Kiyokan Judo Club

Hi Everybody,

On Tuesday, June 16th we had our last class for this Judo Season and what a night it was. We had a lot to celebrate this season!

We started off welcoming our VIP's, Carrie and John. Carrie and John were the founders of the Kiyokan Judo Club.

Then Mateo, playing the violin, accompanied by singers Maria Scammell and Ronni Kinsella started our festivities with O'Canada.

Next was the Kiyokan World Judo Championships where we saw some amazing competition.

Our Kiyokan World Champions for the 2025/2026 judo season are:
Beatrix Chedore
Sam O'Toole
Juliet Rocca
Theo Vail
Simon Belding
Ben Tobin
Ronni Kinsella
Fletcher Chenhall
Nico Rocca
Connor Brideau

Next we passsed out grading certificates. We had 32 students who advanced to their new belt levels! Well done!

Then it was time to pass out some awards:
Outstanding Tiger Award - Octavia Cooper
Most Improved Student - Olivia Lowther
Most Promising Male - Chris McKiel
Most Promising Female- Juliet Rocca
Best Competitor- Mateo Bregel
Kiyokan Award - Theo Vail
Kano Award- Martine and Billy Chenhall

And finally we ended the night by celebrating with my homemade pizza that came in Domino's pizza boxes.

Now some Thank You's!

Thank you to all our volunteer instructors. I believe the Kiyokan Judo Club offers judo classes second to none because of you!

Parents and others who are responsible for getting the students to class - Thank you!

Students you made this year very rewarding for the Instructors. Your commitment and energy made it easy for us to stay motivated and look forward to attending the classes.

I would like to thank everybody who helped out this year. Your assistance makes the Club the success it is!

Shavon, thank you for being our Social Media person. You do an amazing job!

There is a saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. So I will sign off with a picture instead of my thousand words to illustrate what a great group we have at the Kiyokan Judo Club!

See you in September!

Sensei Jeff

What a great day today for the Kiyokan Judo Club!

We had 3 competitors competing today:
Theo went 2-0 for a gold medal.
Grace went 1-1 for the silver medal.
Monica went 4-2 for the bronze medal.

Coach Steve and Sensei Jeff were very proud of everyone who competed this weekend.

Congratulations Maria Scammell on getting your second place trophy in U14. You have made us proud!!

Great effort today at the Numa Cup in NS by Aiden McKiel in U8, Maria Scammell in U14, Nell Goddard in U18 and Chris McKiel in Veterans.

Tomorrow we have Monica Scammell, Grace Vail and Theo Vail all competing in the U10 category.

Sensei Jeff

Tonight we had our Kiyokan Judo Club East’s closing night for the school year. The night was celebrated with games, grading, and a pizza party! If you know anyone interested in this East side class, please let us know and we will add them to our fall class list.

Happy Long Weekend everyone! Maud will be competing at the National Judo Championships in Calgary on Sunday. Go Maud Go!

How cute are our youngest Judoka’s from the Kiyokan Judo Club?!?! These cuties competed last weekend at the Shimpokai Regional Kids Tournament. Did you know that even if you are a white belt you can still compete in competitions?

These youth trained really hard and they didn’t disappoint! Remember, today’s youth are tomorrow’s future and at Kiyokan Judo Club, we understand that by building up our youth we are setting them up for success in the future.

As always, like, share, and tag our photos. That’s how you help our club grow.

Today we highlight our Kiyokan Judo Club Westside Middle Age Class. In the front row are the medalists from Shimpokai Regional Kids Tournament held over the past weekend.

Did you know that some of our previous middle age judoka’s have gone on to represent Team New Brunswick and Team Canada all over the world? Every time these judoka’s get on the mat they are building skills and memories that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives.

If you know anyone who would like to join our club, please reach out, we are always looking for new members! As always, like, share and tag our photos to help our club grow.

A picture taken last night of our Kiyokan Judo Club Eastside class. The members that received medals at the Shimpokai Regional Kids Judo Tournament held over the weekend are in the front row.

All the students are an important part of the success of our Eastside Judo Club so it was great to get a picture of the whole group. If you know anyone who would love to join this lovely group, please reach out out to Sensei Jeff.

What a great day today for the Kiyokan Judo Club!

We had 23 students participate at the Shimpokai Regional Kids Judo Tournament and what great results we had.

We had 4 Gold, 13 Silver and 6 Bronze medals today. Way to go! The coaches were so proud of everybody's effort today.

Thank you to the Shimpokai Judo Club for hosting this event!