Mixed Martial Arts Article Planned for Sunday 2nd May

Last week, the Irish Daily Star newspaper spent a morning at Kokoro Mixed Martial Arts, Dublin, to get a feel for the “sport” behind MMA.

Spring Level Assessment 2010 – Awesome!

Take 30 guys, tell them they’ll need to spend the next three hours sparring, then sit back and watch the magic unfold. That’s how it was at today’s level assessment.

Bartek Catka – Kokoro’s Full Contact Karate Coach

Some of you know Bartek. If you do, then you know that he’s as tough as they come. Lacking in discipline and a level of toughness that’s second to none? Then it’s very likely that supplementing your MMA training with Kyokushin is a very good idea.

Daragh Kennedy – Kokoro’s Full Contact Kickboxing Coach

Daragh Kennedy is a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Kickboxing and anyone that’s been lucky enough to train or spar with him knows that he has a world of skills and knowledge. A regular in the Level 2 MMA training sessions, for the last 8 months or so, Daragh has quickly become very much [...]

Update: Summer Camp 2010 (June 12 & 13)

This year we’ll host our first ever European Summer Camp. Mixed Martial Arts drills and sparring across all six aspects of MMA Competition will be touched upon.

Update: Spring Level Assessment (April 17)

Kokoro Level Assessments are all about finding out where you stand as a fighter. We choose Mixed Martial Arts because it isn’t “play fighting”. It’s a full contact sport. Sure, we take time to develop our skills before engaging in truly full contact training but we want to know where we [...]