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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 - 1st kyu

Shin Masada - 2nd kyu
Vonzell Carter - 3rd kyu

Ren Masada - 3rd kyu

Tom Vu - 3rd kyu

Green Belt
Keita Uechi - 4th kyu

Khairi Barton - 4th kyu

Kaila Uechi - 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 - 5th kyu

Simon Schnelle - 5th kyu

Oscar Guillermo Olvera - 6th kyu

Ariel Mancanares - 6th kyu

Akos Rudas - 6kyu

Yellow Belt

Kyle Selby - 7th kyu

Colby Buddelmeyer - 8th kyu

Makayla Gamble - 8th kyu

Edgar Caballero-Velazquez - 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 - 2nd kyu

Maxwell Vu - 2nd kyu

Alina Huang - 3rd kyu

Jason Marx - 3rd kyu

Liya Gurevich - 3rd kyu

Purple Belt

Mazzy Stanley - 4th kyu

Augustus Carter - 4th kyu

Susanna Lisenkov - 4th kyu

Katie Chan-Barajas - 4th kyu

Blue Belt

Maanya Boyapati - 5th kyu

Tristan Nogami - 5th kyu

Green Belt

Carson Henderson - 6th B kyu

Lyric Smille - 6th B kyu

Orange Belt

Samuel Howard - 7th kyu

Radin Sadat - 7th kyu

Felipe Salcido - 7th B kyu

Yellow Belt

Dustin Greenstone - 8th kyu

Daniel Greenstone - 8th kyu

August Morea Steingieser - 8th kyu

Connor Williams - 8th kyu

Benjamin Rudas - 9th kyu

Ember Favreau - 9th kyu

Citlali Lopez - 9th kyu

Valentina Seibold - 9th kyu

*(name) members who received rank at another dojo.

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