South Dublin Taekwondo

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🔥 LIMITED MEMBERSHIP NOW AVAILABLE 🔥

South Dublin Taekwondo is now recruiting new Beginner / Intermediate members aged 8-Teen to join our team.

🥋 Whether your child wants to build confidence, improve fitness, learn self-defence or become part of a positive and supportive team environment — SDTKD, a competitive taekwondo club provides a pathway from grass roots to elite taekwondo.

📍 Location: The Arena, Tallaght [Woodies Complex]
📅 Typical Training Days: Monday / Wednesday / Friday
👦👧 Recruiting Ages: 8-Teen
🚨 Recruiting from Wednesday 27th May
⚠️ Limited spaces available — places will fill fast!

✅ Beginner - Intermediate Recruitment
✅ Pathway to SDTKD Competition Teams
✅ Multiple Active South Dublin Award Recipients
✅ Multiple National Lottery Good Cause Awards Grants Recipients
✅ Not-for-profit Local Community Sports Club
✅ Top Tier Educated Coaches

Join an Olympic Style Taekwondo Club focused on developing athletes for competition, enhancing confidence, health & wellbeing, personal development and achievement both on and off the mats.

📩 Add your name to our waiting list and we will be in touch: https://forms.gle/c3wQGmFcBJhjCpKw6 [Link on Facebook or Instagram Bio]

🏆✨ SDTKD Squad Members of the Year 2025 ✨🏆

A massive congratulations to our 2025 Squad Members of the Year 👏🥋

⭐ Cadet: Yeva Kovalchuk
⭐ Junior: Dyzile Chin Estrada
⭐ Senior: Erfan Moradi

These awards recognise members of our SDTKD International Team who compete at G1 / E1 ranking events.

Well done to all three athletes for your dedication to training, commitment in competition, and the leadership you continue to show within our club. 👏🔥

🏆✨ SDTKD Members of the Year 2025 ✨🏆

At SDTKD Club, we are proud to celebrate the incredible dedication, spirit, and hard work shown by our members throughout the year.

A huge congratulations to our 2025 Members of the Year, as voted by their teammates 👏🥋

⭐ Kids: Victoria Laurel
⭐ Cadet: AJ Carney
⭐ Junior: Ryan Lugares
⭐ Senior: Louise McKeon

These awards recognise not only achievement in Taekwondo, but also commitment, perseverance, teamwork, and the positive energy each member brings to our club every week.

While there were many deserving members, we are delighted to honour those recognised by their peers for their outstanding efforts and contribution to SDTKD.

Thank you all for your passion, dedication, and the spirit you bring to our club every day. The future is bright at SDTKD! 💙🔥

Dedication Respect Perseverance Champions

Good Luck to Taekwondo Ireland Athletes & Coaches.

European Championships 2026
📣 Team Announcement
🟢 Ruby Byrne -53kg Female
⚪️ Erfan Moradi -68kg Male (TRT)
🟠 Keira Forsythe -57kg K44 Para Female

Good Luck to All Taekwondo Ireland Athletes & Coaches.

The Echo Newspaper 23.04.26

The Echo Newspaper 30.04.26

May BH Weekend
Thanks Ayrfield / Finglas Club for the kind invite to join you for training.
Good Luck at your upcoming event in Croatia.
SDTKD attendees: Erfan, Moontaka, Claire, Darius, Dyzile, Anna, Yeva, Nicholas, Sorena.

🔥🥋 South Dublin Taekwondo – British Open G1/E1 🥋🔥

South Dublin Taekwondo were proudly in action at the British Open G1/E1 (25–26 April) 💪🇮🇪
An incredible weekend that showcased not just results, but true team spirit, resilience, and unity 👏

🌟 Day 2 – Cadets & Juniors

Huge congratulations to our medalists:
🥈 Dyzile Chin Estrada – Junior F44
SF: 2-0 v GBR
F: 0-2 v HKG

🥉 Anna Mahesh – Junior F52
R16: 2-1 v GBR
QF: 2-0 v KSA
SF: 0-2 v GBR

🥈 Bobby Fowler – Junior +M78
F: 0-2 v GBR
(A very close straight final, narrowly taking silver 👏)

🥉 Sorena Shiravani – Cadet M33
R16: Bye
QF: 2-0 v OMA
SF: 1-2 v GBR

Strong performances also from:
👊 Nicholas Buffini-Taaffe – Cadet M37 (R16: 0-2 v ISL)
👊 Victoria Laurel – Cadet F33 (QF: 0-2 v ESP)
👊 Ryan Lugares* – Junior M51 (R16: 0-2 v GBR)
👊 Anthony Lella* – Junior M55 (R32: 1-2 v DEN)

⭐ *Special mention to Ryan and Anthony on their E1 debuts, both fighting excellently and representing the team with pride! Congratulations to Anna & Sorena for securing their first ranking medals. 👊🏻

💥 Day 1 – Seniors leading the way

Our seniors set the standard early, leading by example for the entire squad:

⭐ Leroy Nsulu Dilandu – Senior M74 (5th)
R32: Bye [Seed 6]
R16: 2-0 v IRL
QF: 1-2 v DEN
A thrilling return to competition, showcasing precision and high-level scoring 🔥

⭐ Ryan Doyle
R32: Bye [Seed 1]
R16: 0-2 v GBR
A positive start against a very strong and experienced opponent who came into the division unseeded.

⭐ Paraic Kelly
R32: 2-0 v USA
R16: 0-2 v IRL
A strong opening round, with an all-SDTKD bout in the next stage. The first inevitable clash of 2 of our seniors.

👏 It’s not often seniors compete on Day 1, and it was fantastic for our younger athletes to witness that level of performance and professionalism

🙏 Thank you

A huge thank you to all parents & supporters for your amazing energy and encouragement throughout the event 📣💙

Thank you to all coaches who supported the athletes across the weekend — and especially for the work put in during the build-up 🙌
Special thanks to Leroy, Robert, Niamh & Cyrus for their commitment and leadership

We also appreciate the support from our Taekwondo Ireland colleagues with coaching on Day 1 🤝
👏 Congratulations to all other Taekwondo Ireland teams at the event who made the filled with Irish flags on the scoreboards throughout the day. Congrats to all medal winners.

This was our first international event of the year with a larger team format with all invited, and the team showed outstanding togetherness, work ethic, and spirit from start to finish 🌍🔥

👏 Well done to every member of the team — your effort, attitude, and support for one another made this a weekend to be proud of! 👏