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IJA Referee & Coach Refresher Course – 11th April 2021 Refresher Course Sunday 11th April 2021 11am-2pm – update on Rules & Regulations regarding refereeing 2020/2021. Open to Referees & Coaches. Free Admission – register through Eventbrite here Close Date for Registration: Friday 2nd April 2021 5pm  Read more

Message from the Chair of the IJA Women in Sport Commission – Antoinette Earl If you have ideas for developing judo for women and girls in your club or province and you wish to make an application via Irish Judo to Sport Ireland for funding, please read the guidelines document below and contact me. IRead more

Women in Sport – Female Only Judo Fitness Classes As part of the Women in Sport funding received from Sport Ireland, Ellie Dennis the IJA Women in Sport Ambassador has been undertaking Female Only Judo Fitness Classes for our female members. Calling all female judoka, sign up to the online classes held each Wednesday atRead more

James Bailie – RIP The Executive Committee, the Judo Office and members of the Irish Judo Association wish to extend their condolences to the Bailie & Green family on the passing of James Bailie, father of Pat Bailie Green, father in law of Paul Green, grandfather to Zoe, Joshua & Callum Green and great grandfatherRead more

Neil Bracken RIP The Irish Judo Association was informed this afternoon of the passing of Mr Neil Bracken. We send our condolences to his family at this time. Neil served as a committee member with the Irish Judo Association in the late sixties and early seventies.  Along with the late Charlie Hegarty and the lateRead more

Thank you for your patience – our membership page is back up and running. If you do encounter problems again, please email admin@irishjudoassociation.ieRead more

***Technical Issues – Membership Page*** We are experiencing some technical difficulties on our membership renewal page with regards to WordPress – our apologies for the inconvenience caused to you. We will issue a revised post when we have resolved the matter as soon as possible. Discounted Memberships on offer to the 31st January 2021 willRead more

In recent weeks, the IJA Grading Commission has received theory & technical videos, grading assessments and has calculated points from competitions. The Grading Commission would like to congratulate the following judoka who have been recently promoted: 1st Dan (Technical) Mark O’Connor Athenry Judo Club 2nd Dan Joshua Green Konarakai Judo Club Andreeas Binder Athenry JudoRead more

Please be advised that the next CPR/Defibrillation and first aid webinar will take place on Sunday January 10th at 2pm. The course is open to adults and children from 12 years upwards. Duration 2 hours. Course fee €40. A Certificate of attendance will be issued to all attendees. To reserve a place, please contact resusfirstaidireland@gmail.comRead more

IJA Return to the Mat Protocols – Living with Covid 19 – Update 31st December 2020 The IJA office has communicated to all clubs today that Level 5 of the Living with Covid 19 plan is now in operation, therefore no judo is permitted at this time. Please refer to relevant local government guidelines toRead more