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British Sumo Grades
STEVE PATEMAN WAS AWARDED HIS 3RD DAN BY THE JAPANESE AT THE KOKUGIKAN, TOKYO, JAPAN IN 1996. HE WAS AWARDED HIS 4th DAN by the then PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN SUMO FEDERATION, GUNTHER ROMENARTH IN 1998
BILL EVERINGTON, KEVIN EMSLIE, ADELE JONES have all been awarded the grade of 3rd Dan for medal winning performances in World Championships.
Adam has been awarded 2nd Dan for medal in Senior European Championship.
Brad and MikeRobinson have been awarded second Dans for outstanding performances in European and World Championships
Mundeep Kundi has now been awarded his 1st Dan after beating the US Champion
The Dan grades are awarded for success in British and Internation competitions . A Dan grade can also be awarded to someone who demonstrates an excellent knowledge of Sumo generally and, specifically, the techniques.. The Other grades are GREEN/BLUE/BROWN and are stepping stones to the award of 1st Dan.. Please note that these grades are purely on current fighting ability/spirit and are not time dependent. Sumo is not a difficult sport to excel at in a very short period of time.
THe following have been awarded Green Belt
WYNNE EVANS (WALES)
JODY KNIGHT (LANGPORT)
DAVID TURNEY (TAUNTON)
BEN BLACKMORE (TAUNTON)
JAMES BAKER (TAUNTON)
JOS HOOPER (TAUNTON)
THOMAS FARENDEN (TAUNTON)
GARY DAVIES (TAUNTON)
ROSALIND FORBES (TAUNTON)
MIKE PERRY (SUTTON)
REBECCA BRYAN (LONDON)
CHARLIE VENEBLES (TAUNTON)
JAS PABLA (SLOUGH)
PAUL STEPHENSON (DERBY)
The following have been awarded Blue Belt
STUART KINGSTON (TAUNTON)
CONNA BOON (DERBY)
The Following have been awarded Brown Belt
MATT MALE (TAUNTON)
ZACHARY HOLMAN (DEVON)
ADAM WHITE (TAUNTON)
DOUGLAS HAMMER (LONDON)
TONY WESTWATER (BLIDWORTH)
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