Kin Ryu Judo News

  Well done to all the dragons In attendance at Sussex today some great judo on display from our young squad! Final results Riley Pope Alex Kaluki Noah Andrews Leah Goddard Shaylin Komisarek Mason Cizauskas Adam Urbanczyk Miron Loginov Kyle Goddard Thank you to Luther for all his help coaching today. Congratulations to Ivan Gasparetto and Amy Watkin on passing their club refereeing award and a massive thank you to all our officials for stepping up to referee and officiate Amazing team

  Our team fought superbly this weekend at the 1st National ranking event of 2025, the Scottish Open in Largs, Glasgow. The dragons took a large team of athletes and everyone was on top form as they took on the best athletes in the Country.  In the Cadets our team finished strongly and final results were: Final results Sam Tang u60kg Lucy Robinson u52kg Peter Crawford u90kg Olivia Barfoot-Saunt u48kg George Armstrong u90kg Alex Mckee u46kg No medals for Vaidotas Pulokas, Sebbie Robottom, Ethan Watkin, Conrad Szilvasi and Nikolaos Goudinakis but some great contests. Ethan and Conrad took more points for their dan grade and George, Peter and Sam took points for their 2nd dan. On Sunday it was the turn of the U21's and we had 8 athletes competing. Again the team fought well and final results were: Final results Lucy Robinson u52kg Olivia Barfoot-Saunt u48kg Sam Tang u60kg Peter Crawford u90kg 5th George Armstrong u90kg 7th Ethan Watkin u55kg Sebbie and Vaidotas were unplaced but ...

  What a weekend for the dragons as they took on the Countries best judoka at the 2024 British Championships in Warwick.  Kin Ryu sent their biggest squad to date as 14 young athletes took to the mats over the weekend. On Saturday it was the turn of the cadet boys and pre cadet girls. Kin Ryu had a strong team in attendance with some previous medal winners as well as some new up and coming talent.  The day started strongly with the team taking some early wins. Nikolaos Goudinakis u66kg, Vaidotas Pulokas u55kg, Ajin Rubakaran u60kg had some great contests but were unable to get to the medal rounds on this occasion.  Sam Tang u60kg put in a superb perfomance but following a loss after a thrilling semi-final he fought for bronze and was succesful in gaining a place on the podium.  George Armstrong u81kg also had some exciting matches, losing his 1st contest but winning all the rest to gain a place in the bronze medal fight. After a close contest he was victorious a...

  Kin Ryu Judo Club are celebrating after incredible results at the Pan American Cadet and Junior Cups in Montreal, Canada.  On Thursday athletes Samuel Tang, Olivia Barfoot-Saunt and Lucy Robinson stepped up an age group into u21's and showed they can compete with the best on the World stage. It was a tough day for Lucy as she was unable to progress to the medal rounds in the u52kg category.  Sam started strongly narrowly losing out on a medal as he took 5th place in a strong u60kg category. Liv was on fire as she competed for the 1st time at her new u48kg weight. She won the 1st 3 fights conclusively to gain a place in the final. An injury saw her lose this contest but she is incredibly proud to win a superb silver medal, her 1st International Medal (pictured above). The following day it was the Cadet Championships. Sam and Lucy competed again and were joined this time by Peter Crawford at u90kg. Liv was unable to fight following her injury the day before. The team were...