Throughout your training your advised to “Stay the Path.” Black Belts do just that and more.
Began training April 2009
Sho-Dan April 19, 2015
San Dan May 2022
Retired US Army Desert Storm Veteran
Awarded Spirit of Isshinryu Award in 2010
Denton
– Mr. Steve Sumners
Sho-Dan Ho April 25, 2010
Sho-Dan August 27, 2011
Ni-Dan April 2018
Resides in Colorado Springs, CO.
– Mr. Johannes Kroll
Began training in 2006
Sho-Dan August 27, 2016
Ni-Dan August 2019
Top Competitor
Denton
– Mr. Grant Dennis
Began training in 2002
2016 Gasshuku Male Karate-ka
Sho-Dan April 23, 2017
Ni-Dan April 2020
Plano
– Mr. Mark Schneider
Sho-Dan
Ni-Dan
Grapevine
-Mr. Allan Wallander
Began training February 2010
IHOF participant
Sho-Dan April 2018
Earned Ni-Dan in April 2021
Resides in Rochester, NY
Denton
– Mr. Andrew Freeman
Began training May 2010
Sho-Dan April 2018
Ni-Dan April 2021
Top Competitor
Denton
– Mr. Jared Brown
Sho-Dan April 2019
Grapevine
– Mr. Oleksandr Kovalov
Began training in Pune, India under Sensei Salil Nadkarni
Began training with TIKK in February 2015
Sho-Dan July 21, 2019
Resides in Ontario, Canada
Grapevine
– Mr. Rajeev Jha
Sho-Dan Ho
Sho Dan June 28, 2020
Top Competitor
Attends Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, MI.
Denton
– Mr. Kason Chesky
Began training in 2015
Has studied martial arts since 1999
Top Competitor
Sho-Dan June 28, 2020
Grapevine
– Ms. Ashley Egert
Sho-Dan Ho
Sho-Dan December 2020
Denton
– Mr. Sam White
Began training in November 2013
Senior Karate-ka 2016
Gasshuku Female Karate-ka 2017/2018
Sho-Dan June 28, 2020
Denton
– Mrs. Elizabeth Gustwick
Sho-Dan Ho
Sho-Dan April 18, 2021
Denton
– Ms. Amber Foote
Sho-Dan Ho
Sho-Dan April 18, 2021
Denton
– Ms. Amber Foote
Sho-Dan Ho
Sho-Dan April 18, 2021
Denton
– Ms. Amber Foote
Sho-Dan
Quinlan
– Mr. Luke Miller
Sho-Dan
Denton
– Mr. Mason Shaefer
Sho-Dan
Las Colinas
– Ms. Mary Ann Shah
Sho-Dan
Plano
– Mr. Amar Rathi
Sho-Dan
Flower Mound
– Ms. Helena Widerkehr
Sho-Dan
Denton
– Mr. Aiden Lambrecht
Began training September 2015
Sho-dan December 11, 2021
Denton
– Mr. Jeff Feuer
Sho-Dan
Grapevine
– Mr. Ilya Kovalov
Sho-Dan
Plano
– Mr. Sriram Raghavan
Sho-Dan
Grapevine
– Ms. Krista Kisselburg
Sho-Dan
Grapevine
– Ms. Ellen Kisselburg
Sho-Dan
Plano
– Mr. John Linskey
Sho-Dan
Grapevine
– Mr. Amith Vallabhaneni
“Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.”
