Moving into the Dan grades is a special moment that all judoka will treasure. Whether a lifetime goal or a happy coincidence 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
Arran Brown	Just-Judo Yoshin	Judo Scotland	8th May 2024	E
David Stephen White	Chelmsford Judo Club	NHC	4th May 2024	T
Joseph Knowles	Canterbury Judokwai	Southern	4th May 2024	E
Keith Edwards	Nutfield Judo Club	Southern	8th April 2024	T
Hanan Daud	Hanley Judo Club	Midlands	4th May 2024	P
Neville Graeme Flanagan	Bearpark Judo Club	Northern	4th May 2024	P
Jack Milligan	Wirral Judo Club	Northwest	27th April 2024	P
Jenny Atkin	Japan Arts Centre Police Sport UK Judo	Western	18th March 2024	P
Wojciech Bocianowski	Oxford University Judo Club	NHC	7th May 2024	IJFC
Amy McGrorty	Destination Judo @ Queensferry	Judo Scotland	11th May 2024	P
Chun Hing Chan	Warrington Warjukwai	Northwest	11th April 2024	IJFC
Rhys Jozef Davies	Worcester Judo Club 83	Midlands	19th May 2024	P
Amy MacDonald	Yamarashi Judo Club	Judo Scotland	29th November 2023	T
Andy McAulay	Middlewich Judo Club	Northwest	15th May 2024	E
Joshua Browning	Kin Ryu Judo Club	Southern	15th May 2024	P
Josiah Thomas	Hackney Judo	London	19th May 2024	P
Tyler Waterton	Ryedale Judo Club	Y&H	19th May 2024	P
Luke Whitby	Kensho Judo Club	Southern	30th May 2024	E
Matthew Oliver	Osterley Judo Club	London	19th May 2024	P
Rhian Hooker	Kin Ryu Judo Club	Southern	15th May 2024	P
Manon Thiessart	Budokwai	London	16th May 2024	IJFC
Jamil Delemyini Issifu	Crayford Judo Club	Southern	11th February 2024	E
Cameron Lamont	Destination Judo @ Blackhall	Judo Scotland	11th May 2024	E
Lori Buchan	Destination Judo	Judo Scotland	25th May 2024	P
Beth Miller	Glasgow University Judo Club	Judo Scotland	25th May 2024	P
Antonio Caswell	Japan Arts Centre Police Sport UK Judo	Western	4th June 2024	E
Michael McMinn	Kookateki Judo Club	NIJF	19th May 2024	P
Steven Williams	Friary Judo Club	Midlands	15th May 2024	T
Adam Tate	Ryecroft Judokwai	Midlands	2nd December 2023	P
Emidio Olivieri	Cambridge University Judo Club	Eastern	28th May 2024	IJFC
Nathan Jiscoot	No Club Stated	Judo Scotland	28th May 2024	IJFC
To 2nd Dan
Lucy Windle	SKK Judo Club	Northwest	1st May 2024	P
Ashleigh Gainer	SKK Judo Club	Northwest	1st May 2024	P
Cian Maris	Concord Judo Club	Y&H	4th May 2024	P
Joshua Hughes	Wirral Judo Club	Northwest	14th May 2024	P
Robert Jordan	Rakukan Judo Club	Northwest	15th May 2024	P
To 3rd Dan
Alan Scott	Team A. S. Judo	NHC	8th February 2024	P
Reuel O’Neal-Marshall	Moberley Judo Club	London	1st June 2024	P
To 4th Dan
Martin John Strange	Windsor Judo Club	Southern	31st May 2023	T
Antony Ashton	High Wycombe Judo Centre	NHC	6th April 2024	P
Nino Vitanza	Kelmscott Judo Club	London	2nd May 2024	TC
Craig Bartlett	Swinton Judo Club	Northwest	26th April 2024	IJFC
Kay Andrews	Matsumachi Judo Club	Southern	19th May 2024	P
To 5th Dan
James Warren	Camberley Judo Club	Southern	24th March 2024	T
To 7th Dan
Frederick Pilgrim	L21 Judo Club	Northwest	3rd March 2024	IJFP
Nick Fletcher	Windsor Judo Club	NHC	3rd March 2024	IJFP
To 8th Dan
Kenneth Alan Jones	AJ Judo Centre Llanfyllin	Wales	3rd March 2024	IJFP

Legend

E Examination (line up)

P Accumulation of 100 points

T Technical

TC Technical conversion

EC Competitive conversion

IJFC IJF Conversion

IJFP IJF Promotion

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