Kiyokan Judo Club

Earlier this month, Kiyokan Judo Club partnered with the Saint John Learning Exchange to celebrate Women’s Empowerment Alumni Week!

We were grateful to all of the amazing activities and to those who facilitated!

Maud hosted a Mindful Judo at the Kiyokan Judo Club with our current and alumni of Women’s Empowerment programming. This was a great opportunity for participants to move their bodies while practicing mindfulness and something new 😁

🥋💛 SUPPORT YOUR SPORT NB – GOLD RUSH! 💛🥋

The Kiyokan Judo Club is excited to announce that we are participating in the Support Your Sport NB Gold Rush! 🎉

This weekly 50/50 fundraiser is a great way to support Kiyokan Judo Club while having a chance to win some money!

👉How does it work?
$5 = 3 numbers
$10 = 6 numbers
$15 = 9 numbers
$20 = 12 numbers
The maximum is $20 per week (4 lines).

Draws take place every Thursday at 1:00 PM AST. Ticket sales close at 12:59 PM on draw day.

🏆 The winner receives 50% of the ticket sales, while participating sport organizations and clubs receive a portion of the proceeds.

Every time you choose Kiyokan Judo Club as the organization you support, you are helping us raise funds to continue developing our club, supporting our judokas, and creating more opportunities for our athletes.

👉Ready to support Kiyokan? Next week's pot is already $1050 (winner gets 525$)
Purchase your Gold Rush tickets here: https://sysnb.goldrush.causable.io

When purchasing your tickets, make sure to select Kiyokan Judo Club as the club you wish to support!

Participants must be 19 years or older and must be in New Brunswick to purchase tickets.

❓ Have questions or need help getting started?
Feel free to contact us and we’ll be happy to help you through the process!

❤️ Support your sport. Support your club. Support Kiyokan Judo Club!

Good luck and please share!

Did you know that a judo gi (or judogi) is the traditional heavy-duty uniform worn for practicing and competing in the martial art of judo?

If you are a new student or a student that has outgrown their gi dont’worry. We have your back covered. Ha!

The Judo Club has some used gis you can borrow. If we don’t have a gi that will fit, you can wear a long sleeve shirt that you don’t mind if it gets stretched and long gym pants.

We will order gis before the end of our first month.

If you have an old gi and would like to donate it to the Club we would love this. You can also sell your used gi. You can put an ad on our bulletin board at the dojo.

Hi Everybody,

Our new Judo Season is right around the corner. Classes will begin on September 14 on the Eastside and September 15 and 17 on the Westside.

Prices and schedules have stayed the same as last year.

Kiyokan Eastside:
WHEN: Mondays from 630-730pm.
COST: $225 + HST and Judo NB Fee
AGE: ages 6 and older.

Kiyokan West:

Junior Judoka Class:
WHEN: Thursdays 530-615pm
AGE: children 4-6 years of age. If a child is 6 they have the option of attending this class or our Tiger class. An adult accompanies the child in the Junior Judoka Class.
COST: $225 +HST (for child only) plus Judo NB fee for parent and child

Tiger Class:
WHEN: Thursdays 6:30 to 7:30
AGES: 5,6,7,8
COST: $225 + HST and Judo NB Fee

Middle Age Class:
WHEN: Tuesdays 6:30-7:30
AGE: 9,10, 11, 12
COST: $225 + HST and Judo NB Fee

Adult Class:
WHEN: Tues.&Thur. 7:40 to 9:00
AGE: 13 and over
COST: $275 + HST and Judo NB Fee

**Judo NB Fees is $60 except for Black Belts: $80


* Family Discount: Save $60 when two family members join and a further $25 for the third, and each family member thereafter.

TIGER SELECT and MIDDLE AGE SELECT:
As we have done so in previous seasons, some kids from Tiger and some from Middle Age might be provided an opportunity to attend classes two nights per week (Tigers participating in the Tuesday Middle Age class at 6:30 and Middle Age participating in Thursday’s Senior Class at 7:40) – for those athletes who are invited and choose to attend two nights per week, an addition membership fee of $25 will be charged.

If you need any further information please do not hesitate to contact me. Looking forward to seeing you

The Kiyokan Judo Club is offering a free judo class to anybody interested in learning about judo. This class will take place on August 25th from 630-730pm. Please text Jeff at 506-343-3824 if you are interested in attending this class.

If you are unable to attend this class you can try a class for free once the judo season begins as well. Our Judo Season will begin the week of September 14.

Please note that the official 2026-2027 judo announcement will be posted soon!!

What a great day for the Kiyokan Judo Club!

Congratulations to Tori and Travis on receiving their black belts today. What an amazing accomplishment. We are so proud of you.

I would also like to thank their partners ( uki's) Maud and Billy for all the extra effort they put forth assisting our new black belts.

Great Job and I'll say it once more - So Proud of You Tori and Travis!

The Kiyokan Club invites all U-16 and older competitive females for some intense sessions of training with bias for Randori.

We will host three nights, July 28th and 30th from 7-9pm, and July 29th from 8-930pm.

Location is the Kiyokan Dojo, upstairs at the Peter Murray Arena on Dever Road in Saint John.

There is no fee required, but we do request you register with Jeff Porter by July 10th so we can tailor the nights to our attendees. Jeff Porter's email is [email protected]

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Le club Kiyokan invite toutes les femmes compétitrices de moins de 16 ans et plus à des séances d'entraînement intensives axées sur le randori.

Ces séances auront lieu les 28 et 30 juillet de 19h à 21h, et le 29 juillet de 20h à 21h30.

Le lieu est le dojo Kiyokan, à l'étage de l'aréna Peter Murray, sur le chemin Dever à Saint John.

La participation est gratuite, mais nous vous demandons de vous inscrire auprès de Jeff Porter avant le 10 juillet afin que nous puissions adapter les séances aux participantes. Son adresse courriel est [email protected].

Hi Everybody,

On Tuesday, June 16th we had our last class for this Judo Season and what a night it was. We had a lot to celebrate this season!

We started off welcoming our VIP's, Carrie and John. Carrie and John were the founders of the Kiyokan Judo Club.

Then Mateo, playing the violin, accompanied by singers Maria Scammell and Ronni Kinsella started our festivities with O'Canada.

Next was the Kiyokan World Judo Championships where we saw some amazing competition.

Our Kiyokan World Champions for the 2025/2026 judo season are:
Beatrix Chedore
Sam O'Toole
Juliet Rocca
Theo Vail
Simon Belding
Ben Tobin
Ronni Kinsella
Fletcher Chenhall
Nico Rocca
Connor Brideau

Next we passsed out grading certificates. We had 32 students who advanced to their new belt levels! Well done!

Then it was time to pass out some awards:
Outstanding Tiger Award - Octavia Cooper
Most Improved Student - Olivia Lowther
Most Promising Male - Chris McKiel
Most Promising Female- Juliet Rocca
Best Competitor- Mateo Bregel
Kiyokan Award - Theo Vail
Kano Award- Martine and Billy Chenhall

And finally we ended the night by celebrating with my homemade pizza that came in Domino's pizza boxes.

Now some Thank You's!

Thank you to all our volunteer instructors. I believe the Kiyokan Judo Club offers judo classes second to none because of you!

Parents and others who are responsible for getting the students to class - Thank you!

Students you made this year very rewarding for the Instructors. Your commitment and energy made it easy for us to stay motivated and look forward to attending the classes.

I would like to thank everybody who helped out this year. Your assistance makes the Club the success it is!

Shavon, thank you for being our Social Media person. You do an amazing job!

There is a saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. So I will sign off with a picture instead of my thousand words to illustrate what a great group we have at the Kiyokan Judo Club!

See you in September!

Sensei Jeff

What a great day today for the Kiyokan Judo Club!

We had 3 competitors competing today:
Theo went 2-0 for a gold medal.
Grace went 1-1 for the silver medal.
Monica went 4-2 for the bronze medal.

Coach Steve and Sensei Jeff were very proud of everyone who competed this weekend.

Congratulations Maria Scammell on getting your second place trophy in U14. You have made us proud!!