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Galway kickboxer Eric Daly returns to his home town to challenge for the vacant IKF European superlightweight full contact kickboxing title this Saturday at the Gort Community Centre.

The biggest night on the kickboxing calendar will be held on Saturday evening in Galway.

Members of Mary Mannion’s Athlone Taekwon-do Academy represented Ireland in the International Taekwon-do Federation World Championships in South Korea recently. Mannion herself competed as did her students, Leon Brydone and Dylan Lacey. As well as competing in the individual categories, Dylan represented Ireland on the junior teams. Brydone featured on the men’s senior team. The current European champion sacrificed the individual sparring to save himself for the team due to a recovering injury.

O'Loughlin’s was alive with the roar of fans and highpaced kickboxing action last weekend. Dragons Lair Kickboxing, which only opened its doors 12 months ago, had its first IKF sanctioned full contact kickboxing promotion in O'Loughlin Gaels GAA Club on Sunday and if they were out to make a statement, they certainly did that and more.

Two of Ireland’s top fighters who hail from Gort will headline an exciting 15-bout kickboxing card in their home town on Saturday evening.

Shane Fitzgibbon, one of Ireland's best known exponents of taekwon-do, was recently promoted to sixth degree black belt.

Galway has a new world champion. Kickboxer Nikki Collins has claimed the IKF World Bantamweight title, becoming the first female world champion from the west of Ireland.

Kilkenny is about to become the Jiu-Jitsu capital of Europe when the Annual Gathering of the Clans will take place next month - March 5 and March 6 in the Dragons Lair Martial Arts & Fitness Centre.

Evolution Martial Arts Academy has many exciting programmes designed for all ages.

Congratulations to Paul Fox from the Athlone Taekwon-Do School who received his Black Belt last weekend after an 18-year martial arts odyssey. Paul was put through his paces by Senior Master Anthony Phelan (8th degree) at the Republic of Ireland Taekwon-Do Association’s second biannual black belt exam in Dublin. The martial artist originally started training in Bray in 1990 and took a scenic route through several Taekwon-Do schools before settling in Athlone in 2005.