Listen to Natalie Powell talk to Vince Skillcorn – click on the link here.  

Team GB have announced the judo team that will be competing at the Tokyo 2020. Confirmation of the selection means Natalie Powell will make her second Olympic Games – becoming a double Olympian as she takes to the mat on Thursday 29 July 2021.  The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will feature a record 33 competitions […]

Interview with BBC Sport – Listen here     

Monday evening at Builth Wells Sports Centre.   Session 1 – Dragons 5 – 7 years Session starts 16.30 – 17.15 Session 2 – Juniors 8 – 10 years Session starts 17.30 – 18.15 Session 3 – Juniors 11 – 15 years Session starts 18.30 – 19.15 Session 4 – 16+ and Seniors Session start […]

10 Judo Throws and 20 Dojo Drills Want to become faster on your entry to a technique? Improve your footwork? And generally get better at doing 10 key judo throws? This judo training book has 20 drills to improve 10 throws: Kouchi-Gari, Ouchi-Gari, Harai-Goshi, Ippon Seoi Nage, Tai-Otoshi, De-Ashi-Barai, Morote Seoi-Nage, Osoto-Gari and Kosoto-Gari. This […]

Thursday evening at Brecon Leisure Centre. Session 1 starts at 17.00 – 17.45 Sessions 2 starts at 18.00 – 18.45 Session 3 Starts at 19.00 – 20.00 Beginners welcome, please email/telephone me for further information and availability of space.

Take a look at Koka Kids Books! – Click here on the link They are a very useful and good resource for learning techniques.  

How they have changed over the years.

Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be raising free donations for Irfon Judo Club with easyfundraising? There are over 4,000 shops and sites on board ready to make a donation – including eBay, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com and M&S […]

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Congratulations to Natalie who gave an accomplished performance in topping her Pool. After an opening round bye, she defeated Nefeli Papadakis (USA) in Round 2 and former World Championship silver medallist and 2015 European Champion Marhinde Verkerk (NED) in the quarter-final, both victories coming by way of ippon. Unfortunately, Natalie was defeated in the semi-final […]

Each year to celebrate World Judo Day a new theme is chosen that illustrates the educational values of judo and this year’s theme is “Stronger Together”  

Congratulations both.

Well done both.

Here is a link to some Koka Kids judo resources.  Simply use this link to learn all 40 Judo Throws from Gokyo which are animated.   https://www.kokakids.co.uk/judo-throws    

This weekend saw over 650 pupils compete to be crowned British Schools Champion for 2020 at Sheffield’s English Institute of Sport.  Saturday saw school years 8 & 9 and 10 & 11 in action, while Sunday saw school years 6 & 7, 12 & 13 and adaptive and visually impaired judoka compete.  In addition to […]

Well done all.

Congratulations.

Congratulations both, well done.

Welsh Judo & Police Sport UK Technical Course lead by Olympic Silver Medallist Ray Stevens, 7th Dan.  Great day with over 100 players including 63 Coaches on the mat.

Congratulations, great achievement.

Well done all – another year of great results.

Congratulations all, well done, keep up the good work.