15/07/2026
On Sunday there were so many brilliant individual performances from the team who competed at the shizentai Rumble championships in Hertfordshire.
This was an opportunity for one last event for our young ones before a small summer break from events for this group of players. This was a unique opportunity for our youngest competitor Kamiyah to take part in her first ever competition and in one of the stand out performances of the day she thew and held her way to the Gold medal winning all 3 of her contests. She is over the moon and we are all so proud of her.
Huge thank you to our coaches Beth O'Connor and Calvin Walker-Hall for their hard work and all our supportive parents.
Well done all keep up the great work 😊
Results:
Gold
Kamiyah 🥇
Olivia 🥇
Ciara 🥇
Layla 🥇
Silver
Anala 🥈
Zayneb 🥈
Younes 🥈
Isa 🥈
Bronze
KP 🥉
Younes 🥉
London Area Judo
14/07/2026
Well done to the 16 club members who came together on Saturday to complete the BJA Kanji awards.
This course and qualification provides a pathway for young judoka who have already begun to show an interest and potential in coaching, refereeing and officiating to begin their journey and assist their coaches as club assistants.
Depending on where their interests lay our members completed the separate modules as required guided by our clubs coaches Sensei Calvin and Sensei Beth who are qualified BJA referees and officials.
In the future we hope to run another course for our members. Our club will also continue to develop fully qualified referees and officials in support of the future of British Judo.
All members did fantastically and we are so proud of them all.
London Area Judo
30/06/2026
Another hot but fantastic weekend at the Kent Open.
On Saturday was the turn of our U16’s and we had a brilliant day.
4 competitors, 5 medals and some very strong judo along the way.
Connie, Gabrielle and Annabelle all fighting in tough groups worked very hard to pick up wins in their groups and all came away with bronze medals. Gabrielle made the semi final and was unlucky to not progress through to the final but she showed growth in her confidence and progress in her technical judo since joining us. Then, Natalia who is still very new to competing stepped up and competed in two different categories and earned silver in both.
On Sunday was the turn of our juniors, veterans and seniors; first up we had Hadley and Regi who both competed in a very tough -73kg category. They both fought hard and made the cross over, unfortunately due to the draw they met in the first round of the cross over. Hadley ended the day 7th overall and earned 20 more points towards his Black belt. - Hadley unfortunately had to withdraw from the second round of the senior event due to a small injury.
Next up was the veteran categories, Dominic made the final and just missed out on the top spot, he earned a silver medal and continues to earn more points towards his competitive 3rd dan. Sensei Calvin had no one in his weight group therefore he had to step up to the -73kg where he was giving away nearly 10kg in weight. Calvin stormed to the final and just missed out on the top spot this time around.
Finally Sensei Beth, returning from injury entered the senior event as she prepares for the National teams next week. Beth won her pool and convincingly won her semi final in a matter of seconds to make the final. Beth was unlucky in the final but came away with a silver medal and more points towards her 3rd dan! Very impressive after officiating at the event all weekend too!
02/06/2026
Well done to the group of seniors who attended the kata course yesterday ran by the London area and to Dean and Dom who completed their first aid for their coaching qualifications.
02/06/2026