Gardaí seeking to train new recruits in Japanese martial arts

In each of the last three years, over 200 assaults on gardaí resulting in an occupational injury have been reported across the country.

An Garda Síochána is seeking to have its instructors trained in how to teach the Japanese martial art of Taiho-jutsu to new recruits at the Garda College in Templemore.

It’s set to spend up to €120,000 over four years for the delivery of this training in Taiho-Jutsu, a form of non-lethal self-defence or an equivalent mode of self-defence.