QE pupil Ken Kawamoto has just secured Junior Gold at the National Judo Championships in Sheffield. He had four fights at the tournament and won each of them with a mixture of mature groundwork and standing techniques.

Ken, who is 12, is now a triple National Judo Champion, having also secured the Junior Gold award for his age group in 2005 and 2006. These achievements are particularly impressive since he did not take up the sport until April 2004. Ken is a green belt but he is hoping that his intensive training programme, on four evenings a week, will enable him to secure his blue belt very soon.

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