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
Alan Berry	Genki Judo Club	Judo Scotland	20th November 2023	E
Thomas Matthews	Irfon Judo Club	WJA	8th October 2023	E
Idris Khan	Huddersfield Judo Club	Y&H	12th November 2023	P
Jack Rigby	Warrington Warjukwai	Northwest	4th November 2023	P
Ruby Foster	Craig Ewers Academy	WJA	13th November 2023	P
Laurence Hill	Dragons Judo Academy	WJA	30th September 2023	P
Oliver Thomas Martin	No Club Stated	Other	7th April 2023	T
Joe Buchanan	Sportif Coatbridge	Judo Scotland	11th November 2023	P
Breno Nunes	University of Birmingham Judo Club	Midlands	11th November 2023	P
Archie Strang	Danderhall Judo Club	Judo Scotland	12th November 2023	P
Lewis Conway	Pro Judo City	Judo Scotland	12th November 2023	P
Logan Goldie	Pro Judo City	Judo Scotland	12th November 2023	E
Ben McGeoch	Danderhall Judo Club	Judo Scotland	12th November 2023	E
Blake Rodman	Hibari-Kan Judo Club	Judo Scotland	12th November 2023	E
Olivier Veraguth	Aberdeen Judo Club	Judo Scotland	12th November 2023	E
Aoife Campbell	The Judo Academy	NIJF	28th June 2023	T
Toby Tate-Druiff	Tora Judo Kwai Chesterton	Eastern	3rd June 2023	P
Toby Tate-Druiff	Tora Judo Kwai Chesterton	Eastern	3rd June 2023	T
Sadie Hope	Middlesbrough Judo	Northern	2nd November 2023	P
Chi Kin Suen	Japan Arts Centre Police Sport UK Judo Club	Police Sports UK	20th September 2023	EC
Christopher Batchelor	Dragons Judo Academy	WJA	13th November 2023	E
Reza Jallali	Beach Judokwai	Northwest	14th November 2023	P
James Burton	GMAC Judo Club	Judo Scotland	9th November 2023	T
Douglas Hughes	Tayside	Judo Scotland	9th November 2023	T
William Booth	Chepstow Judo Club	WJA	19th November 2023	P
Jonathan Hodge	Dynamic Judo (Sussex)	Southern	19th November 2023	E
James Tolson	Northbrook Kyu Shin Kai (Lewisham)	London	19th November 2023	P
Max Seely	Relentless Judo	London	19th November 2023	P
Chris Houghton	Samurai J C	Midlands	11th November 2023	P
Revan Marland	Ford Judo Club	NHC	11th November 2023	P
Mitko Tonchev	Oxford University Judo Club	B.U.J.A	27th November 2023	IJF
Laith Cameron-Hunwick	Edinburgh Judo	Judo Scotland	12th November 2023	E
Marcus Lind Jeppesen	Edinburgh University Judo	Judo Scotland	12th November 2023	E
Mark Anthony Fisher	Redditch Judo Kwai	Midlands	19th November 2023	T
Toby Pegler	Metro Judo Club	London	16th November 2023	T
To 2nd Dan
Matthew Boyce	Melbourn Judo Club	Eastern	29th October 2023	P
Stuart Malcolm Collings	John Dearden Judo Club	Eastern	9th April 2017	T
Sunny Doig	Just-Judo Yoshin	Judo Scotland	12th November 2023	P
Josie Steele	Highland Budokan – Inverness Sports Centre	Judo Scotland	12th November 2023	P
Michael Gowland	Basingstoke Judo Club	Southern	21st October 2023	T
Angela Dunn	Relentless Judo	London	27th September 2023	T
Mark Poole	Destination Judo @ Trinity	Judo Scotland	15th October 2023	T
Brayden Quinn	United Judo (Bexley)	Southern	12th November 2023	P
Molly Common	Butokokan Judo Club	Northern	26th November 2023	P
To 3rd Dan
Kathie Nissan	Kin Ryu Judo Club	Southern	2nd November 2023	T
Olivia Turner	Samurai J C	Midlands	11th November 2023	P
To 4th Dan
Peter Whitfield	Ivybridge Judo Club	Western	19th November 2023	T
To 5th Dan
Gordon Kemish	Fleming Park Judo Club	Southern	21st October 2023	T
Luke Brown	Leigh Judo Club	Northwest	21st April 2023	T
To 6th Dan
John George Tierney	Terminus Judo Club	Northern	9th November 2023	BOD
Robert Michael Leng	Ryedale Judo Club	Y & H	22nd October 2023	BOD
To 7th Dan
Christopher Doherty	Swinton Judo Club/Oxford University Judo Club	Northwest	31st August 2023	IJF
Paul Horseman	Micklefield Judo Club	NHC	31st August 2023	IJF

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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