|
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Kami Hall of Fame presents...
The Non-Japanese High-Ranking List of Living Yudansha!
(Last Update).
Corrections, additions, etc...are welcome!
##############################
####
Karl Geis - Fugakukai, Texas (USA), 10th Dan
Thamby Rajah - Shudokan, Malaysia, 9th Dan
Shinichi Suzuki ?Ki-Aikido, Hawaii(USA), 8th Dan
Takashi Nonaka ?Ki-Aikido, Hawaii(USA), 8th Dan
Harry Eto - Ki-Aikido, Hawaii (USA), 8th Dan
Alain Floquet ?Yoseikan, France, 8th Dan
Patrick Auge - Yoseikan, California(USA), 8th Dan
Henry Copeland - Fugakukai, Alabama(USA), 8th Dan
W.W. "Mac" McNease - Fugakukai, Texas(USA), 8th Dan
Georges Stobbaerts ?Butokukai, Portugal, 8th Dan
Amos Parker ?Yoshinkai, USA, 8th Dan
Michel Soulenq - Aikikai, France, 7th Dan
Christian Tissier ?Aikikai, France, 7th Dan
Gerard Blaize ?Aikikai, France, 7th Dan
Robert Kubo ?Aikikai, Hawaii(USA), 7th Dan
Donald Moriyama - Ki-Aikido, Hawaii(USA), 7th Dan
Christopher Curtis ?Ki-Aikido, Hawaii(USA), 7th Dan
Lee Ah Loi - Tomiki, England, 7th Dan (JAA)
John Waite ?Tomiki/England, 7th JAA/BAA, 5th BJA
Brian Eustace ?Tomiki/England, 7th Dan BAA (He no longer participates
in that organization) (*)
Robert Forrest-West ?Tomiki/England, 7th Dan BAA
William Lawrence ?Tomiki/England, 7th Dan BAA
Erhard Altenbrandt, DAB, Germany, 7th Dan
Rolf Brand, DAB, Germany, 7th Dan
Gerhardt Walter, Aikikai, Germany, 7th Dan
Kevin Blok, World Kobudo Federation(Aikido Section), 7th Dan
Giampietro Savegnago, Aikikai(?), Italy, 7th Dan
John Allen - Fugakukai, W. Virginia(USA), 7th Dan
Robert Aoyagi - Aikikai, Hawaii(USA), 7th Dan
Charles Caldwell - Fugakukai, Colorado(USA), 7th Dan
Stewart Chan - Seidokan, California(USA), 7th Dan
Chuck Clark - Jiyushinkai, Arizona(USA), 7th Dan
Frank Doran - Aikikai, California(USA), 7th Dan
Richard Hirao - Aikikai, Hawaii(USA), 7th Dan
Rianard Jackson - Fugakukai, Texas(USA), 7th Dan
Tim Joe - Fugakukai, Texas(USA), 7th Dan
Harvey Konigsberg ?Aikikai, (USA), 7th Dan
Robert Nadeau - Aikikai, California(USA), 7th Dan
Clif Norgaard - Fugakukai, Arkansas(USA), 7th Dan
Steven Seagal - Aikikai, California(USA), 7th Dan
William Witt - Aikikai, California(USA), 7th dan
Harry Wright - Fugakukai, Alabama(USA), 7th Dan
##############################
###########
(*) The BAA informed that Mr. Brian Eustace is involved with
another art ?Taiho Jutsu - and is no longer a participant in Tomiki
Aikido activities. We have included him, however, since his name
and ranking were recognized by that organization.
##############################
####
P.S. It should be noted that :
a) this list is not intended to signify that ranks are all important;
b) it makes no comparisons between ranks in different organizations.
The Fugakukai has the same number of ranks as in Judo (10); Tomiki
Style goes only until 8th Dan; and so on;
c) According to my personal tastes there are some 8th Dan that
I may consider equivalent of another 4th or 5th Dan and there
is at least one 3rd Dan which I consider very much worthy of a
6th Dan. Well, so's life...
Good morning to all
__________________
"We are all teachers, and what we teach is what we need to
learn, and so we teach it over and over again until we learn it".
Unknown author
Ubaldo Alcantara
|
