Marie Murphy is formerly from Co. Monaghan and began karate at the age of 7, continuing until she was 16 yeards old.. She moved to Galway in 1996 to go to college and studied as a Montessori teacher.
Today she is married to Malcolm with two children aged 6 and 7 years old. After becoming a mother she returned to karate.
Marie studies Shotokan Karate under the guidance of Senesi Scott Langley 5th Dan Technical Director of The JKS in the UK & Ireland and Sensei Harry Thompson of Moy Valley Freestyle Karate and Kickboxing.
Marie is a professional Karate Instructor, Garda vetted, HSE Certified in child protection and has child specific first aid training.
Being a competitive Martial Artist, her achievements for 2009 include IJKA National Championships medal winner, East Coast International Karate Championships runner up, IMAF European Championships (Germany) runner up, IMAF World Championships (Belgium) runner up and after placing 1st in the IMAF Irish Championships has already won her place on the 2010 Irish team.
She also trains in kickboxing, self defence and freestyle karate.
Marie has spent many years trying to find suitable classes for her own children within the martial arts but could only find classes in galway city and these classes did not always provide what she wanted.
So she has decided to research and develop her own system of teaching martial arts for children using her experiance within childcare and martial arts and promote it for the first time here in Tuam"
