Kin Ryu Judo News

  Congratulations to Josh Boxell who fought hard to win a superb silver medal at the Commonwealth Tournament in Malth.# Josh lead all the way in his preliminary contests with some superb throwing. In a close final he made a small error which cost him a shido (penalty) and gave his opponent the win. This is Josh's 1st International medal and put him in a good place leading to the Europeans later in the year. 

This weekend the dragons were treated to a masterclass by the legendary judoka Masashi Ebinuma. As well as learning some of his techniques he took the time to randori with players and give them autographs. An inspiring day with an incredible athlete!

  We have started the build towards Paris Olympics 2024. The athletes are training hard but so are the referees including our own International referee and club coach Lisa. Check out the article below to see how Lisa started her journey and what it takes to become a top level referee.  LE VOYAGE TO PARIS 2024: LISA HARRISON (GBR) - European Judo Union (eju.net)

  Kin Ryu dragons have got off to a flying start this year with the team flying to Glasgow for the Scottish Open.  This event is the 1st major tournament of the new year with players from all over the UK and international teams from around the world competing in of the UK's biggest tournaments. Kin Ryu had great representation with our national squad making the journey. The masters team started the weekend with current national champion Joshua Boxell staying on winning form taking gold in the u81 M1 section.  In the cadets Sebbie Robottom put on a great performance taking 7th in u55kg. Following was Alex Mckee in the u42kg and he continued his British championship podium form, winning bronze with some long contests.      In the tough u60kg category Sam Tang took all his early contests with superb winning throws to get into the semi-final. Despite a technical and exciting fight he lost to a strong Scottish opponent and dropped into the repecharge to fight for bronze. In true Sam sty

  Congratulations to everyone on a superb 2023. Can't wait to see what 2024 as in store for us!

  This weekend saw the Masters and Minors competing to become British Champion. In the Masters, Josh Boxell got the team off to an excellent start taking gold in the M1 U81kg group. The golds kept coming as Clare Bowie took gold in the F5 u70kg and Elvis Wakabe in the U73kg kyu grade section.  In a superb final Simon Mersh took silver in the U90kg kyu grade and Gavin Archibald completed the medal podium with bronze in the U90kg M5.  At the British U13's our athletes Ralphie Hill, James Peckham, Isaac Sanger and Kiera Dengate were also fighting hard and showed incredible resilience as Isaac, Ralphie and Kiera all made it through to the medal fights. Isaac and Kiera finished in 5th place but Ralphie took the bronze, his 1st national medal.  Well done dragons!