All England Judo Federation Closed Championships
Kazoku-Kan Judo Academy took members over to compete at the AEJF Closed championships on the 18th February 2023. The atmosphere was great and despite being a one mat event, there was a good amount of Judoka of all ages that turned up to compete. Junior Results Edi Howells was up first and put on a […]
Kazoku-Kan awarded the Safeguarding code in martial arts
I am very proud to let you all know that we have once again passed all of the requirements to have the Safeguarding Code awarded to our Club. This is the gold standard when it comes to Safeguarding and Safety within a sporting environment. Kazoku-Kan is leading the way in the world of Judo. Kazoku-Kan […]
National inclusion day 2023
National Inclusion Day was a HUGE success this past Saturday afternoon at the Walsall campus – centre of excellence. British Judo Adaptive head, Kerry Tansey put together a brilliant day for Adaptive (SEN) students on Saturday 11th February. A day where all athletes of any adaptive level come to train, participate in Judo events and […]
East Midlands AJA Competition Results
You little Belters! We attended the AJA East Midlands competition on the 4th December, 11 Judokas from Kazoku-Kan took part, both Junior members and Senior members. First to fight were the Girls, Seren Ward and Chantelle Nally were up in their category against some serious contenders and considering that Seren had never done a competition […]
A Safeguarding situation that could have been avoided, but instead has escelated to a dangerous situation.
It saddens us and disgusts us to hear about this but please read as this is but one reason we take our safeguarding so seriously. Just to iterate that at least 3 of our staff are safeguard lead trained and all DBS verified and are available to be seen anytime upon request. “Three weeks ago, […]
Kazoku-Kan All England Judo Federation Results
British Judo is investigating a number of cases in which coaches have been arrested for sexual offences, the BBC has learned. The cases include one coach who was arrested for engaging in sexual communications with a child. In a separate case, another was arrested for voyeurism at a place of work after placing a camera […]
Kazoku-Kan All England Judo Federation Results
On the 23rd October 2022, Kazoku-Kan took 5 students to the All England Judo Federation Championships. Veteran Judoka, Liam Jones was joined by first time participants Stephen Eades, Chantelle Nally, Leo Nally and Isaac Collins. There were over 140 competitors taking part at the competition and it was very well organised. Nerves were running high […]
Kazoku-Kan British VI and Adaptive Results!
Veteran players, Sophie Kenny, Felicity Warburton and Liam Jones were joined by first time participant Tyler Bedenham. The event was incredible with some amazing Judo to be seen from adaptive players from all over the UK, Wales and Northern Ireland. Liam was against a world champion and it was a battle of the wills, after […]
STOP – Think! – HELP! Why we take Safeguarding as seriously as we do.
Kayleigh Haywood – the case behind the film Kayleigh Haywood began speaking to Luke Harlow, a man she had never met, on 31 October 2015. Over the course of two weeks they exchanged 2643 messages. Harlow told the 15-year-old all the things many teenage girls want to hear. He told her she was beautiful, how […]
Why Safeguarding MUST be a staple part of any Martial Arts Club
To read the full article on these beastly individuals, click the picture above to be taken to a news article. This highlights EXACTLY why Safeguarding MUST be in place within organisations and implemented properly and with the correct qualifications with the right people. As Instructors, we are in the spotlight and with Judo being a […]
