Black Belts


A list of all persons officially recognized by the

International DaeMoo Hapkido Martial Art Association

to have been awarded the international rank of

Black Belt, 1st Dan or higher, since 1974

under the direct instruction by

Grand Master Tae Man Kwon.



Each has achieved the qualifications for character, humility, integrity,

perseverance, self-control, and indomitable spirit.

  



7th Degree Black Belts

Master John Carton

Master Melvin Fountain

Master Bryan Fried

 

6th Degree Black Belts

Master Eva Gulbrandsen

Master Eric Shuman

Master Dean Kwon

 

5th Degree Black Belts

Master Hal Johnson Jr.

Master Earl E. Evans

Chase Dane

 

4th Degree Black Belts

Larry Jolly

Gerald Lee

Jeff O'Dell

Steve Orr

Ernest M. Armbrust

Cynthia Fried

Paul Lee

 

3rd Degree Black Belts

Rudy Echavarria

Danny Riddle

James Park

Gregory Weia

Denis Carratala

Brian Park

Charles Yim

Matthew Preis

Jared Farley

Cort M. Evans

Maureen Sassoon

Rudolph Lee

 

2nd Degree Black Belts

Craig Jordan

Joe Horne

Eddie Talbot

Christopher Rossberg

Colin Huggett

Jan Stevens

Steven Firshein

Michael Magdaleno

Nono Le-Bosnoyani

Peter Wagner

Billy Kohihauer

Mark Scholten

Merlin Eagle

Seung Jae Oh

Dale Snowberger

Mark Majestic

Julie Spehar

Yulie Suzuki

Michael Ruttenberg

David Yee

Don Townsend

Daniel Christian

Edward Tai Chiang

Greg Farley

Don W. Good

Brandon Wanta

Steven Pennington

 

1st Degree Black Belts

Robert Wallace

Max Baker

Vincent  La Duca

Robert Cervantes

Glen Rakers

Stephen Blais

Patrick Kim

Michael Musgrove

Timothy Schoettle

Katsumi Matsumoto

James Heffel

Thomas Lee

Joseph Alflen

Deborah Kim

Williams Wood

Christopher Thomson

John Montelongo

Debbie Kreag

Halima Padilla

Jason Ross

Scott Kwiker

Willie Chung

Dennis Graham

Albert Lee

Joseph Choi

Sloane Joseph

Steve Kim

Derrick Lee

Fred Kim

Albert Kim

Annika Sieler

Brion Wollam

Jin Woo Kim

Barbara McGeoy

Eric Rawa

Williams Butcher

Mark Kan

Jimmy Kim

Kuman Lee

Michael Lee

Peter Lee

Steve Han

David Arias

Brent Hauck

Brian Kern

Frank Rabourn

Alex Orozco

Vince De Vico

David Fried

Glenn Chua Jao

Won Choi

Young Choi

Trevor Jones

Gun Woo Kim

Danny Phippen

Hugh Goldsmith

Paul Wilson

Robert Fried

David Jones

Skip Robinson

Michael Barela

Jeremy McCarthy

David Chung Woo lee

Michael Stevens

Jin Ho Yang

Jonathan Sibbald

Majid Mahramnia

Erik Smith

Kassi Kappelos

David Gonzalez

Catherine Graham

Robert Chu

Brian Lee

Benjamin Bracero

George Lopez

Andrew Lee

Richard Lee

Joshua Duncan

Clay Cramer

Stephen Cramer

Chase Knobbe

Roger Knobbe

Joshua Robinson

Kyle Rourke

J.J. Cutolo

Kyoo Lee Park

Kevin Khorrami

Avinash Lalchandani

Allen Chen

Cody Christian

Jordan Davis

Kotaro Banno

Gsan Sonny Kim

Jin Sol Lee

Alena Lee

Jeffery Tucker

Lily Darmali-Helin

Kyoung-Houn Lee

Ashley Park

Dong-Won Park

Reymond Han

Jason Nguyen

Drake Cheatham

Minjun Choi

Lan  Nguyen-Stern

Mylinh Stern

Greffin Cramer

Michael Delaney

Sonia Carratala

Justin Uesugi

John Lee

James Ng

Cynthia Demoner

Joseph Coory

Brian See

Samantha See

Anissa Nishoka

Christina Spennato

Stephen Spennato

Lauren Suh

Celeste Rowley

Jason Rowley

Jim Rowley

Hossein Javid

Dwight Matsukawa

David Matsukawa

Devon Cook

Joel Farrier

Morgan Farrier

Kathi Bolliger

Andrew Uesugi

Megan Uesugi

Ryan Nishioka

Jillian Farley

Jayne Okazaki Evans

Kimiko C. Evans