The Judo Way of Life

Gavin Kelly is a 14 times Australian Senior National champion across 6 different weight groups, as well being 4 times Oceania Champion and a bronze medallist at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Gavin now coaches the Australian National team and runs the Queensland high performance hub.

Josh Katz is a 2016 Olympian, Australian representative in the -60kg category, and one of the youngest ever judoka from Australia to compete at the Olympic Games. Josh is also a 4 time Senior Oceania Champion, 3 time Australian senior National Champion and has medalled at numerous World and European Cup events, including winning a Gold at the Oceania Open.

Nathan Katz is a 2016 Olympian and Australian representative in the -66kg category. Amongst his accomplishments, he's a 3 time Senior Oceania Champion, 2 time Australian senior National Champion and has medalled at numerous World Cup events, including a Silver at the Asian Open.

Danny Harper is a former Great Britain representative, who was a full time athlete at Kendal Judo Club for many years. Danny is now the Head Coach of the Craven Judo Academy and area Coach for the Northwest of England.

Abigail Paduch is an Australian Team representative and was the 2019 Junior Asian Champion. She placed 7th at the 2019 Junior World Championships and has won numerous Junior European Cup medals, including Silver in Romania and Bronze in Poland and Spain. Because of these results, Abigail is currently ranked 2nd in the World in her age and weight group. She is also a multiple Oceania and Australian...

Michael Horley represented Great Britain for a number of years, with career highlights including competing at the 2010 world championships in Tokyo, ranking number 1 on the European ranking list in 2013 and also winning numerous European Cup medals including gold at the prestigious German Open.  Following his competition career, Michael has smoothly transitioned into coaching judo athletes, i...