Aug 24, 2026 · 11 min · 9 segments
Carlow karate athlete Brian Keating made history when he won the Irish Martial Arts Committee Outstanding Senior Athlete of the Year award at the national ceremony in Dublin. His performances across…
Brendan HennessyHost
Brian KeatingGuest
Yeah, because Sensei is the Patsies and the Brian Whelans and they're top class.
You were saying there you were young when you started but your martial arts journey began at a young age, as we've said.
You joined Martial Arts Sanctuary... and studied kung fu so there's a few different disciplines so when i was growing up kung fu obviously i was in the cinema in the pictures as we used to call it but he studied kung fu give tell us a bit about kung fu
yeah it's a bit different a bit different um karate now it's kind of more close fighting all right karate's a bit of a distance so kind of when you're really close to each other and you can't really throw shots it's more like elbows and knees and you're in close close quarter fighting is what's really nice
Yeah, because Sensei is the Patsies and the Brian Whelans and they're top class.
You were saying there you were young when you started but your martial arts journey began at a young age, as we've said.
You joined Martial Arts Sanctuary... and studied kung fu so there's a few different disciplines so when i was growing up kung fu obviously i was in the cinema in the pictures as we used to call it but he studied kung fu give tell us a bit about kung fu
yeah it's a bit different a bit different um karate now it's kind of more close fighting all right karate's a bit of a distance so kind of when you're really close to each other and you can't really throw shots it's more like elbows and knees and you're in close close quarter fighting is what's really nice
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