SHOTOKAN KARATE STUDENT RANKING
Below is the Valley Martial Arts Center Shotokan Karate student ranking. Our student ranking system, which is designed to help track individual progress, proper techniques and disciplinary values.
Our experienced instructors will provide you with the guidance and training you need to reach your full potential.
At the end of each phase, the student completes an exam that determines the level of proficiency they have achieved. By doing this, we empower them towards their goals and achievements.
ADULT KARATE INSTRUCTORS
Black Belt
Taichiro Kaijima - Godan (5th)
Eiko Murata - Sandan (3rd)
Jon Budd - Nidan (2nd)
ADULT KARATE MEMBERS
Black Belt
Emmanuel Yumul - Shodan (1st)
(Orlando Nolledo) - Shodan (1st)
(Hiroshi Arakawa) - Shodan (1st)
Leroy Brazile - Shodan (1st)
Tadane Smartt - Shodan (1st)
Brown Belt
Ryoto Wakamatsu - 1st kyu
Jack Downing - 2nd kyu
Vonzell Carter - 3rd kyu
Shin Masada - 3rd kyu
Ren Masada - 3rd kyu
Green Belt
Keita Uechi - 4th kyu
Tom Vu - 4th kyu
Khairi Barton - 4th kyu
Anthony Barton - 4th kyu
Andy Paredes - 4th kyu
Yihong Ding- 4th kyu
Lucy Cohen - 5th kyu
Eijiro Ozaki - 5th kyu
Jacqueline Cuna - 5th kyu
Kristen Hu - 5th kyu
Ramon Ramirez - 6th kyu
Simon Schnelle - 6th kyu
Yellow Belt
Oscar Guillermo Olvera - 7th kyu
Ariel Mancanares - 7th kyu
Akos Rudas - 7kyu
Colby Buddelmeyer - 8th kyu
Arshia Ashrafloo - 8th kyu
Makayla Gamble - 8th kyu
Kyle Selby - 8th kyu
KIDS KARATE INSTRUCTORS
Black Belt
Taichiro Kaijima - Godan (5th)
Eiko Murata - Sandan (3rd)
Jon Budd - Nidan (2nd)
KIDS KARATE MEMBERS
Brown Belt
Mia Vu - 3rd kyu
Maxwell Vu - 3rd kyu
Alina Huang - 3rd kyu
Jason Marx - 3rd kyu
Purple Belt
Liya Gurevich - 4th kyu
Kaila Uechi - 4th kyu
Mazzy Stanley - 4th kyu
Abigel Rudas - 4th kyu
Augustus Carter - 4th kyu
Susanna Lisenkov - 4th kyu
Blue Belt
Maanya Boyapati - 5th B kyu
Tristan Nogami - 5th B kyu
Orange Belt
Carson Henderson - 7th kyu
Lyric Smille - 7th kyu
Samuel Howard - 7th B kyu
Yellow Belt
Dustin Greenstone - 8th kyu
Daniel Greenstone - 8th kyu
Elvira Kazaryan - 8th kyu
Radin Sadat - 8th kyu
Felipe Salcido - 8th kyu
Benjamin Rudas - 9th kyu
Ember Favreau - 9th kyu
August Morea Steingieser - 9th kyu
Citlali Lopez - 9th kyu
Valentina Seibold - 9th kyu
*(name) members who received rank at another dojo.