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
Andrew Macintosh	Burwell Judo Club	Eastern	13th July 2023	T
Kajus Semeta	Tonbridge Judo Club	Southern	13th September 2023	P
Chris Mark Featherstone	Lincoln Judo Academy	Royal Air Force	8th October 2023	E
Scott Cruickshanks	Sittingbourne Judo Club	Sittingbourne Judo Club	15th October 2023	T
Conor Kerlin	Kookateki Judo Club	NIJF	8th October 2023	P
Sofia Nurse	Shepton Judo Club	Western	24th September 2023	E
Vitalijs Pimenovs	Norwich Premier Judo Club	Eastern	12th October 2023	E
Derv Kaye	Subarashi Judo Club	London	15th October 2023	T
Luke Jackson	Relentless Judo	London	27th September 2023	P
Maia Thompson	Sportif – Tranent	Judo Scotland	25th March 2023	P
Amelia Hale	Mercia Judokwai	Midlands	27th September 2023	P
Christina Heath	Drake Judo Club	Western	15th October 2023	P
Ella Dore	Westcroft Judo Club (Nork)	Southern	21st October 2023	P
Dan Petru Lungu	Ford Judo Club	NHC	16th October 2023	E
Hunor Pasztor	Tessa Sanderson Foundation – Gray	NHC	22nd October 2023	P
Maya Aubert-Gomez	Ealing Judo Club	London	10th October 2023	P
Cesar Camba-Gonzales	Norwich Premier Judo Club	Eastern	22nd September 2023	T
Daisy King	Melbourn Judo Club	Eastern	29th October 2023	P
Stanley Walker	Rush Judo	NHC	5th August 2023	P
Liam Hodges	High Wycombe Judo Centre	NHC	28th October 2023	E
Mark Allen	Samurai J C	Midlands	28th October 2023	P
Stanley Smith	Westerleigh Judokwai Limited	Southern	28th October 2023	P
Simon Bennett	Westerleigh Judokwai Limited	Southern	28th October 2023	P
Max Dik Kar Cheung	Wellingborough Shudan	Midlands	28th October 2023	P
Rob Bartlett	Shodan	Western	28th October 2023	P
Chris Newburn	Bradford Judo Club	Y&H	28th October 2023	P
Luke Seely	Relentless Judo	London	29th October 2023	P
Ethan Fleming	Priory Judo Club	Southern	28th October 2023	P
Steven James Murgatroyd	Bradford Judo Club	Y&H	28th October 2023	P
James Molloy	Taunton YMCA Judo Club	Western	21st October 2023	P
Qaisar Khan	Stratford Judokwai	London	27th October 2023	IJF
Thomas Alexander Fletcher	Tokei Judo Club	London	29th October 2023	P
Francis Ware	Tokei Judo Club	London	29th October 2023	E
Wifred Taylor	Tokei Judo Club	London	29th October 2023	P
To 2nd Dan
Luke Fisher	Wellingbrough Shudan	Midlands	2nd October 2023	T
Jonty Bassil	Royal Navy Judo	Royal Navy Judo Assoc.	28th May 2023	P
Jordan Fugh	Fleming Park Judo Club	Southern	9th June 2019	T
Roland Fugh	Fleming Park Judo Club	Southern	26th May 2023	T
Brian Smith	Ely Dojo	Eastern	8th July 2023	T
Jared Jack	Middlewich Judo Club	Northwest	15th October 2023	P
Adam Bostanci	Melbourn Judo Club	Eastern	15th October 2023	T
Bruno Campos da Cunha	Melbourn Judo Club	Eastern	15th October 2023	T
Gergo Berendi	Rush Judo	NHC	28th October 2023	P
James Mullen	Katana Judo Club	Northwest	1st November 2023	P
Francis Sanderson	Penrose Judo Club Helston	Western	21st October 2023	P
Taliah Blackwell	No Club Stated	Other	2nd November 2023	IJF
To 3rd Dan
Joao Pela	Ealing Judo Club	London	10th October 2023	P
Daniel McEvilly	Reddtich Judo Kwai	Midlands	9th September 2023	T
Glenn Hart	Ashington Judo Club	Northern	15th October 2023	P
Peter William Hayward	Pontarddulais Judo Club	WJA	11th September 2023	T
Khota Nishizono	Budokwai	London	12th October 2023	IJF
Mark Woodall	No Club Stated	Other	28th September 2023	T
Antonio Greco	Ealing Judo Club	London	10th October 2023	T
Edward Semple	Ray Stevens Academy	Southern	22nd October 2023	T
Andreas Burr	Brunel University Judo Club	B.U.J.A	28th October 2023	P
Stuart Jackman	Swindon Judo Club	Western	28th October 2023	P
To 4th Dan
David Wright	Rising Sun Judo Club	Southern	17th October 2023	T BOD
To 5th Dan
Richard Nicholls	Taunton YMCA Judo Club	Western	1st November 2023	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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