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First Aid Course – 3rd February 2019 Ray Stears announces the 3rd February 2019 for the next RESUS First Aid Course. This will include CPR/AED first aid course with a 2 year international certification. The course will be held in Portmarnock Community Centre, Portmarnock starting at 1pm for 3 hours, course fee is €65.00 includingRead more

Kevinas Ramoska wins a bronze medal at Matsuru Dutch Open 2019 Fudoshin judoka attended one of the biggest and competitive junior tournaments in Europe – the Matsuru Dutch Open 2019 (1600 entries). On the first day, the club was represented by Alex Karabin U66 and Kevinas Ramoska in O90 categories respectively. Alex started the tournamentRead more

The IJA Executive Committee will host an EJU Club Coach Seminar weekend of the 2nd & 3rd March 2019, the EJU Improve Your Club Seminars is for judo club coaches in each Federation offering technical development for teaching young judoka aged 8 – 12 years. The EJU Expert hosting the seminar for the IJA isRead more

IJA Membership 2019 As part of the continued improvements in the Core Structure of the Irish Judo Association, a new IJA Database has been constructed and will be migrated this week with our current records. We would like to advise members that Membership Renewal/New applications continue in the normal manner through our website but weRead more

Calling Notice – IJA National Talent Training – Cadets & Juniors 13th January 2019 Please see the Events Page for further details https://irishjudoassociation.ie/calendar/Read more

Calling Notice – IJA National Development Training 12th January 2019 Please see the Events Page for further details https://irishjudoassociation.ie/calendar/Read more

6th Dan Recipients – All Ireland’s 2018 At the All Ireland’s 15th December 2018, the Executive Committee led by Mr Seán Fleming and the Grading Commission led by Mr Harry McGuigan bestowed the honour of 6th Dan to a number of lifetime & longstanding members of the Irish Judo Association. Mr John Douglas from DaigokanRead more

Second Japanese Ambassador’s Cups – All Ireland’s 2018 The Irish Judo Association was delighted to have the Japanese Embassy present the Second Japanese Ambassador’s Cup celebrating the 61st year of Diplomatic Relations with Japan & Ireland. The First Ambassador’s Cup was first presented 11 years ago at the Irish Open celebrating 50 years of DiplomaticRead more

Points Won – All Ireland’s 2018 The competition sheets have been reviewed by the Grading Commission for the All Ireland’s 2018 and points won calculated for all IJA Judoka going for Dan Grades, please see list below for further details: Points Won All Ireland’s 2018Read more

Veterans Grading – 24th November 2018 Congratulations to the following members following their recent promotion as the Veterans Dan Grading held Saturday 24th November in Dublin: 1st Dan Vincent Taaffe – Galway Judo Club Stephen McCaul – Konarakai Judo Club Daniel Fortunati – Dublin University Judo Club Juan Barberon – Wild Geese Judo Club 2ndRead more