The ITA (Irish Taekwon-Do Association) National Blackbelt Grading took place in Tralee, at the John Mitchels GAA Complex at the weekend.

Students were tested on hand and foot techniques, patterns, sparring, self defence, theory and power breaking.

The standards were very high, with students from Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Tipperary, Kildare, Limerick, Westmeath, Meath, Clare and from Tralee.

There were 68 tested for different levels, all were successful. The event was organised by Master Adrian O’Mahoney and Mr Barry O’Connor. Scroll down for photos by Michael Kelly from the event…