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Women in Sport – Club Development Project Update Antoinette Earl the Chair of the Irish Judo Association’s Women in Sport Commission contacted all clubs a few months ago to advise of the Women in Sport Club Development Project. Please see some details and an update for our clubs. WIS – Club Development Project Antoinette’s contactRead more

OSA Judo Club – Newbridge, Co Kildare On behalf of the President Mr Seán Fleming, the Executive Board and our members, we would like to welcome OSA Judo Club to the Irish Judo Association. Head Coach Iwona Osenkowska is very excited to open up a new judo club in the Newbridge region in Kildare. IwonaRead more

To All Clubs The IJA has received an update from Sport Ireland regarding the impact of the Irish Government announcement regarding Covid 19 and the resumption of indoor sport for the 26 counties effective 20th September 2021. We have updated our Return to the Mat Protocols to reflect the resumption of judo which is availableRead more

IJA Referee & Coach Refresher Course Online – 25th September 2021 ***Postponed due to circumstances beyond our Control*** Refresher Course Online Saturday 25th September 2021 1pm is postponed, we will advise of a replacement date in the coming weeks.    Read more

IJA Launch Grading Videos to YouTube The Irish Judo Association is delighted to launch demonstration videos from the IJA Grading Syllabus for Shamrock & Mon Grades. As part of the Covid 19 Resilience Funding received from Sport Ireland, the videos are available to all clubs and members as part of the Return to the MatRead more

Tokyo 2020 – The Draw The draw took place today at the Nippon Budokan and was broadcast live online, as is the new way, with the full contest sheets now available at ippon.org. They are also available on the official Olympic platform (see links below). https://www.ijf.org/competition/2035/draw Megan’s first fight in U70kg will be against theRead more

To All Clubs The IJA has received an update from Sport Ireland regarding the impact of the Irish Government announcement Covid19 on pausing indoor sport and contact judo scheduled to restart on the 19th of July for the 26 counties. Initial activity was paused until July 19th with further announcements on the matter expected. ThereRead more

Ronnie Kavanagh – RIP The Executive Committee and members of the Irish Judo Association wish to extend their condolences to the Kavanagh family, wife Kay, father to Sunny, Rees, Geri and Don, his extended family and his many friends on the passing of Ronnie Kavanagh. Ronnie, although primarily a rugby player who represented Ireland betweenRead more

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Schedule – Judo Judo starts on Saturday the 24th July and runs to the 31st July – the schedule is available here The IJF will have Live Streaming available here Megan Fletcher fights on the 28th July 2021 at U70kg with the competition starting at 11.00am local time (03.00am our time, weRead more

IJA Return to the Mat Protocols – Update 1st July 2021 The IJA has received an update from Sport Ireland regarding the impact of the Irish Government announcement on Covid19 on the 29th of June regarding pausing indoor sport and contact judo for the 26 counties, the July 5th proposals have been paused provisionally untilRead more