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pensioner joins judo elite

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  • #2
    Unpossible
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭Unpossible


    Wow, great to see someone still going strong at that age.


  • #3
    Boston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,163 ✭✭✭✭Boston


    I was there, but missed this :(


  • #4
    Barry.Oglesby
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭Barry.Oglesby


    Cool. 72 man, I'm that in another 50 years....


  • #5
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Barry.Oglesby wrote: »
    Cool. 72 man, I'm that in another 50 years....

    lol, though you were well into your 30's!.


  • #6
    Jason McCabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 826 ✭✭✭Jason McCabe


    Is Terry Watt from Derry the highest grade in ireland?

    What grade is he?

    If it's not Terry who is it?


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  • #7
    beGood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭beGood


    A well deserved promotion for a great Judo man! It's just a shame the reporting of the event has mostly been so crap. IMO the use of the term "pensioner" is stupid and disrespectful. 72 isn't even old for this rank.

    There are a few 6 Dan holders in Ireland, so unless Terry Watt is a 7 Dan he's not the single highest but one of the highest.

    Was Charlie Hegarty, now deceased, the first Irishman to be awarded 6 Dan? Off the top of my head I can think of Jack Dennis, Harry McGuigan and Paul Cummins as Irish 6 Dan holders.


  • #8
    nobbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 382 ✭✭nobbo


    Is it a Kodokan recognised 10th dan or one like Palmers?


  • #9
    Jason McCabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 826 ✭✭✭Jason McCabe


    Just checked there. Terry is a 7th Dan


  • #10
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Guys I've emailed the IJA and asked them to provide us with any information (past & present) on who holds the highest grade in Ireland (including Northern Ireland).

    I'll post up their reply.


  • #11
    beGood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭beGood


    Jason McCabe wrote: »
    Just checked there. Terry is a 7th Dan

    Cool, so my guess is he's the highest! :D

    George Kerr's rank was awarded by the IJF, like the 10 Dan awards of Charles Palmer and Anton Geesink.

    The hightest Kodokan rank held by a non-Japanese is 8 Dan and that has only ever been granted to three men as far as I know.


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  • #12
    Sid_Justice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,720 ✭✭✭Sid_Justice


    Harry McGuigan is 6th Dan isn't he? I think Jack Denis is too. What promotion did Paul Cummins get last time?


  • #13
    beGood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭beGood


    Sid_Justice wrote: »
    Harry McGuigan is 6th Dan isn't he? I think Jack Denis is too. What promotion did Paul Cummins get last time?

    Check post #7 ;)


  • #14
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Within the Irish Judo Association the answer is as follows:

    6th Dan shared by

    Jack Dennis - Lusk Judo Club
    Harry McGuigan - Renbukan Judo Club
    Ciaran Ward - Yamakwai Judo Club
    Paul Cummins - UCD Judo Club/Paul Cummins School of Judo

    within the NIJF I believe the answer is as follows:

    7th Dan

    Terry Watt

    Regards
    Deirdre
    Irish Judo Association


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