The following roster contains the names of all persons that have earned the rank of black belt in Goshin-Do Karate-Do DeFelice-Ryu. An * denotes that the Yundansha remains active. Please refer to the “In Memorium” Page for a listing of deceased Yudansha.
Shihan DeFelice & Sensei Szmitkowski, Circa 2011
1. John M. Szmitkowski * (Senior Black Belt) For Sensei Szmitkowski’s pedigree & rank please visit his weblog at http://senseijohn.me/about/
Renshi Title:
2. Renshi Jimmy DiMicelli, Go-Dan *
Sensei Title:
3. Sensei Paul Recchia, Go-Dan
4. Robert Wieczorek, Go-Dan *
5. David Crum, Go-Dan
6. Nicholas D’Antuono, Yon-Dan
7. Gil Breit, Yon-Dan
8. Kimberly Szmitkowski, San-Dan
9. Walter Byrne, San-Dan
10. Howard Viele, San-Dan
11. Steve Pizzoll0, San-Dan
12. Bobbie Gumowski, Ni-Dan
13. Rudy Wiegand, NiDan *
14. David Church, Ni-Dan
15. James Kingston, Ni-Dan
16. Jeffrey Tyne, Ni-Dan
17. Steve Malmoud, Ni-Dan
18.Toni Fabi, Ni-Dan
19. Richard Shields, Sho-Dan
20. Jerry Ventura, Sho-Dan *
21. Tony Ferrante, Sho-Dan
22. Greg Etmekjian, Sho-Dan
23. Richard Katz, Sho-Dan
24. James Angelidis, Sho-Dan
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