Born in 1965, Malcolm was a schoolboy International athlete in Track & Field.
In 1985 he started Karate in Monaghan with the only club at the time and as a beginner won his first National Tournament outright. Taking category combat winner, Overall combat winner and Team combat winner.
In 1986 he moved into Mugendo Kickboxing in which he holds the rank of 1st Degree Black and trained with the local club of which he was a founder member and later instructor. He also trained privately with the founder of Mugendo, 'Prof. George Canning'. By 1988 he had founded another two clubs in the North Monaghan area.
It was around this time he began working in Hotel Security as a doorman. There were no systems or courses available at that time so drawing on his Martial Art training and encounters in the hotels devised a basic system for Response & Restraint which he taught to all that worked with him.
Owing to a change in his main employment conditions he moved to Private Martial Art Instruction and furthered his own development with studies of Muay Thai, Bio-Energy. Diet & Nutrition and the incorporation of Sound Athletic Principles to Martial Art Training.
1996 saw a move to Galway where he continued to train alone and over the following years spent considerable time in the gym, Tri-athlon and Marathon training. After competing in a number of marathons and other events he returned to Karate.
Malcolm now trains with Sensei Scott Langley 5th Dan who is the technical director of The JKS in the UK and Ireland and attends monthly seminars around the country run by The JKS.
Malcolm returned to competition in 2009 and won the Irish International Karate Championships in the Kata division. In 2011 he was a member of the JKS National Squad making the Semi-Finals of Kata at the JKS World Championships.
In 2010 took 1st Dan under Sensei Scott Langley, Sensei Dermot O Keeffe, Sensei John Shanaghan and Sensei Yutaka Koike.
In 2011 took 2nd Dan under Sensei Kagawa. Sensei Yamaguchi and Sensei Kanayama.
In 2014 took 3rd Dan under Sensei Kagawa, Sensei Dermot o Keeffe, Sensei Paul Gianngrea and Sensei Alan Campbell
