USA-TKJ National Yudanshakai
The below listed individuals are CERTIFIED BLACK BELTS with the United States of America Traditional Kodokan Judo (USA-TKJ) ®. Although the USA-TKJ has black belt members from other organizations, only the below listed black belts have their rank certified by USA-TKJ.
If you are a Judoka and would like to have your rank certified by the USA-TKJ, you may do so by completing the below requirements. For Membership Information - Click Here..!!
Important Notice: It has been recently brought to the attention of the National Headquarters that there are individuals who are fraudulently or mistakenly claiming to hold USA-TKJ rank certification. Unless the person claiming this rank is in possession of an actual USA-TKJ rank certificate and their name is listed below (Dan level rank only), then their rank is not valid with the USA-TKJ. To report improper claims of USA-TKJ Yudansha or Mudansha grades or to further verify an individual’s rank, contact our National Headquarters at u[email protected].
If you are a Judoka and would like to have your rank certified by the USA-TKJ, you may do so by completing the below requirements. For Membership Information - Click Here..!!
Important Notice: It has been recently brought to the attention of the National Headquarters that there are individuals who are fraudulently or mistakenly claiming to hold USA-TKJ rank certification. Unless the person claiming this rank is in possession of an actual USA-TKJ rank certificate and their name is listed below (Dan level rank only), then their rank is not valid with the USA-TKJ. To report improper claims of USA-TKJ Yudansha or Mudansha grades or to further verify an individual’s rank, contact our National Headquarters at u[email protected].
Click Below Links for Details -
USA-TKJ Rank Certification Procedures
Traditional Kodokan Judo Dan Grade Requirements
USA-TKJ National Judo Dan Grade Application
USA-TKJ Rank Certification Procedures
Traditional Kodokan Judo Dan Grade Requirements
USA-TKJ National Judo Dan Grade Application
USA Traditional Kodokan Judo ® -
JUDAN, 10th Dan
Clif Norgaard *
KUDAN, 9th Dan
Yoshito V. Tamura *
T.R. McClanahan *
Jim Harrison *
Gene LeBell *
Jose Higino Alves Nunes
Humberto Becerra
James R. Webb
Djalma Jose Campos
HACHIDAN, 8th DAN
Toshiaki Takikawa
Ben Bergwerf
Eugene S. Fodor *
Bruce R. Bethers
Roger A. Jarrett
Patrick M. Hickey
Gokor Chivichyan
Ricardo Valdez
Pedro R. Dabauza
SHICHIDAN, 7th DAN
George E. Anderson *
David Wire *
Ernest G. McPeek *
David E. Parritt
Thomas Reiff
John F. Chatwood
Robert J. Saal *
Billy L. Sharp *
William Cooley
Dionisio De La Torre, Jr.
Luis V. Gorospe
Eiji Teragouchi
ROKUDAN, 6th DAN
Lawrence A. Beard
Angel Garcia
Dan Martin
Andrew Yiannakis
W. Dieter Reitzig
Anthony M. Zimkowski
Robert M. Carver
Peter Rosendahl
Thomas D. Darcy Sr.
Edward E. Wilkes
Mark W. Dantzler
Bill R. Marcum
Grant Campbell
Eduardo Bento Pieroni
William Parker
Earl DelValle
Roberto B. Alvarez
George Newton
Peter King
Garry L. McKee
Pedro Chirino Renteria
Edison Leandro Da Silva
David H. Chance
GODAN, 5th DAN
Edgar E. Carol
K. Joel Coles
Nadeem Ansari
Robert Davis
Ernesto X. R. Hornacek
Kris Harrison
Pamela Hickey
Lee Hines
Jeffrey A. Conn
Linda Yiannakis
Dwain Allen
Frank Fuller
Jorge R. Delgado *
Antonio Prado
Craig Freeland
Aloisio Soares Jr.
Ricardo Urbano Hernandez
Nancy Barnett
YONDAN, 4th DAN
Jeffrey A. Cook
David J. Ellis
Geanny Hernandez
Jeff Rhodes
Mikel LaChapelle
Ken Nazemetz
Chris Rasmussen
Adrian Leyva Sr.
Hermes Romero
Fernando Yamasaki
Brian Walsh
Hiroyuki Takahashi
Michael Jacobs
Bertha G. Wilkes
Thomas E. Currie
Charles Bouton
Michael Frazier
Jose A. Caracena
Dirk Klok
Alexander Velazquez
Steven W. Hatfield
Jarungjit Tiautrakul
Barry J. O'Brien
David G. Mata Jr.
Ricky J. Kamp
SANDAN, 3rd DAN
David Ames
Larry Feldman
Arthur Gluyas
Curtis L. Hale
Michael L. Holloway
Kasey J. Keckeisen
Otto Lennke
John Linebarger
Michael J. Magee
Louis Mang
Benny Benavides
Robert Koski
Carl Wilcox
Richard M. McPeek
Adam Mitchell,
Justin Polette
Troy J. Price
Jeff Rhodes
Robert K. Koski
Larry E. Overholt
Jeff Ellis
Christopher Wood
John J. Connolly
Domingos Nunes
Christopher Ritchie
Justin L. Weston
Ibra Brewton
Kristofer Alvarez
Gabriel Zubiria
Dustin G. Whittemore
Rafael Jovet-Ramos
Cliff T. King
Stephen Moliterno
Judith Velazquez-Alampi
NIDAN, 2nd DAN
Mathew Bayley
Kim Kwok Chu
Jeffrey Ellis
Jodi Erdahl
Stephen Gourley
Billy R. Hames *
Peter C. McMahan
Kenneth Meier
David Melton
Mark Chambers
Amy Murtha
Larry Overholt
Brian Pendleton
Michael L. Pilla
Renee Robinson
Todd Stanford
Dwain K. Allen
Billie Johns
Brett Hughes
John Tetreault
Robert Wood
Lionel Diaz
Jabonn Flurry
Jose Jimenez Fernandez
Alexis Sicilia
Jeffrey F. Manning
Bret Gordon
Flavio Armando
Katherine Lyall
Leandro de Lorenco Lima
Clark A. Driz
SHODAN, 1st DAN
Tyler R. Bodin
Pamela K. Brandes
Carl R. Brown
Michael Bunch
Steve Clark
Jared D. Cooper
Jacob P. Cooper
Travis J. Cunningham
Trey F. Dixon
Kenneth Double
Bo Dwyer
Christopher W. Eby
Roy R. Eby
Leon Ferguson
Scott Hammons
Mark W. Hansen
Garry D. Higgins
Bruce C. Hinman
Michael Holloway
David Incorvia
Lem M. Jackson
Glenn A. James
Jo Ann Kester
Tyler Koski
Ricardo Jose' Lugo
Dustin McAlister
Ron Montgomery
Sara Morrell
Nick E. Neal
Michael R. Newby
Ryan L. Newby
William L. Parrish
Adam Pyles
Christopher O. Smith
Steve Tarvin
Peter J. Thompson
Garrett O. Tillman
Jeff Tipton
Walter D. Tipton
Bruce R. Toupler
Michael K. Vanover
Paul K. Weyman
Gary H. Williams
David Vititoe
David Rice
Christopher Jarrett
Kevin Seagle
Jonathan Helton
Peter Bromley
Andrei Oudovikine
Joseph C. Blakemore
Fraibel Hernandez
Anne Strauss
Benjamin Larrabee
Matthew Radkovich
Jeffrey Manning
Laurence Frese
Zach Camp
Michael Bess
Andre Gonzalez Battistini
Micheal J. Rosenquist
Ricky Herndon
Javier Gutierrez
Juan R. Guzman
Gregory J. Duran
Zachary Gray
Christina Mata
Luis Hernandez
Mujaheed Umar Abdur Raqeeb
Daniel Schmidt
Jason King
Troy Brummett
Phetsachanh Chiachu Mua
* deceased
JUDAN, 10th Dan
Clif Norgaard *
KUDAN, 9th Dan
Yoshito V. Tamura *
T.R. McClanahan *
Jim Harrison *
Gene LeBell *
Jose Higino Alves Nunes
Humberto Becerra
James R. Webb
Djalma Jose Campos
HACHIDAN, 8th DAN
Toshiaki Takikawa
Ben Bergwerf
Eugene S. Fodor *
Bruce R. Bethers
Roger A. Jarrett
Patrick M. Hickey
Gokor Chivichyan
Ricardo Valdez
Pedro R. Dabauza
SHICHIDAN, 7th DAN
George E. Anderson *
David Wire *
Ernest G. McPeek *
David E. Parritt
Thomas Reiff
John F. Chatwood
Robert J. Saal *
Billy L. Sharp *
William Cooley
Dionisio De La Torre, Jr.
Luis V. Gorospe
Eiji Teragouchi
ROKUDAN, 6th DAN
Lawrence A. Beard
Angel Garcia
Dan Martin
Andrew Yiannakis
W. Dieter Reitzig
Anthony M. Zimkowski
Robert M. Carver
Peter Rosendahl
Thomas D. Darcy Sr.
Edward E. Wilkes
Mark W. Dantzler
Bill R. Marcum
Grant Campbell
Eduardo Bento Pieroni
William Parker
Earl DelValle
Roberto B. Alvarez
George Newton
Peter King
Garry L. McKee
Pedro Chirino Renteria
Edison Leandro Da Silva
David H. Chance
GODAN, 5th DAN
Edgar E. Carol
K. Joel Coles
Nadeem Ansari
Robert Davis
Ernesto X. R. Hornacek
Kris Harrison
Pamela Hickey
Lee Hines
Jeffrey A. Conn
Linda Yiannakis
Dwain Allen
Frank Fuller
Jorge R. Delgado *
Antonio Prado
Craig Freeland
Aloisio Soares Jr.
Ricardo Urbano Hernandez
Nancy Barnett
YONDAN, 4th DAN
Jeffrey A. Cook
David J. Ellis
Geanny Hernandez
Jeff Rhodes
Mikel LaChapelle
Ken Nazemetz
Chris Rasmussen
Adrian Leyva Sr.
Hermes Romero
Fernando Yamasaki
Brian Walsh
Hiroyuki Takahashi
Michael Jacobs
Bertha G. Wilkes
Thomas E. Currie
Charles Bouton
Michael Frazier
Jose A. Caracena
Dirk Klok
Alexander Velazquez
Steven W. Hatfield
Jarungjit Tiautrakul
Barry J. O'Brien
David G. Mata Jr.
Ricky J. Kamp
SANDAN, 3rd DAN
David Ames
Larry Feldman
Arthur Gluyas
Curtis L. Hale
Michael L. Holloway
Kasey J. Keckeisen
Otto Lennke
John Linebarger
Michael J. Magee
Louis Mang
Benny Benavides
Robert Koski
Carl Wilcox
Richard M. McPeek
Adam Mitchell,
Justin Polette
Troy J. Price
Jeff Rhodes
Robert K. Koski
Larry E. Overholt
Jeff Ellis
Christopher Wood
John J. Connolly
Domingos Nunes
Christopher Ritchie
Justin L. Weston
Ibra Brewton
Kristofer Alvarez
Gabriel Zubiria
Dustin G. Whittemore
Rafael Jovet-Ramos
Cliff T. King
Stephen Moliterno
Judith Velazquez-Alampi
NIDAN, 2nd DAN
Mathew Bayley
Kim Kwok Chu
Jeffrey Ellis
Jodi Erdahl
Stephen Gourley
Billy R. Hames *
Peter C. McMahan
Kenneth Meier
David Melton
Mark Chambers
Amy Murtha
Larry Overholt
Brian Pendleton
Michael L. Pilla
Renee Robinson
Todd Stanford
Dwain K. Allen
Billie Johns
Brett Hughes
John Tetreault
Robert Wood
Lionel Diaz
Jabonn Flurry
Jose Jimenez Fernandez
Alexis Sicilia
Jeffrey F. Manning
Bret Gordon
Flavio Armando
Katherine Lyall
Leandro de Lorenco Lima
Clark A. Driz
SHODAN, 1st DAN
Tyler R. Bodin
Pamela K. Brandes
Carl R. Brown
Michael Bunch
Steve Clark
Jared D. Cooper
Jacob P. Cooper
Travis J. Cunningham
Trey F. Dixon
Kenneth Double
Bo Dwyer
Christopher W. Eby
Roy R. Eby
Leon Ferguson
Scott Hammons
Mark W. Hansen
Garry D. Higgins
Bruce C. Hinman
Michael Holloway
David Incorvia
Lem M. Jackson
Glenn A. James
Jo Ann Kester
Tyler Koski
Ricardo Jose' Lugo
Dustin McAlister
Ron Montgomery
Sara Morrell
Nick E. Neal
Michael R. Newby
Ryan L. Newby
William L. Parrish
Adam Pyles
Christopher O. Smith
Steve Tarvin
Peter J. Thompson
Garrett O. Tillman
Jeff Tipton
Walter D. Tipton
Bruce R. Toupler
Michael K. Vanover
Paul K. Weyman
Gary H. Williams
David Vititoe
David Rice
Christopher Jarrett
Kevin Seagle
Jonathan Helton
Peter Bromley
Andrei Oudovikine
Joseph C. Blakemore
Fraibel Hernandez
Anne Strauss
Benjamin Larrabee
Matthew Radkovich
Jeffrey Manning
Laurence Frese
Zach Camp
Michael Bess
Andre Gonzalez Battistini
Micheal J. Rosenquist
Ricky Herndon
Javier Gutierrez
Juan R. Guzman
Gregory J. Duran
Zachary Gray
Christina Mata
Luis Hernandez
Mujaheed Umar Abdur Raqeeb
Daniel Schmidt
Jason King
Troy Brummett
Phetsachanh Chiachu Mua
* deceased