Black Belt symbolizes the exceptional skill, discipline, character, and perseverance of the student honed through years of arduous practice. The journey to black belt is riddled with blood, sweat, and tears, but once completed, we have a person developed into what we know as a "Black Belt". A true Black Belt, however, knows that their achievement is not the end of their journey, but a start to a whole new one.
Below is a list of all students who have officially achieved the rank of Black Belt or higher at the Way of the Shadow Martial Arts Academy since inception:
Founder/Grandmaster Soke Tafan Hong
Adult Black Belts Sensei Charles Moore, 2nd Degree
Sensei Jay Andrino, 2nd Degree
Sensei Kevin Ung, 2nd Degree
Troy Waters, 1st Degree Matthew Heffernan, 1st Degree Sensei Jareth Bustamante, 1st Degree Yvette Godinez, 1st Degree
Anna McKindley, 1st Degree
Junior Black Belts Matthew Heffernan, 1st Degree
Adriana Hymovitz, 1st Degree
Daniel Okazaki, 3rd Degree
Kenneth Knapp, 1st Degree
Yvette Godinez, 1st Degree
Gerardo Blanco, Jr., 3rd Degree
Matthew Russell, 2nd Degree
Justin Jimenez, 1st Degree
George Slaughter, 4th Degree
Katelyn Noonan, 1st Degree
Anisa Torres, 2nd Degree
Paul Welch, 1st Degree
Ezekiel Cornett, 4th Degree
Hannah Moore, 2nd Degree
Mark Moreno, 1st Degree Gavin Rocha, 1st Degree Bryan Russell, 1st Degree Gabriel Blanco, 2nd Degree Aiden DeJohn, 2nd Degree Kimi Slaughter, 1st Degree Hope Furukawa, 1st Degree Savannah Labarda, 1st Degree Tony LoPresti, 1st Degree Lucas Jutabha, 3rd Degree Lucas Sloss, 2nd Degree Patrick Graff, 1st Degree Will Banta, 1st Degree Ariana Herrera, 1st Degree Gabriela Cox, 1st Degree
William Dessert, 1st Degree Nathan Michaels, 1st Degree
Avalon Williams, 2nd Degree
Emanuel Rodriguez, 1st Degree
Annie Taguchi, 1st Degree
Katie Taguchi, 1st Degree
Jasmine Tran, 1st Degree
Winston Pham, 2ndDegree
Rachel Pham, 2nd Degree
Varun Pradhan, 1st Degree
Kevin Dullack, 1st Degree
Rei Shindo, 1st Degree
Matthew Nakano, 1st Degree
Tyler Nakano, 1st Degree
Christopher Mirowski, 1st Degree
Tyler Mirowski, 1st Degree
Kai Hong, 1st Degree
Levi Cornett, 1st Degree
Nolan Hoffman, 1st Degree
Kaleo Astorga, 1st Degree
Kaiya Calaycay, 1st Degree
Kaden Mattson, 1st Degree
Kyle Yamazaki, 1st Degree
Jack Williams, 1st Degree
Jack Birbeck, 1st Degree Jordan Jimenez, 1st Degree Ivan Torres, 1st Degree
Sydney Barr, 1st Degree
Jordan Seitz, 1st Degree
Isabella Caldwell, 1st Degree
Allison Lopez, 1st Degree
Eligh Lopez, 1st Degree
Jacob Prieto, 1st Degree
Isaac Prieto, 1st Degree
Riley McConn, 1st Degree
Andrew Yang, 1st Degree
Matthew Birbeck, 1st Degree
Ryder Lemieux-Nakano, 1st Degree
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