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Kansas City Black Belts as of October, 2016:

Jon Beltram, godan, 1959, KC
Dave Altman, godan, 1976, KC
Jim Kaplafka, yodan, 1966, KC (U IL)
Donnie Duncan (d.), yodan, 1974, KC

Carl Johnson, yodan, 1980, KC
Mike Lyon, yodan, 1984, KC
David A. Mills, sandan, 1968, KC
Mike Bedinger, sandan, 1970, KC

Greg Barstow, sandan, 1972, KC
Dave Lightner, sandan, 1973, KC
Greg Oliver, sandan, 1989, KC
Robert Leonard, sandan, 1992, KC (Merriam)

Sarah Oliver, sandan, 1994, KC (KCAI)
Dan Lobmire, nidan, 1964, KC
Earl Rand (d.), nidan, 1967, KC
David L. Mills (d.), nidan, 1968, KC

Guy Richardson (d.), nidan, 1970, KC
Kelly Rudolph, nidan, 1973, KC
John Rogers, nidan, 1975, KC
Jeff Hanes, nidan, 1977, KC (am)

Lynn Durbin, nidan, 1977, KC
John Kaczynski, nidan, 1978, KC
Larry Burmaster, nidan, 1979, KC

Rick Solomon, nidan, 1981, Rolla
Andy Brown, nidan, 1981, KC
John Bixby, nidan, 1982, Longview
George Boje, nidan, 1982, Merriam (KC)

Thomas Ngundo, nidan, 1987, KC
Eric Manuel, nidan, 1988, Longview (JKA)
Pete Bugjo, nidan, 1988, KC

Laura Gonzalez, nidan, 1992, KC
Tom Peacher, nidan, 1994, KC (AT&T)
Rich Stohlmann, nidan, 1994, KC (AT&T)
Paulo Flores, Nidan, 1997, Columbia U (KCAI)

Josh Dooley, nidan, 1997, KC
Casey Brown, nidan, 1997, Florida (KC)
Nancy Aguirre, nidan, 1998, Longview

Brad Kindler, nidan, 2003, UNL
Greg Tunink, nidan, 2007, UNL
Patrick Kane, shodan, 1963, KC
Gary Rubyor, shodan, 1964, KC

Jim Phillipie, shodan, 1966, KC
Jim Salter, shodan, 1967, KC
Randy Morris, shodan, 1970, KC

Pred Paul, shodan, 1972, UNL (JKA)
Laurence (Spike) Peuker, shodan, 1975, KC
Rod Porter, shodan, 1978, KC
Ken Kupperman, shodan, 1978, KC

Rick Woolsey, shodan, 1978, KC
Patti Richardson, shodan, 1978, Longview
Bill Reindl, shodan, 1980, KC

Lee Boje, shodan, 1983, Merriam (KC)
Rick Lagud, shodan, 1985, Longview
Tim Gaughn, shodan, 1986, KC
Chris Hill, shodan, 1986, KC

Eric Morton, shodan, 1987, KC
Eric Daly, shodan, 1987, KC
Dean Baker, shodan, 1987, Longview
Len Thomas, shodan, 1988, Caltech (KC)

Ed Gize, shodan, 1989, KC
Bill Rudy, shodan, 1992, KC (Basehor)
Ed Swob, shodan, 1993, KC (Basehor)
Stephen C. Holland, shodan, 1993, Osage

Val Barnett, shodan, 1994, KC (KCAI)
James Perrin, shodan, 1994, KC (KCAI)
Mark Sanchez, shodan, 1994, KC (Basehor)

Gunnar Kleeman, shodan, 1996, UNL (JKA)
Marc Richard (d), shodan, 1996, Denver (KC)
Julia Makiejus, 1997, KC (Shito Ryu)
Tyson Bryan, shodan, 1997, UNL

Ben Flores, shodan, 1997, Phoenix (KCAI)
Jeremy East, shodan, 1997, Longview
Mike Kostroske, shodan, 1997, KC (AT&T)
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Sandy Kemper, shodan, 1998, KC (am)
Russell Petree, shodan, 1998, Longview
Matt Chatfield, shodan, 1999, KC
Ross Kelson, shodan, 1999, Miami (KC (am))

Sean Calhoun, shodan, 2004, KC
Ryan Wurtz, shodan, 2006, KC (am)
Quang Nguyen, shodan, 2006, UNL
Lien Phan, shodan, 2008, UNL

Dinh Hoang, shodan, 2011, UNL
Ken Richardson, shodan, 2011, KC


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