Martial arts instructor appointed new director

Martial arts instructor appointed new director

12 December 2018

LOCAL martial arts instructor Joseph Ferris from the Bryansford/Downpatrick and Dunsford Martial Arts Academies, has been voted to the position of director of juniors under the Great British Savate Federation. 

Joseph has been entrusted with developing their junior training programme and  selecting international fighters to compete for GBSF over the next two years. 

He and his wife Oonagh set up Savate NI, which has been involved with the GBSF and Savate Ireland for the past four years.

GBSF president Laura Dawson has endorsed the GBSF Junior Championships to be held in Bryansford on March 30, 2019 and a delighted Mr Ferris said: “We have our eyes set on the 2024 Olympics in Paris as the Federation de Savate aim to have Savate at the Paris Olympics.”

Savate classes are held in Bryansford Academy and the Ballymote Wellbeing Centre, Downpatrick, for adults and kids.