Moving into the Dan grades is a special moment that all judoka will treasure. Whether a lifetime goal or a happy co-incidence of hard work and dedication to the sport of judo, Dan grade promotions deserve to be recognised.

At the end of each month, we will publish the names of all judoka promoted to 1st Dan and above. If you achieve a grade promotion (either Mon, Kyu or Dan) in the next month please send in your grading photos and we will publish them alongside the new gradings next month!

Send in your photos to communications@britishjudo.org.uk or share them with us on our Facebook page or on Twitter.

Name	Club	Area	Date of Promotion	Type of Promotion
To 1st Dan
Christian Cassar	Westcroft Judo Club	Southern	7th January 2023	E
James Weller Henry	Westcroft Judo Club	Southern	7th January 2023	E
Stephen Lucas	Heart of Oak	NHC	5th January 2023	T BOD
Graham Lucking	Battlehill Judo Club	Northern	17th November 2022	TC
Emma Witts	Sakura Judo Club	Midlands	6th November 2022	P
Emma Witts	Sakura Judo Club	Midlands	7th May 2022	T
Charlotte Wain	Havering Judo Club	NHC	17th December 2022	T
Ashley Beynon	Bangor University Judo Club	WJA	3rd December 2022	P
Keiran Beattie-Lewis	Middlesbrough Judo	Northern	22nd January 2023	P
Millie Bayliss	No Club Stated	WJA	5th December 2022	P
Travis Hutchinson	Middlesbrough Judo	Northern	21st December 2022	P
Jay Parkin	Micklefield Judo Club	NHC	22nd January 2023	E
Cameron Meredith	Gendros Judo Club	WJA	14th December 2022	E
Ronnie Berry	Rush Judo	NHC	22nd January 2023	P
Massimiliano Panizzo	Moonrakers Judo Club	Southern	22nd September 2018	T
Vance Godfrey	Buckingham Judo Club	NHC	15th July 2022	T
Jakov Mlinarevic	West London Students University Union Judo Club	B.U.J.A	19th December 2022	IJF
Thomas Deniz	Aireborough & Wharfedale JC	Y&H	3rd February 2023	P
Jack Scott	Sportif Kelso	Judo Scotland	27th November 2023	E
Andrei Crudu	University of East London	B.U.J.A	7th December 2023	IJF
Daniel Poulain	No Club Stated	Army	29th January 2023	P
Adam McGarrity	The Judo Academy	NIJF	4th January 2023	T
To 2nd Dan
Joe Bygate	Kodokwai Judo Club	Northern	29th November 2022	E
Scott Thomson	Destination Judo @ Haddington	Judo Scotland	25th June 2022	P
Christopher Davies	Sanshirokwai	WJA	14th December 2022	T
Sophie Gatenby	Team Northumbria University Judo Club	B.U.J.A	17th January 2023	P
Liam Wandi	Tokei Judo Club	London	3rd September 2022	P
Jason Davis	Edinburgh Judo	Judo Scotland	6th November 2022	P
Brian Cassidy	Simply Judo	NIJF	17th January 2023	T
To 3rd Dan
Ian Sidaway	Knottingley Judo Club	Y&H	21st January 2023	T
Ryan Wilkinson	Ryecroft Judokwai	Midlands	4th June 2018	P
Christopher Tippet	Exmouth Vikings Judo Club	Western	12th December 2022	T
Mendes Azevedo	Stratford Judokwai	London	23rd January 2023	P
Peggy Magee	Simply Judo	NIJF	17th January 2023	T
Steven Swayne	Yoshin Ryu Judo Club	Southern	19th December 2022	T
To 4th Dan
Scott Thurston	Kanazawa Judo Club	Eastern	4th October 2022	TC
Craig Robbins	Leicester Judo Academy	Midlands	1st December 2022	EC

Legend

E Examination (line up)

P Accumulation of 100 points

T Technical

TC Technical conversion

EC Competitive conversion

IJF IJF conversion

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