OFFICIAL YUDANSHA
Those listed below are the only registered holders of Dan rank in the art of American Yoshinkan Aiki Jujutsu. Individuals with an asterisk (*) next to their name are certified in our soto kyoka, the Yoshinkai (see below for more information), but have not earned full Dan ranking in the art. Any teaching licenses (Menkyo) that have been earned will be notated as well. If you have earned Dan ranking and do not see your name below, please contact our headquarters to update our records or for clarification.
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Kaiso (Founder)
Hasaka Yutashi Sendai Soke (Previous Headmaster) Steven Hatfield - Menkyo Kaiden Soke (Head of Family) Bret Gordon - Menkyo Kaiden 9th Dan 8th Dan |
7th Dan
Jeffrey Wright - Menkyo Kaiden Matthew Raymond - Menkyo Kaiden Randy Busby - Menkyo Kaiden William Sirbaugh - Menkyo Okuden 6th Dan Daved Halves - Menkyo Okuden David Lowry - Menkyo Okuden Raydell Gillmore - Menkyo Okuden 5th Dan 4th Dan |
3rd Dan
Shannon Gordon - Menkyo Shoden 2nd Dan Anne Montgomery Gary Wilson Kayla Mulkey John Youngblood - Menkyo Chuden Joseph Weiss Juan Escobar* Julian Torres - Menkyo Shoden 1st Dan Carol Mitchell Dell Sharpe Heather Palasky - Menkyo Shoden Joannah Weiss Jonah Weiss Julio Ramirez Karen Hatfield Leon Major* Marc Flecha Ryleigh Gordon |
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Historically, American Yoshinkan Aiki Jujutsu is a family-based system with instruction reserved only for a select few. However, we would like to see our family grow worldwide. In order to honor our founder's wishes of preservation while providing an avenue for new members outside of our current student base, we have established the Yoshinkai to serve as our soto kyoka. The Yoshinkai is perfect for students of Aikido or other Japanese Jujutsu ryuha that want to further their education as well as gain access to deeper levels of information. What separates our family from other Aiki Jujutsu systems is the strict adherence to modern survival and combatives, rather than simply to catalog historical techniques, while maintaining the internal vehicle (Aiki) that made our parent art of Daito Ryu so formidable and advanced.
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