gold in Senior Sixth Degree Patterns, ITF European Championships, Cork, Ireland
• Won Gold in Team Patterns, ITF European Championships, Cork, Ireland
• Won Gold in Redking Championships
• Won Gold in Senior Heavy Weight Sparring, ITF Union Open World Championships, Sardinia, Italy

2020
• Won Gold x 3 in Scion International Championships (Adult Sparring, Veteran Sparring & Adult Tul)
• Winner of Scion Best Male Competitor Award

2021
• Won Gold x 2 in UK ITF Taekwon-Do Championships (Senior Sparring & Tul)

2022
• Won Gold x 2 in University World Championships, Manchester, England (Senior Sparring & Tul)
• Won Gold in Senior Heavy Weight Sparring, ITF World Championships, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Won Gold in Veteran Patterns, ITA National Championships, Limerick
• Appointed National Coach for Ireland

2023
• Won Gold in the Taekwondo International World Opens, Coventry, England

2024
• Achieved 7th Dan Black Belt under Grand Master Trevor Nichols
• Head Coach for Ireland at ITF European Championships, Cardiff, Wales

Thanks to everyone who supported the 2026 Total Tkd Championships last weekend, next year's comp will be run a little ea...
31/05/2026

Thanks to everyone who supported the 2026 Total Tkd Championships last weekend, next year's comp will be run a little earlier, May 16th (tbc), and special thanks again this year to Gerry O Connor from Precision Tkd for all these great photos!

Info packs for the Total Tkd Championships 2026 were sent out today, if you didn't receive one, let me know and I can se...
22/04/2026

Info packs for the Total Tkd Championships 2026 were sent out today, if you didn't receive one, let me know and I can send it on - James

Well done to the seven Midleton competitors who fought on the Irish Teams over the weekend. Silver in Patterns and Bronz...
19/04/2026

Well done to the seven Midleton competitors who fought on the Irish Teams over the weekend. Silver in Patterns and Bronze in Sparring for Colin and Mike in the Junior Teams, Bronze for James and his team in the Adult Men, Silver in Patterns and Bronze in Sparring for Ciara and her team in the Adult Ladies, and the Gold for Ireland from Emily and her team in patterns, also winning silver in sparring, winning them best overall team. Great warm up for the European Championships next year

After a great day yesterday at the Scion Championships, next up for the season is Redking in Tipperary on March 8th, the...
26/01/2026

After a great day yesterday at the Scion Championships, next up for the season is Redking in Tipperary on March 8th, then Rathpeacon on April 12th, and finishing with our own Total Tkd Championships on May 24th - so save the dates!

Well done to everyone who graded yesterday from Midleton, Rathpeacon, and Farranree. A great way to end an amazing year.
15/12/2025

Well done to everyone who graded yesterday from Midleton, Rathpeacon, and Farranree. A great way to end an amazing year.

Congrats to the Midleton crew who took part in the National Championships yesterday, 16 fighters won 13 gold! Massive th...
23/11/2025

Congrats to the Midleton crew who took part in the National Championships yesterday, 16 fighters won 13 gold! Massive thanks to all our umpires who helped to run the event. A great way to end an amazing year.

Well done to the Midleton fighters today, 25 competitors winning 15 gold, too many bronze and silver to mention, so quic...
19/10/2025

Well done to the Midleton fighters today, 25 competitors winning 15 gold, too many bronze and silver to mention, so quick congrats to the gold medalists: Ciara, Colin, Finn, Kamil, Angel, Xiandrei, Vlad, (and that old fella, Dwyer, snuck in for a gold too), but a special congrats to our double gold medal winners: Emily O Polo, Mike Murphy, and Jordan O Polo. Nationals is next!

Well done to the Midleton crew who competed in the UK Championships today: 9 fighters, 14 medals - 5 bronze, 5 silver, 4...
11/10/2025

Well done to the Midleton crew who competed in the UK Championships today: 9 fighters, 14 medals - 5 bronze, 5 silver, 4 gold!

Thanks to everyone who was able to make it for our annual club photo, ready to kick off the 2025/2026 season
24/09/2025

Thanks to everyone who was able to make it for our annual club photo, ready to kick off the 2025/2026 season

Thanks to everyone for coming to our World Championships celebration, Midleton club bringing back 27 world medals from 1...
24/08/2025

Thanks to everyone for coming to our World Championships celebration, Midleton club bringing back 27 world medals from 11 fighters, 10 of those medals gold, 6 from teams and 4 world champions. An amazing achievement from some incredible martial artists

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