Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Black Belt Roster

Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Black Belts

Below is a listing of all students I and other BJJY sensei have promoted to black belt grades since I started teaching Budoshin Ju-Jitsu in 1967. Students sublisted under a particular black belt were promoted by that black belt.
Effective September 1, 2003, every Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Black Belt promoted or certified by me or another BJJY certified black belt will be able to wear the BJJY logo/patch [above] on their gi as a quick means of recognition. [Note that the outer ring is black with white print.] This patch will be issued only to Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Black Belts promoted or certified by me who are members of the BJJY. They should also have their BJJY Certificate of Promotion posted in the dojo. It should have their photo sealed & stamped on it, along with a registration number. They should also have their current BJJY Annual Membership certificate posted in the dojo.

If a listed yudansha has an asterisk [*] after their promotion date it means that they were either promoted directly by me or that I was the senior member of the promotional board. If a yudansha is listed 2-3 times under different people it means that the person they are listed under was a member of the promotional board.

     If a listed yudansha has a double-asterisk [**] after their name it means that they were either promoted by Sensei Bill Fromm [deceased] or Sensei Dennis McCurdy or a senior yudansha promoted by Sensei McCurdy.
    If a person is claiming to be a black belt in Budoshin Jujitsu and they're not on this list, please e-mail me immediately. It is possible that they may have been promoted by one of my black belts. I will be glad to check it out & get back to you.
    If you were promoted by Prof. Dennis McCurdy in Budoshin Ju-Jitsu and you wish to be on this list please send me a copy of your yudansha certificate stating such.
    If you were promoted by a deceased Budoshin Ju-Jitsu sensei, please send me a copy of your certificate of rank.

Purple color indicates that the sensei is active and currently teaching Budoshin Ju-Jitsu

Kudan - 9th degree black belt

Hachidan - 8th degree black belt

Shichidan - 7th degree black belt

Marc Tucker - 2015*

David Dye - 5d - 2015

Gary Garnett - 4d -2015

Ray Eber - 2d - 2015

Vince Di Bella - 1d - 2015

Angelo Castro - 1d - 2015

Tony Carreno - 1d - 2013

            Stark Howell - 1d - 2012*
            Frank Blaney - 2d - 2006*
           Marc Kolodziejczyk - 2d - 2006*
            Sean Gallimore -1d - 2003*
            Denny delos Reyes - 1d - 2005*
            Paul Blaney - 1d - 2007*

Michael Langewisch - 2d - 2010*

Byron Davis - 2d - 2010*

Jeremy Yamauchi - 1d - 2011*

Will Harris** - 2010

Jay Baldwin** - 2015

Rokudan - 6th degree black belt

Bruce Jones - 2006 [hon]
Arnold Smith - 3d - 2008

                 Bruce Geyman - 2d - 2011
    Robert Wong - 1994*
            Jennifer Wong - 4d - 1995
            Leo Byrd - 4d - 1999
                Sandra Chang - 2d - 2002

                Laureano Alvarez - 1d - 2004
            Rod Carrasco - 2d - 1997
            Nick DeMauro - 2d - 1997
            David Newton -1d - 1989
            Jim Dangerfield - 1d - 198?
            Ben Miller - 1d- 1996
            Dennis Dionesio - 1d - 1997
            Sam Rodriguez -1d- 1997

Mark Jordan - 2009*

Dennis McCafferty - 1d - 2013

Andrew Sparks - 2d - 2013

Antonio Ramon - 2d - 2013

Cheri Zoe' Walker - 1d - 2012

Stark Howell - 1d- 2012*

Jeff Wynn - 5d - 2011*

Tony Damigo - 4d - 2011*

Matthew Gelaude - 1d - 2011*

            Bobby Hill - 2007
            Willie Huang - 2007
            Ezra Pugh - 2007

David Eckardt - 2003
Daniel Erickson - 2003

             Michael Sebastian - 2d - 2002*
            Paul Hale - 1d - 1997*
            Ed Diffner - 1d- 1998*

Mark Burton** - 2010

Thomas Salander - 2014*

Adam Kennedy - 3d - 2018

Daniel Gaul - 1d - 2013

Charles Youman - 4d - 2010

           Stark Howell - 1d - 2012
            Kevin Brennan - 2d - 2003
            Michael J. Hobson - 2d - 2006
            Lawrence Tomek - 2d - 2006
            Robert Connolly - 2d - 2005
            Daniel Orkwis - 1d - 2003
            Robert Rogers - 1d - 2006

Chris Martell - 1d - 2011

Kelly O'Briant - 1d -2018

Watkins Gray - 1d - 2018

Coral Burke - 1d -2019

Stewart Burke - 1d - 2019

Chris Hendricks - 2014*

Chris Martell - 1d - 2011

Jeff Wynn - 2013*

            DonRaphael Wynn - 1d - 2000
            Jared Wynn - 3d - 2012
            Cory Wynn - 2d - 2010

Greg Catanese - 2d - 2010
DonRaphael Wynn - 1d - 2000

Louise Wynn - 2d - 2010

Tony Damigo - 4d - 2011*

Matthew Gelaude - 1d - 2011*

DiAnn Reese - 2d - 2015

Kelley Robins - 2d - 2015

Jason Hirata - 1d - 2014

William Griffin - 1d - 2014

Charlie Armstrong - 2d - 2017

Kelly Garcia - 1d - 2016

Ben Hirata - 1 d - 2016

Jason Claus - 2d - 2016
Lindsay Price - 1d - 2017

Kirk Price - 1d - 2017

Rick Torres - 2019*

Ed Kimes - 1d - 2014

Clint Sparks - 1d - 2014

Kyle Winfield - 1d - 2014

Arronn Baylor - 1d - 2014

Walker Baylor - 1d - 2014

Harrison Baylor - 1d - 2014

            Eric Tollett - 2d - 2006
            Juan Alcantar Jr. -2d - 2006
            Jason Allen - 1d - 2004

Godan - 5th degree black belt

David Dye - 2015*

Tony Damigo - 2015*

            Michael Gelaude - 2d - 2013
            Matthew Gelaude - 2d - 2011*
            William Sherman, Jr. - 3d - 2013
              Sherry Gibson - 2d - 2016
           Steve Pendergrass - 1d - 2007
            Chris Carstons - 1d - 2007
            Dani Pendergrass - 1d - 2007
            Mason Yohn - 1d - 2006

Steven Castorena - 2015*

Mike Montes - 1d - 2016

Cheri Zoe' Walker - 1d - 2012

Andy Sparks - 1d - 2012

Antonio Ramon - 1d - 2012

            Cheri Zoe' Walker - 1d - 2012
            Steve "Kimo" Williams - 1d - 2002*
            Peter Jones - 1d - 2007*

Pierre Lautischer - 19

Chris Hendricks - 2014*

Chris Martell - 1d - 2011

Yodan - 4th degree black belt

John Castellon -2019

Gary Garnett - 2015

     Cindy Rivera - 1981*
            Victor Rivera - 3d - 197?*
            Axelle Rohrbach - 1d - 197?*
    Kenneth Harte - 1994*
            Carmen Harte - 2d - 1999
            Tom Shelburne - 1d - 1995*
            Byron Reyes - 1d - 1997*
            Steve Mittleman - 1d - 1999
    Matityahu Elyashiv - 1996*
    Kevin Harte - 2001*
    Ron Sekulich - 2004*
            Michael Sebastian - 2d - 2002*
            Steve "Kimo" Williams - 2d - 2004
            Paul Hale - 1d - 1997*
            Ed Diffner - 1d- 1998*
            Brian Sincomb* -1d - 2003*

Dave Stuart** - 2011

George Cushinan - 2013*

Jeff Newton - 3d - 2015

Gary Bulian - 3d - 2015

Robby Moss - 2d - 2014

Roger Fung - 2d - 2014

Nick Cushinan - 2d - 2014

Ellery Bunn - 2d - 2014

Julia Piotrowski - 2d - 2014

Roy Long - 2d - 2005

Raymond Tam - 1d - 2011

Rowan McCormick - 1d - 2011

Marino Brilli - 1d - 2012

             Cynthia Yan - 1d - 2008
            Travis Morrison - 1d - 2008
            Jeff Morrison - 1d - 2008
           Robert Reynolds - 2d -2006
            Allan Beattie - 1d -2006
            Greg Oortwyn - 1d - 2003
            Hayley Manning - 1d - 2003
            Raj Dhanasar - 1d - 2003

Michael Langewisch - 2017*

Jeremy Yamauchi - 1d - 2011*

Byron Davis - 2017*

Angelo Castro - 1d - 2015

Jeremy Yamauchi - 1d - 2011*

Matthew Gelaude - 1d - 2011*

Honorary Ttitles:
   Marc Tucker - Kyoshi -2017
   Thomas Salander - Renshi - 2013
   Chris Hendricks - Renshi - 2015
   Jeff Wynn - Renshi - 2016
   Enrique Torres - Renshi - 2017
   Tony Damigo - Renshi - 2017
   Steven Castorena - Renshi -2017

Sandan - 3rd degree black belt
    Dan Stone - 1977*
    Daniel Nofal - 1981*
    Tevis Verrette - 1985*
            Francis Leidinger - 1d - 1986
    Stephen Copping - 1990*
            Eugene Roddenberry - 1d - 1992
    Anthony Ibbott - 1994*
    Lynden Holloway - 2001*
    Bob Pruitt - 2004*
    Linda DellaPelle - 2008*
          Christian Zivelonghi - 1999
          John Portlock - 2003
          Dustin Contreras - 2004
          Cesar George - 2007

Bill Swope - 2009*

Kevin Saul - 1d - 2009

John Frank** - 2013

Scott Finley** - 2014

Dave Clark - 2016

Paul Haynes - 2d - 2017

Nidan - 2nd degree black belt

     Steve Gwynn - 1976*
    Jeff Mullich - 1985*
    R David Moore - 1987*
            Paul Martino -1d- 198?
            Patrick Tobey - 1d - 1991
    Mitch Shands - 198?*
    Jennifer Clark [Toot] - 1992*
    Rodney Toot - 1991*
    Paul Martinez - 1999*
          John Portlock - 1d - 2003
          Dustin Contreras - 1d - 2004
    Linda Crochiere - 2002*
    Michael Sebastian - 2002*
    Frank Blaney - 2006*
          Paul Blaney - 1d - 2007*
          Michael Langewisch - 1d - 2007*
    Marc Kolodziejczyk - 2006*
          Paul Blaney - 1d - 2007*
          Michael Langewisch - 2007*

William Sherman, Jr. - 2011

Antonio Ramon - 2013

Joe Walstrum - 2013

Jay Baldwin - 2015

Ray Eber - 2015

Glenda Perl - 2017*

Shodan - 1st degree black belt
    Robert " Kelly" Harte - 1977*
    William White - 1978*
    Fird White - 1978*
    Gary French - 1979*
    Jorge Chaves - 1976*
    Richard Stone - 1971*
    Carol Vielleux - 197?*
    Kevin Mullich - 197?*
    Gwyn Jolly - 197?*
    Hannie Blaauw - 1982
    William Perrin - 1986*
    Glen Mayeda - 1987*
    Edward Idian - 1987*
    Arif Halaby - 1988*
    Tina Campos - 1983*
    Dan Carrison - 1990*
    Mark Myer - 1990*
    Robert Price - 1992*
    Alan John - 1994*
    Rod Lopez, Jr. - 1994*
    Sean Gallimore - 2003*
    Brian Sincomb - 2003*
    Denny delos Reyes - 2005*
    Paul Blaney - 2007*
    Peter Jones - 2007*
    Steve Pendergrass - 2007*
    Chris Carstons - 2007*
    Paul Sucher - 2007*

Lee Jacobs - 2008*

Dan Duran - 2009*

Jeremy Yamauchi - 2011*

Matthew Gelaude - 2011*

Chris Martell - 2011*

DiAnn Reese - 2012

Kelley Robins - 2012

Stark Howell - 2012*

Jodi Canapp - 2012

Tony Carreno - 2013

Jason Hirata - 2014

William Griffin - 2014

Charlie Armstrong - 2014

Vincent Di Bella - 2015

Mike Montes - 1d - 2016

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