Institute of Self Defence Ireland Krav Maga / Kapap / Combatives

We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who donated to our Go Fund Me page. We are getting closer to our target and closer to opening our door once again.

Your support has made a tough time a bit more managable. We are really grateful.

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We would like to thank all our sponsors for last night's raffle for their super generous donations to our cause.

We had great success thanks to your help.

Massive shout out to, ( in no particular order )
Necessities
Physiotherapy

Jewellers Waterford
Jeweller Highstreet
'Briens Off Licence Ardkeen Stores

We would be thrilled if all our students and friends could keep the above businesses in mind when they are making future purchases in Waterford. They supported us, hopefully we can support them in return.

Massive thank you again 🙏

What an excellent night.

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to support us in the Cove Bar tonight. It was great to see so many of our friends and students and to catch up after the fire.
Thank you so much, your support means the world to us.

Hugh thanks to all the instructor team and everyone who helped with tonight's fundraising event, you worked tirelessly behind the scenes to pull of tonight on just over a weeks notice, massive well done.

Huge thanks to all our sponsors for some great spot prizes for our raffle.

And finally huge thanks to Tom Drohan at the Cove for being a great host and of course the fabulous Ash & Laura for playing some excellent live music, probably the best 2 piece band out there .

We are another step closer to reopening in our new unit. Watch this space, we hope to welcome you all in very soon.

Hi everyone, we are hosting a fundraising night next Sunday night in the Cove Bar, Dunmore Road Waterford from 7 30pm. We would love to see you all there. All proceeds will go to rebuilding our club after the Tycor Business Centre fire.

Live music with Ash & Laura on the night. Kids welcome until 9pm.

We hope to see you all there to catch up and have chat.

Huge thanks to everyone for reaching out and all the people wishing us well. We are trying to work away in the background and make a plan. We are really trying hard to get up and running so our kids and teens still have their classes and their social network through the club.

We have some meetings to attend this week so hopefully we will have some positive news. We are devastated by last weekends fire and have to start again.

Huge thanks again to the fire service for a massive effort containing the blaze in Tycor and protecting the community up there.

Hard to put it into words. Our unit was destroyed by fire over the weekend. Hard to believe there was classes there on Saturday full of life and energy and then ruined a few hours later.

We moved into that unit in 2017 and built a community with great friends. We trained some kids the through to teenagers and adults.
It was a great meeting place for all our kids and teens on the weekend , they always hung back to have the craic after class, which was unreal to see.
Midweek the adults met up to train , laugh and break a sweat. Many great friendships were built up there through the years with some amazing people coming through the doors.

Im immensely proud of the instructor team who kept the place going in my absence, who never shied away from hard work or commitment. The voiced their ideas and the club grew with them. Super thankful to have them at the helm.

For now we have to assess the damage fully, regroup and make a plan. Finally I want to thank all our students who came back week by week to keep the club alive, and the parents of the kids and teens who always pitched in made the club what it is.

The building it's gone but the club is more than blocks and mortar.

Huge thanks to everyone who reached out. My phone has been hopping all day with support. And a massive thank you to the fire service who did everything they could to contain the fire.

Class tonight from 7pm to 8.30pm. See you all there 🫵

Class tonight from 7pm to 8.30pm. See you all there 👊🏻

Class tonight from 7pm to 8.30pm. See you all there

Class tonight at 7pm to 8.30pm. See you all there 😊