Who is coaching the children?
Colm O’Reilly and Daniel Iannelli coach at Clever Little Monkeys. Colm began his training in Martial Arts (Kenpo Karate at the time) aged 9. Aged 16 he began teaching children’s classes in Drimnagh. In 2000, Colm began training with Straight Blast Gym Ireland, and was awarded his SBG Trainer’s cert in 2002, at which point he began teaching Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in UCD. In October 2003 Colm started Clever Little Monkeys in Scoil Carmel, Firhouse. Colm has a BSc in Sports Management from UCD and is 25 years old, though he still doesn’t consider himself a real grown up. Daniel started training in Spartan MMA in December 2002. After a long soccer and rugby career he finally decided to try his hand at combat athletics, inspired by his younger brother’s success with Clever Little Monkeys. Daniel began helping out with the children’s classes in September 2006 and quickly developed a fan base amongst the children. Daniel is working towards a personal training qualification from the National Trai
