08 Spring                  May 13th, 2008 

Gregory Bottjen                       2rd kyu 

Chris Finnegan                        2rd kyu

Daniele                                  5th kyu

Michelle Guitard                     5th kyu

Toshiya Nishimura                 5th kyu

07 Fall                      December 11th, 2007

Gregory Bottjen                       3rd kyu 

Chris Finnegan                        3rd kyu

Daniele                                  6th kyu

Michelle Guitard                     7th kyu

Toshiya Nishimura                 7th kyu

Caley Kilcoise                        8th kyu

07 Spring                     May 8th, 2007

Justin Diapaole                         3rd kyu

Gregory Bottjen                        4th kyu

Chris Finnegan                         5th kyu

Amanda Zimmerman                6th Kyu

Daniele                                   8th Kyu

06 Fall Promotions            December 12, 2006

Justin Dipaole                              4th kyu

Gregory Bottjen                           5th Kyu

Chris Finnegan                            7th kyu

Amanda  Zimmerman                  8th kyu

06  Spring promotions        May 12, 2006

Justin Dipaole                                7th kyu 

Gregory Bottjen                             8th kyu

Corbai X. Matsutaro                       8th kyu

Alisha Mathis                                 8th Kyu

Kaniela Dement                             9th kyu

Lindsey Strick                                9th kyu 

How does the ranking work? 

White Belt
 Mukyu or 10th kyu - Beginners
 Kyukyu or 9th kyu - White Belt with one green stripe
 Hachikyu or 8th kyu - White Belt with two green stripes
 Shichikyu or 7th kyu - White Belt with three green stripes


Green Belt
 Rokkyu or 6th kyu - Green Belt with one brown stripe
 Gokyu or 5th kyu - Green Belt with two brown stripes
 Yonkyu or 4th kyu - Green Belt with three brown stripes


Brown Belt
 Sankyu or 3rd kyu - Brown Belt with one black stripe
 Nikkyu or 2nd kyu - Brown Belt with two black stripes
 Ikkyu or 1st kyu - Brown Belt with three black stripes

At 1st Kyu karate students wait a whole year before being tested for shodan


Black Belt
 Shodan Ho 1st Degree Black Belt Interim
 Shodan 1st Degree Black Belt
 Nidan Ho 2nd Degree Black Belt Interim
 Nidan 2nd Degree Black Belt
 Sandan Ho 3rd Degree Black Belt Interim
 Sandan 3rd Degree Black Belt
 Yondan 4th Degree Black Belt
 Godan 5th Degree Black Belt
 Rokudan 6th Degree Black Belt