Black Belts – Kansas City Shotokan Karate Club

SKA Black belts affiliated with the Kansas City Dojo

Seniority	Name	Started	Rank	Dojo (original)
1	Jon Beltram	1959	godan	KC
2	Dave Altman	1976	godan	UNL (KC)
3	Mike Lyon	1984	godan	KC
4	Jim Kaplafka	1966	yodan	KC (U.IL)
5	Donnie Duncan (d. 2017)	1974	yodan	KC
6	Carl Johnson	1980	yodan	KC
7	David A. Mills	1968	sandan	KC
8	Mike Bedinger	1970	sandan	KC
9	Greg Barstow	1972	sandan	KC
10	Dave Lightner	1973	sandan	KC
11	Takamasa Morita	1985	sandan	KC (Shidokan)
12	Greg Oliver	1989	sandan	KC
13	Robert Leonard	1992	sandan	KC (Merriam)
14	Sarah Oliver	1994	sandan	KC (KCAI)
15	Dan Lobmire	1964	nidan	KC
16	Earl Rand (d. 2016)	1967	nidan	KC
17	David L. Mills (d.)	1968	nidan	KC
18	Guy Richardson (d. 1989)	1970	nidan	KC
19	Kelly Rudolph	1973	nidan	KC
20	John Rogers	1975	nidan	KC
21	Jeff Hanes	1977	nidan	KC (am)
22	Lynn Durbin	1977	nidan	KC
23	John Kaczynski	1978	nidan	KC
24	Larry Burmaster	1979	nidan	KC
25	Alan Hoffman	1980	nidan	KC
26	Rick Solomon	1981	nidan	Rolla
27	Andy Brown	1981	nidan	KC
28	John Bixby	1982	nidan	Longview
29	George Boje III (d. 2024)	1982	nidan	Merriam (KC)
30	Thomas Ngundo	1987	nidan	KC
31	Eric Manuel	1988	nidan	Longview (JKA)
32	Pete Bugjo	1988	nidan	KC
33	Mike Gall	1991	nidan	Longview
34	Laura Gonzalez	1992	nidan	KC
35	Tom Peacher (d. 2019)	1994	nidan	KC (AT&T)
36	Rich Stohlmann	1994	nidan	KC (AT&T)
37	Paulo Flores	1997	Nidan	Columbia U (KCAI)
38	Josh Dooley	1997	nidan	KC
39	Casey Brown	1997	nidan	Monte Sano (KC)
40	Mike Kostroske	1997	nidan	KC (AT&T)
41	Nancy Aguirre	1998	nidan	Longview
42	Jim Sangster	1999	nidan	KC (am)
43	Brad Kindler	2003	nidan	UNL
44	Quang Nguyen	2006	nidan	UNL
45	Greg Tunink	2006	nidan	UNL
46	Patrick Kane	1963	shodan	KC
47	Gary Rubyor	1964	shodan	KC
48	Jim Phillipie	1966	shodan	KC
49	Jim Salter	1967	shodan	KC
50	Randy Morris	1970	shodan	KC
51	Kim Rightmire	1970	shodan	KC
52	Pred Paul	1972	shodan	UNL (JKA)
53	Laurence (Spike) Peuker	1975	shodan	KC
54	Rod Porter	1978	shodan	KC
55	Ken Kupperman	1978	shodan	KC
56	Rick Woolsey	1978	shodan	KC
57	Patti Richardson	1978	shodan	Longview
58	Bill Reindl	1980	shodan	KC
59	Stefan Foster	1980	shodan	KC
60	Lee Boje	1983	shodan	Merriam (KC)
61	Rick Lagud	1985	shodan	Longview
62	Tim Gaughn	1986	shodan	KC
63	Chris Hill	1986	shodan	KC
64	Eric Morton	1987	shodan	KC
65	Eric Daly	1987	shodan	KC
66	Dean Baker	1987	shodan	Longview
67	Len Thomas	1988	shodan	Caltech (KC)
68	Ed Gize	1989	shodan	KC
69	Bill Rudy	1992	shodan	KC (Basehor)
70	Ed Swob	1993	shodan	KC (Basehor)
71	Stephen Holland	1993	shodan	Osage
72	Val Barnett	1994	shodan	KC (KCAI)
73	James Perrin	1994	shodan	KC (KCAI)
74	Mark Sanchez	1994	shodan	KC (Basehor)
75	Kevin Smith	1995	shodan	UNL (JKA)
76	Gunnar Kleeman	1996	shodan	UNL (JKA)
77	Mark Richards	1996	shodan	Denver (KC)
78	Julia Makiejus	1997	shodan	KC (Shito Ryu)
79	Tyson Bryan	1997	shodan	UNL
80	Ben Flores	1997	shodan	Phoenix (KCAI)
81	Jeremy East	1997	shodan	Longview
82	Jim Winter (d. 2025)	1998	shodan	KC
83	Sandy Kemper	1998	shodan	KC (am)
84	Russell Petree	1998	shodan	Longview
85	Matt Chatfield	1999	shodan	KC
86	Ross Kelson	1999	shodan	Miami (KC (am))
87	Sean Calhoun	2004	shodan	KC
88	Ryan Wurtz	2006	shodan	KC (am)
89	Lien Phan	2008	shodan	UNL
90	Dinh Hoang	2011	shodan	UNL
91	Ken Richardson	2011	shodan	KC
92	Paul Cepe	2017	shodan	KC
93	Patrick Moeller	2022	shodan	DC (KC)