Ivybridge Judo Club, Blachford Road, Ivybridge (2026)

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06/09/2026

On Saturday 5th September IJC’s Kata Squad headed up to Cardiff to the Welsh Judo National Centre in Sophia Gardens to do their final preparations for this year’s British Kata Championships. After a last run through of their Kata & getting familiar with dojo layout, it was time to check into the hotel & head off out for some sustenance & refreshment!!!

The day of the competition dawned & our players headed back to dojo nice & early to avoid the road closures for the Cardiff 10K.
It turned out to be a great day for the IJC with our best ever medal tally at the at the British Kata Championships with - 1 Gold, 2 Silver & 1 Bronze.

Nic & Mat Kodokan Goshin-Jutsu - Bronze
Pete & Bruce Itsutsu-No-Kata - Silver
Nic & Mat Nage-No-Kata - Silver
Pete & Bruce Kime-No-Kata - Gold & British
Champions

This was Nic & Mat’s second year medalling at the British Kata Championships, & Pete & Bruce’s fifth year medalling at the this event & their third national title. All four players remain as members of the British Kata Squad for 2026/27.

12/07/2026

2026 Kime-No-Kata Course

On Sunday 12th July we provided our third Kime-No-Kata course at South Brent JC, with Judoka joining us from across Devon, Somerset & Gloucestershire. We had 6 players on the course, 3 of whom were also accredited with it as a coach revalidation event.
All course members worked with great focus & enthusiasm to learn & develop their understanding & performance the Kata. A big thanks to Bruce for assisting with both the delivery of the course & preparing the dojo. In addition we had the pleasure of the company of Jeremy Robinson (Western Area's Director of Kata) whose additional input provided another level of understanding & clarity.
We have one more Kata course running this year (see below) if you're interested contact Pete for details:
15-11-26 Gonosen-No-Kata & Itsutsu-No-Kata Course - South Brent JC

Also this weekend we had George competing at a Dan Grading at High Wycombe Judo Centre. George won his first two contests by Ippon to qualify for a line-up, in which he won his first contest with another Ippon throw, before being strangled - which stopped the line-up. However, it was a successful day with another 30 points collected towards his 1st Dan - just 30 more to go :)

25/06/2026

2026 Westcountry Green Belt & Under Competition

On Saturday 20th June, our lone wolf Lewis, headed up to Kingsley School in Bideford with Nic for the Westcountry Green Belt & Under Competition.
Lewis was competing in the Under 46Kg weight category of the Yellow & Red Belt section of the event. He didn't waste any time in his first three contests, throwing each of his opponents for Ippon inside 10 seconds! In his last contest, Lewis had to come from behind after getting countered, but eventually threw his opponent for another Ippon to top the group & convincingly claim the Gold medal.
Another impressive 'day at the office' for Lewis, who picked up his third Gold medal of 2026 :)
A big thank you to Nic for being mat side to coach Lewis & to Pete for being part of the refereeing team at the event.

22/05/2026

IJC On Tour In Luxembourg

On the 11th May, Pete had the opportunity to attend one of the Luxembourg Kata Squad training sessions at their National Martial Arts Centre in Strassen.
He was welcomed by Jean Allard, who Nic had partnered at the Nordic Kata Competition last August in Sweden. Jean gave Pete a tour around their national centre, which they share with Taekwondo, Karate & Ju-Jutsu, with Judo/Ju-Jutsu having a third of the sprung mat area, Karate another third & Taekwondo the final third, with the sections being separated by a curtain similar to those found in our sports halls. It has a cafe & spectator seating on a balcony overlooking the dojo, as well as excellent changing rooms, showers, toilet facilities & meeting rooms.

The Luxembourg Kata Squad have training sessions three times per week, each of which is three hours long. After warming up, Pete & Jean focussed on practicing Itsutsu-No-Kata & Katame-No-Kata. At the recent European Kata Championships in Sarajevo, Jean & his kata partner Nico finished in 8th place in the Itsutsu-No-Kata category, & so Jean passed on some very useful advice & points to work on, making it an extremely valuable session.
Thank you to the Luxembourg Kata Squad for welcoming me to their dojo to train & in particular Jean for pairing up with me, it was great to catch up with you once again & I'm looking forward to the next time :)

29/04/2026

Its offical, Devon County Judo Association retain the Peter Murphy Sword as Top County Team, thanks to Kingsley School Judo Club and Ivybridge Judo Club for their Gold Medalists.

A very close second was Bristol, and in 3rd Place Cornwall County Judo Association.

Look out for dates for the next year's event.

28/04/2026

2026 Western Area Closed Championships

On 26-4-26 IJC was represented at the Western Area Closed Championships, held at Kingsley School in Bideford, by Lewis & George. This event hasn't been held for a number of year & is also referred to as The Pete Murphy, named after the first Chairman of the Western Area.
First up was Lewis, competing in the Pre-Cadet section of the event at U 42kg. Lewis continued his impressive recent form, throwing his first opponent for Ippon & then holding down his second opponent, also for Ippon. These results saw Lewis take the Gold medal & become the 2026 Western Area Regional Champion :)
In the Cadet section of the event, George was competing in the U73kg weight category. George lost a very hard opening contest against the eventual Gold medalist, but then bounced back to win his second match with a strangle. In his third fight he threw & held his opponent for a Waza-Ari-Awasete Ippon win & then rounded off the day throwing his opponent twice for another Waza-Ari-Awasete Ippon win. So after a hard day's work George finished in a very creditable second place in the group, taking the Silver medal. However, more importantly for George this event was also an opportunity to gain points towards his 1st Dan & the result of his third contest saw him pick up the first 10 points towards the 100 he needs to be promoted to his black belt :)
Well done to both players, who are excellent representatives of IJC, & a big thank you to Nic who prepared & coached our players matside on the day :)
The Pete Murphy Western Area Closed Championships incorporates an inter county element to the competition, with each players results contributing to an overall total for their county. At the end of the event it was announced that Devon had retained the Pete Murphy Sword by the narrow margin of 3 points, in part thanks to Lewis & George's individual results.
Pete was also at the event, being assessed for his next refereeing level & after close of play he was confirmed as a National C Referee (again!).

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