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SKA Black belts affiliated with the Kansas City Dojo
SeniorityNameStarted

Rank


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1Jon Beltram1959godanKCbeltram
2Dave Altman1976godanUNL (KC)altman
3Mike Lyon1984godan
KClyon
4Jim Kaplafka1966yodanKC (U.IL)kaplafka
5Donnie Duncan (d. 2017)1974yodanKCduncan
6Carl Johnson1980yodanKCjohnson
7David A. Mills1968sandanKCMills
8Mike Bedinger1970sandanKCbedinger_mike
9Greg Barstow1972sandanKCBarstow
10Dave Lightner1973sandanKCLightner
11Greg Oliver1989sandanKCOliver
12Robert Leonard1992sandanKC (Merriam)Leonard
13Sarah Oliver1994sandanKC (KCAI)soliver
14Dan Lobmire1964nidanKCLobmire
15Earl Rand (d. 2016)1967nidanKCRand
16David L. Mills (d.)1968nidanKCmystery
17Guy Richardson (d. 1989)1970nidanKCGrchrdsn
18Kelly Rudolph1973nidanKCRudolph
19John Rogers1975nidanKCRogers
20Jeff Hanes1977nidanKC (am)Hanes
21Lynn Durbin1977nidanKCDurbin
22John Kaczynski1978nidanKCKaczynsk
23Larry Burmaster1979nidanKCBurmastr
24Alan Hoffman1980nidanKCHoffman
25Rick Solomon1981nidanRollaSolomon
26Andy Brown1981nidanKCBrown
27John Bixby1982nidanLongviewBixby
28George Boje1982nidanMerriam (KC)boje-geo
29Thomas Ngundo1987nidanKCngundo
30Eric Manuel1988nidanLongview (JKA)Manuel
31Pete Bugjo1988nidanKCbugjo
32Mike Gall1991nidanLongviewgall
33Laura Gonzalez1992nidanKCgonzalez
34Tom Peacher (d. 2019)1994nidanKC (AT&T)peacher
35Rich Stohlmann1994nidanKC (AT&T)Stohlmann
36Paulo Flores1997NidanColumbia U (KCAI)flores
37Josh Dooley1997nidanKCdooley_josh
38Casey Brown1997nidanMonte Sano (KC)Brown
39Mike Kostroske1997nidanKC (AT&T)kostroske
40Nancy Aguirre1998nidanLongviewAguirre
41Jim Sangster1999nidanKC (am)sangster
42Brad Kindler2003nidanUNLkindler_brad
43Quang Nguyen2006nidanUNLnguyen
87Greg Tunink2006nidanUNLtunink
44Patrick Kane1963shodanKCKane
45Gary Rubyor1964shodanKCRubyor
46Jim Phillipie1966shodanKCPhillipi
47Jim Salter1967shodanKCSalters
48Randy Morris1970shodanKCMorris
49Kim Rightmire1970shodanKCRightmir
50Pred Paul1972shodanUNL (JKA)Paul
51Laurence (Spike) Peuker1975shodanKCpeuker
52Rod Porter1978shodanKCPorter
53Ken Kupperman1978shodanKCKuppermn
54Rick Woolsey1978shodanKCWoolsey
55Patti Richardson1978shodanLongviewPrchrdsn
56Bill Reindl1980shodanKCReindl
57Stefan Foster1980shodanKCFoster
58Lee Boje1983shodanMerriam (KC)boje-lee
59Rick Lagud1985shodanLongviewLagud
60Tim Gaughn1986shodanKCGaughn
61Chris Hill1986shodanKCHill
62Eric Morton1987shodanKCMorton
63Eric Daly1987shodanKCmystery
64Dean Baker1987shodanLongviewBaker
65Len Thomas1988shodanCaltech (KC)mystery
66Ed Gize1989shodanKCmystery
67Bill Rudy1992shodanKC (Basehor)Rudy
68Ed Swob1993shodanKC (Basehor)Swob
69Stephen Holland1993shodanOsagemystery
70Val Barnett1994shodanKC (KCAI)Barnett
71James Perrin1994shodanKC (KCAI)Perrin
72Mark Sanchez1994shodanKC (Basehor)sanchez
73Kevin Smith1995shodanUNL (JKA)smith
74Gunnar Kleeman1996shodanUNL (JKA)kleeman
75Mark Richards1996shodanDenver (KC)richards
76Julia Makiejus1997shodanKC (Shito Ryu)makiejus
77Tyson Bryan1997shodanUNLBryan
78Ben Flores1997shodanPhoenix (KCAI)Ben Flores
79Jeremy East1997shodanLongvieweast
80Jim Winter1998shodanKCWinterA
81Sandy Kemper1998shodanKC (am)kemper_sandy
82Russell Petree1998shodanLongviewPetree
83Matt Chatfield1999shodanKCchatfield
84Ross Kelson1999shodanMiami (KC (am))Kelson
85Sean Calhoun2004shodanKCSANYO DIGITAL CAMERA
86Ryan Wurtz2006shodanKC (am)wurtz
88Lien Phan2008shodanUNLPhan
89Dinh Hoang2011shodanUNLHoang
90Ken Richardson2011shodanKCRichardson
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