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
Benjamin Walker	Friary Judo Club	Midlands	4th March 2023	EC
Paul Jouel Alima Fouda	Bradford Judo Club	Y&H	23rd February 2023	IJF
Lee Sutton	East Yorkshire Judo Academy	Y&H	5th March 2023	P
Giancarlo Urselli	Harrow School Judo Club	London	9th March 2023	E
Amelia Alder	Judo Club Osaka	Southern	12th December 2022	P
Michael Heller	Budokwai	London	26th February 2023	EC
Nicholas Pennington	Taunton YMCA Judo Club	Western	11th March 2023	E
Ioan Carter-Jones	Imperial Judo Club	WJA	24th March 2023	P
Sophie Carson	Clyde Judo Club	Judo Scotland	12th March 2023	P
Andrew Aitken	Hibari-Kan Judo Club	Judo Scotland	21st March 2023	E
Norman Smith	No Club Stated/Registered	Other	3rd March 2023	E
Pete Sanderson	Vale Judo Club	Midlands	4th March 2023	E
Bor-Ren Hui	University of Sheffield Judo Club	B.U.J.A	14th March 2023	P
Thomas Andrews	Craig Ewers Academy	WJA	10th September 2022	E
Harvey Woods	Kelmscott Judo Club	London	7th March 2023	E
Ed Jones	Imperial Judo Club	WJA	18th March 2023	P
Dylan Bond	Triangle Judo Club	NIJF	18th March 2023	E
Ching Kwok Cheung	Japan Arts Centre Police Sport UK	Police Sport UK	18th March 2023	EC
Gregory Bucke	Jurassic Judo	Western	12th February 2023	T
Stephen Bucke	Jurassic Judo	Western	12th February 2023	T
James Hindle	East Yorkshire Judo Academy/Beverley	Y&H	26th March 2023	P
Kian Maynard	Samurai Judo Club	WJA	21st March 2023	E
Boglarka Pasztor	Tessa Sanderson Foundation – Grays	NHC	26th March 2023	P
Kirsten Millar	Simply Judo Cregagh	NIJF	5th March 2023	P
Anya Chambers	No Club Stated/Registered	Other	29th March 2023	P
Michael Aspinal	Beach Judokwai	Northwest	19th February 2023	P
Lucas Collyer-Todd	Fighting Fitness Judo	Southern	5th March 2023	E
Gavin Reid	Carnegie Judo Club	Judo Scotland	19th March 2023	E
Julieta Sofia Van de Linde Chaparro	Subarashi Judo Club	London	3rd March 2023	IJF
Caleb Drysdale	Hardy Spicer 83 Judo Club	Midlands	6th March 2023	P
Eryk Neumann	Hardy Spicer 83 Judo Club	Midlands	6th March 2023	P
Harry Cox	2A’s Judokwai	Midlands	6th March 2023	P
Mykola Lyzhyn	Hardy Spicer 83 Judo Club	Midlands	6th March 2023	E
Jack Rowley	Hardy Spicer 83 Judo Club	Midlands	6th March 2023	P
James Watson	Garioch Judo Club	Judo Scotland	21st January 2023	E
Lucy Windle	SKK Judo Club	Northwest	19th December 2022	P
Angel Anegbeh	Heart of Oak	NHC	28th March 2023	P
Adam Phillimore	Ryecroft Judokwai	Midlands	15th February 2023	P
Matthew Morley	Rush Judo	NHC	18th March 2023	P
Adam Dale Cardy	Neath YMCA Judo Kwai	WJA	27th March 2023	P
Ivan Gomez Perdiguero	Manchester University JC	B.U.J.A	30th March 2023	IJF
To 2nd Dan
Simon Elton Twigg	Camberley Judo Club	Southern	5th March 2023	P
Dan Ellitts	No Club Stated	Other	5th March 2023	T
Jeffrey Newnham	Dynamic Judo (Sussex)	Southern	5th March 2023	T
Derek McFerran	Hibari-Kan Judo Club	Judo Scotland	22nd January 2023	P
Kin Leung Lai	Fighting Fitness Judo	Southern	7th March 2023	IJF
Adrian Harding	Respect Judo Club	Northern	14th March 2023	T
James Garvie	Tayside – Broughtyferry	Judo Scotland	19th March 2023	T
Raymond Barnes	Judokai Weymouth	Western	12th February 2023	T
Christopher Edwards	Kingsley School Judo Club	Western	18th March 2023	P
Stephen Medway	Judokai Weymouth	Western	12th February 2023	T
Nathaniel Spreckley	Chichester Ronin	Southern	29th March 2023	E
To 3rd Dan
Tibor Banyai	Honton Judo	Wales	3rd March 2023	P
James Kelly	Budokwai	London	5th March 2023	T
Malcolm O’Neill	2A’s Judokwai	Midlands	18th November 2022	T
Andrew Swinburne	Carnegie Judo Club	Judo Scotland	12th March 2023	E
To 4th Dan
Iain Feenan	Carnegie Judo Club	Judo Scotland	12th March 2023	P
Vladimir Oleinic	Ealing Judo Club	London	6th March 2023	P
Philip Jones	Worcester Judo Club 83	Midlands	14th June 2020	T

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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