Black Belt Roll of Honor

(Reflecting names from 1966 to 1980)

Names in alphabetical order

State (USA)

Outside USA

 

 

 

Adato, Joseph, Shodan

OH

 

Balas, George D, Shodan (In Memoriam)

OH

 

Balas,Jr Ronald F, Shodan

VT

 

Backalarge, Jacek, Nidan

 

Poland

Bartunick, Edw., Shodan

OH

 

Bartunick, Katherine, Shodan

PA

 

Bartunick, Wm, Nidan

PA

 

Bialosky, William, Shodan

NY

 

Bloch, Kurt, Shodan

OH

 

Brandfast, Kim, Shodan

OH

 

Brown, Jeff, Shodan

OH

 

Campbell, CJ, Nidan

OH

 

Cohn, Fenton(Buddy), Godan

FLA

 

Cohn, Joy, Nidan

OH

 

D'Angelo, Peter, Hon Yondan

OH

 

Fine, Steven, Shodan

OH

 

Gertz, Steven, Shodan

CA

 

Gobidas, Ralph, Shodan

OH

 

Green, Winstin, Shodan

OH

 

Guy, Kingsley, Nidan

OH

 

Guyot, T, Shodan

CA

 

Howells, Dion, Godan

OH

 

Johnston, LeRoy, Jr.Nidan

FLA

 

Jones, David, Godan

OH

 

Kaufman, David, Shodan

NY

 

Kiraly, Donald, Shodan

OH

 

Kiraly, Margo, Shodan

OH

 

Kono, Hiro, Nidan

 

Japan

Kubersky, Dr.Rudy, Shodan

NY

 

Leiken, M, Shodan

OH

 

MacClaren, David

 

 

Mandell, Jared, Shodan

OH

 

Megesy, Patricia, Nidan

OH

 

Mendelson, Harvey, Nidan

CA

 

Miller, Karl, Nidan

NY

 

Miller, Wm, Shodan

OH

 

Mueller, Heidi, Shodan

 

Germany

Ochs, Timothy, Godan

FLA

 

Paradise, Helen, Sandan

CA

 

Robinson, Edw, Shodan

OH.

 

Rubin, Beth, Shodan

NY

 

Rubin, Jeff, Shodan

ILL

 

Rubin, Mark, Shodan

 

Israel

Saura, Mitsuoshi, Sandan

 

Japan

Schell, Dr. Gertrude, Shodan

 

Germany

Seich, Katlin, Shodan

OH

 

Smith, Del, Shodan

 

 

Solomom, Eric, Shodan

NJ

 

Spinks, John, Hachidan

FLA

 

Spinks, Sheri, Sandan

FLA

 

Webb, Gretta, Shodan

FLA

 

Weeks, Esq. Charles, Shodan

OH

 

Watkins, Calvin, Shodan

OH

 

Williams, Bobby, Yondan

FLA

 

Zatorsky, Wm, Shodan

OH

 

 

 

 

(Reflecting names from 1981 to 2012)

Names in alphabetical order

State (USA)

Country

 

 

 

Adamic, Mark, Shodan

OH

 

Appachi, Swathi, Shodan

OH

 

Appachi, Akash, Shodan

OH

 

Amed, Dr. Rami, Nidan

OH

 

Boyle, Gabriel, Shodan

OH

 

Calkins, Katherine, Shodan

OH

 

Chandler, Lauren, Nidan

OH

 

Chiang, Cynthia, Shodan

OH

 

Chiang, Elizabeth, Shodan

OH

 

Chiang, Winston, Shodan

OH

 

Chin, Samantha, Shodan

MA

 

Chin, Stephanie, Shodan

OH

 

Conley, Tiffany, Shodan

OH

 

Corwin, Elizabeth, Shodan

OH

 

Cotwright, Princess, Shodan

OH

 

Dangerfield, Brittany, Shodan

OH

 

Deglin, Andrew, Shodan

OH

 

Doss, Karen, Shodan

OH

 

Doss, Sanford, Jr, Shodan

OH

 

Doss, Stanton, Shodan

OH

 

Elliot, David, Shodan

ME

 

Ellis, Gary, Nidan

VA

 

Epstein, Jay, Shodan

OH

 

Gannon, Lisa, Nidan

FLA

 

Germany, Candice, Shodan

OH

 

Germany, Kathy, Shodan

OH

 

Goffner, Robert, Shodan

OH

 

Goodman, Daniel, Shodan

OH  

Greenplate, Carrie, Shodan

OH  

Hoffman, Jacob, Shodan

OH

 

Isensdadt, Allan, Shodan

OH

 

Jackson, Darrel, Shodan

FLA

 

Jacobs, Thomas, Shodan

OH

 

Jenkins, Mary, Nidan

FLA

 

Jones, Dr. Clifford, Nidan

FLA

 

Kaminski, John, Shodan

OH

 

Kent, Bridget, Shodan

OH

 

Lancry, Raphael, Nidan

OH

 

Mahajan, Satish, Shodan

FLA

 

March, James, Nidan

OH

 

Marsky, Dee, Shodan

OH

 

Messina, Kenneth, Nidan

OH

 

Nathan, Dr. Howard, Godan

OH

 

Peterson, Jay, Shodan

FLA

 

Reed, Michael, Shodan

OH

 

Ross, Jakob, Shodan

OH

 

Roth, Allen, Godan

OH

 

Roth, David, Shodan

OH

 

Rubin, Michael, Shodan

NY

 

Sagi, Shiri, Shodan

 

Israel

Sawinski, Mark, Godan

OH

 

Taylor, Geo, Shodan

OH

 

Tollar, Geo, Shodan

OH

 

Wetzel, Edward, Godan

OH

 

Wetzel, Raymond, Yondan

OH

 

Yahn, Charles, Shodan

FLA

 

Zavodny, Jason, Godan

OH

 

During my Forty Years of teaching Martial Arts, I have taught several thousand people during that time, and while not every student achieved the level of Black Belt, I would like to believe that most everyone learned something about personal Self Defense, if not about themselves.

The above list of names are those students who set goals for themselves and then went about to pursue those goals through hard work and long hours of arduous training to earn the coveted title of Black Belt! There were hundreds more (students) who for personal reasons went about to achieve Certifications in Self Defense training for use in the Military, Law Enforcement and Private Security among other endeavors, and over the years, there were countless other students who just wanted to learn some things about Self Defense and found our program most unique as well as an exciting means to learn and keep fit at the same time.

It has been a great and rewarding experience for me over the years to work with all of those wonderful people, Adults, Children, and to be able to pass on to another generation, training in the Martial Art of Taishindoh. As I have said, It has been truly a rewarding and grand experience for me as I have had the honor and pleasure to have taught the sons and daughters of fathers I taught, as well as the grandchildren of grandfathers I taught ----Forty years ago! I have been truly honored and Blessed and humbled to have had the privilege to have been of service all of these years.

The aforementioned list of names is set in the archives of Taishindoh and Taishindoh International as the official listing of students who have earned the Black Belt and degree thereof as indicated with their name, and may be referred to by those listed students as official documentation of earned rank.

Soke Ronald F. Balas
soke@taishindoh.us

 

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