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Galway taekwon-do students claimed eight gold medals at recent international competitions.

Galway taekwon-do students claimed eight gold medals at recent international competitions.

Evolution Martial Arts Academy has become one of the highest ranked Sport Karate Schools in the World by their continued success at World Championships and their multiple World Titles won.

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.

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

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

Taekwon-do instructor Shane Fitzgibbon and his student Shane Rabbitte returned from Croatia last week where they had competed in the ITF European Taekwon-do Championship. This, the second European championship for the pair, was a triumphant week as they returned home with three medals between them.