Pat Harding is the instructor for the martial arts classes, which are held four days a week - on a Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Occasionally, there is a class on a Monday.

Week-night classes are two-and-a-half hours long – Monday (7-9.30pm; where applicable), Wednesday (7-9.30pm) and Friday (7-9.30pm) – with a two-hour session on a Saturday (3-5pm) and three hours on a Sunday morning (10am-1pm).

Pat (pictured sitting breaking a three-inch concrete block with a slap, watched by student Robert Reid) is contactable at 086-8218988.

Pat told blackpanther.ie: “You can’t just walk in off the street and expect to break blocks straight away. It doesn’t happen like that. It requires a lot of hard work.

“For starters, you have to condition your hands and that doesn’t happen overnight. You have to be prepared to put in a lot of hard work; it requires a lot of graft.

“But feel free to contact me and we can assess you from there.”

The class is open to adult men and women.

In the event that a class is cancelled for whatever reason, you will be notified here.