INTRODUCTION

Kinsa Judo was founded in 2018 by Ashley McKenzie and Fiona Chan who are also club mates at the Camberley Judo Club. We’re both currently competitive judokas with Ashley performing at the highest levels of judo (IJF World Tour) and Fiona competes at the international Masters level of judo. 

We wanted to create a judo coaching business to share our passion for judo by bringing classes to schools and to set up a local club. 

Ashley has now stepped away from the business to concentrate on qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and Fiona now solely runs the business. 

“Kinsa” refers to a seldom-used term in judo which referees used to consider the numer of ‘kinsa’ (attacks) made by judokas in ‘shiai’ (competition) and first heard by Fiona when competing at the Veteran World Championships which were being held in Sardinia in 2018. 

I look forward to the opportunity of welcoming your child on the tatami! 

Meet the Team

FIONA CHAN

Coach and Owner of Kinsa Judo 

DEB SHERWOOD

Club Welfare Officer

Deb is your main point of contact should you have any concerns about child welfare in relation to the club 

MAISIE

Uke extraordinaire and 

Fiona’s daughter

JIGSY

Homemade uke. Great listener who likes to watch the world go by…

JC VAN CHAN

Trusty Jean-Claude van Chan. Transporter of mats and equipment

VAN-ESSA

Retired. One careful(ish) lady owner but upgraded for a newer model and something a bit bigger!