YUDANSHAKAI BLACK BELT IS NOT A BLACK BELT IN THE SYSTEM BUT IS RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD AS A 10TH IN THEIR RESPECTED ART.
How to read the chart. First on top is the NAME; Left side where it says BELT is the rank of Black Belt,next is the YEAR and that is the year that the persons was promoted to that rank and then is INSTRUCTOR which was the instructor who promoted that person to that rank of Black Belt. and in some spots for year where it says “Never Got”, in red means there never got rank..
Steve Shover: Was promoted by the Yudanshaki to 7th Black in 1999
John Latourrette: Was promoted by the Yudanshaki to 8th Black in 1986
John Bain: Was promoted by the Yudanshaki to 6th Black in 2006.
Cliff Kelly: Was promoted by the Yudanshaki to 8th Black in 2007.
Nick Chamberlain: Was promoted by the Yudanshaki to 8th Black in 1999.