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Race Week Schedule

The schedule for Race Week is as follows: Monday: Closed Tuesday: Closed Wednesday: Regular schedule 7pm: BJJ Thursday: Regular schedule 7:00pm: Beginners 8:00pm: MMA Friday: Regular schedule 6:30pm: BJJ

New beginners course starting in July

We’re delighted to announce that we will have a brand new round of dedicated beginner classes starting in Point Blank Gym starting in July. We are running a 14 day free trial, so you can call down and try out some classes at no cost. Point Blank Gym is Galway’s only dedicated MMA facility, featuring a large matted […]

Success for Murphy at IBJJF championships

Point Blank Head Coach Tim Murphy returned to competitive Jiu Jitsu action recently taking a silver medal at the European No-gi Championship which took place in Rome. He followed this up last weekend by travelling to Denmark to compete in the Copenhagen International Open. On Saturday he won a silver medal, narrowly losing in the […]

Belt promotions at Point Blank

Congratulations to all those promoted after our recent seminar with Rodrigo Medeiros. New purple belts: Garry Jennings Paul Hickey Tom Plank New blue belts: Gary Mannion Kieran Adlum Paul Heffernan

Final match at the World No-gi Jiu Jitsu Championship

Point Blank head coach Tim Murphy versus WEC vet Seth Dikun (Cobra Kai Jiu Jitsu) in the final of their division at the IBJJF World No-gi Jiu Jitsu Championship in Long Beach, California. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQd68_muFPQ&feature=youtu.be]

New beginner MMA/BJJ course starting January 6th

We’re delighted to announce that we will have a brand new round of dedicated beginner classes starting in Point Blank Gym in the New Year from Monday January 6th. We are running a 14 day free trial, so you can call down and try out some classes at no cost. These classes can be used as either […]

Xmas promotions at Point Blank

After our end of year seminar, BJJ Revolution black belt Fergal Quinlan awarded new belts to a few of our members. After winning the World and European Championships at purple belt, head coach Tim Murphy was promoted to brown belt. Liadain O’Driscoll and Conor Donaghy were both promoted to blue belt. Liadain and Conor are […]

Christmas closing times

Point Blank will close for Christmas on Friday 20th of December and re-open on Monday 6th of January. Lots of training going on between now and then though with beginners, MMA and BJJ classes all running. Also, don’t forget about of end of year seminar and grading which will take place on Sunday the 15th […]

Tim Murphy Wins Gold at the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Championship in California

Point Blank head coach Tim Murphy has become the first Irishman to win a gold medal in a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world championship. In a dramatic finale, Murphy was able to come from behind to submit his opponent by applying a choke with less than a minute left in the scheduled seven minute match. Prior […]

Matjaz Galicic promoted to blue belt

Congrats to Matjaz who was promoted to blue belt last night by Fergal Quinlan. He has been one of the most dedicated athletes in our Brazilian Jiu Jitsu program over the past few years, rarely missing a session. Well done Matjaz, well earned!