To the many hundreds of individuals who have experienced practice in Kansas City for more than fifty years.
To Mr. Tsutomu Ohshima for bringing practice to the United States and for inspiring us by his strong example and to Jon Beltram for his unceasing dedication and leadership.
To all who attended and helped celebrate 50 years of Shotokan Ohshima Karate-do in Kansas City:
Jon Beltram (godan, Kansas City), John Teramoto (godan, Indianapolis), Mike Schuler (godan, Illini), Dominick Pizoli (godan, Stafford), David Altman (godan, UNL), Pam Logan (godan, Boulder), James (Jim) Kaplafka (yodan, Kansas City), Carl Johnson (yodan, Kansas City), Robert Bird (yodan, Memphis), Mike Lyon (yodan, Kansas City), Jim Blackmon (sandan, Monte Sano Shotokan), D. Keith Kirk (sandan, Memphis), Ron Wafer (sandan, Homer), Brad Markisohn (sandan, Indianapolis), Vladimir Fokin (sandan, Indianapolis), Dan Lobmire (nidan, Independent), Roger Rinn (nidan, Monte Sano), Earl Rand (nidan, Kansas City), Mike Bedinger (nidan, Kansas City), Kelly Rudolph (nidan, Kansas City), J. Carla Kirk (nidan, Memphis), Kate Buenau (nidan, Olympic Peninsula), Rick Solomon (nidan, independent), Andy Brown (nidan, Kansas City), Thomas Ngundo (nidan, Kansas city), William Ragin (nidan, Memphis), Nancy Aguirre (nidan, Kansas City), Randy Morris (shodan, Kansas City), John Kaczynski (shodan, Longview), Pred Paul (shodan, UNL), Susan Wright (shodan, Memphis), Yosuke Kameda (shodan, Michigan), Greg Tunink (shodan, UNL), Quang Nguyen (shodan, UNL), Lien Phan (shodan, UNL), Mike Kostroske (shodan, Kansas City), Matt Chatfield (shodan, Kansas City), Ken Richardson (shodan, Kansas City, Mo), Aldrin Clement (shodan, Minneapolis), Caleb Zimmerschied (1 kyu, Kansas City/Chicago), Sylvia Mikhail (1 kyu, Twin Cities), Roland Schwichtenberg (1 kyu, UNL), Rebecca Horzewski (1 kyu, UNL), Zully Perez Sierra (1 kyu, UNL), Gary Rubyor (2 kyu, Kansas City), Julie Mikhail (2 kyu, Twin Cities), Julia Makiejus (3 kyu, Kansas City), Kostiantyn Marichev (3 kyu, UNL), Sophia Chatfield (7 kyu, Kansas City), Alex Ghaseai (8 kyu, Kansas City), Derek Topilko (8 kyu, Kansas Citymo), Larissa (Schuler) (unranked, Illini), Ann Solomon (unranked, Independent), Jean Teramoto (unranked, Indianapolis), Darioush Ghasemi (unranked, Kansas City), Linda Lyon (unranked, Kansas City), Kathy Kostroske (unranked, Kansas City), Chie Hirosawa (unranked, Kansas city), Bobbie Beltram (unranked, Kansas City), Patricia Morris (unranked, Kansas City), Rochelle Schliecher (unranked, Kansas City), Nancy Rudolph (unranked, Kansas City), Linda Bryant (unranked, Kansas City), Raquel Ghasemi (unranked, Kansas City), Mary Kaplafka (unranked, Kansas City), Joyce Miano (unranked, Kansas City dojo), Deborah Richardson (unranked, Kansas City, Mo.), Carolina Clement (unranked, Minneapolis), Clement Ellango (unranked, Minneapolis), Paul clement (unranked, Minneapolis), Augustine Clement (unranked, Minneapolis), Noah zach (unranked, UNL), Dakota Sehl Altman (unranked, UNL), Kai Yueh Chin (unranked, UNL), Anna Zach (unranked, UNL), Slava Paul (unranked, UNL), Laura B Altman (unranked, UNL).
