Dynamic DeCuerdas Eskrima
Certified Ranking List
NEW RANK PROMOTIONS
ANTHONY BACHMANN AND ANDREW BRESCIANI reaches Level 4 BLACKBELT!! CONGRATS
Congratulations also go to Sherry Hope-Kennedy, Tim Steele and Patrick Barber on Level 3. Robert Hinrichs for obtaining Level 1s and Antonio Arias for L1 YellowBelt.
We look forward to their progress in the arts and for you to get to the next level.
The following people are Officially Certified in
Dynamic DeCuerdas Eskrima by Grandmaster Richard Van Donk.LEVEL 7
RED-GOLD Belt
with Gold tassels
GRANDMASTER
Richard Van Donk - GrandMaster
Guro 1984 / Professorship about 1991
LEVEL 6S
RED Belt
with Gold tassels
Tuhon Master
Linda Van Donk - Professor (Retired)
Master Professor
LEVEL 6
RED Belt
Professor Master
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Roman Marquez (3-24-15) - Professor
LEVEL 5
BLACK AND RED Belt
Professor Master
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Rebbeca Norton (10-19-08) - GURO Professor
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MICHAEL AALTO 7-4-12 Level 5 - (3-15-15) Level 5S
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RON ELGES (3-25-15)
LEVEL 4
BLACK BELT
- BECKY NORTON 2-16-05
- KIT KUITTINEN 2-16-05
- WES SHREVE 1-11-08
- JAMIE DAIKEN 10-19-08
- MAC FINNEY 10-19-08
- BRENT PATTERSON 10-19-08
- RON ELGES 10-19-08
- MIKE PIAZZA 10-19-08
- MICHAEL AALTO 10-19-08
- LIISA ALTO 11-27-11
- JANNIE QUELLER 10-06-12
- TIM DAILEY 10-06-12
- NATE ALEMEDIA 11-06-13
- MIKE GOLDWATER 11-06-13
- CHARLES BERTRAND 11-06-13
- JARED MIKLICH 11-06-13
- JUSTIN WILLIAMS 11-30-15
- JEFFREY JOHNSEN 11-30-15
- RYAN YOUNG 11-30-15
- MATT SCHOBER 6-02-16
- HANNES HARKONEN 12-19-16
- MICHAEL SHELDREW 3-28-17
- TYLER JONES 8-17-17
- SCOTT ALLEN 4-7-18
- ANDY RAZOR 4-7-19
- JAN MARTENSEN 9-21-19
- EPHRAIM CHEEVER 10-25-20
- QUENTIN DUNFORD 6-12-21
- QWINA WEST 10-22-21
- MICHAEL TAPSCOTT 11-30-22
- ANDREW BRESCIANI 10.02.25
- ANTHONY BACHMAN 5-18-25
LEVEL 3
BROWN BELT
- CHAITANYA FOUX (5-05)
- JUDY SHREVE (10-19-08)
- HERMANNI PITKANEN (9-2-14)
- DANIEL CULP (7-8-15)
- KELVIN CAMPBELL (7-8-15)
- CORRIE McILVEEN (7-8-15)
- ROOPE AALTO (11-14-18)
- MICHAEL TAPSCOTT (9-21-19)
- QUENTIN DUNFORD (9-21-19)
- EPHRIAM CHEEVER (10-13-19)
- TIM STEELE 5-13-25
- SHERRY HOPE-KENNEDY 5-15-25
- PATRICK BARBER 9.18.25
LEVEL 2
GREEN BELT
| JEFF MCQUEEN | 9-29-01 |
| CHAITANYA (GUY FOUX) | 8-25-04 |
| MAC FINNEY | 2005 |
| KEVIN “TROLL” MURRAY | 10-08-06 |
| HARRIS LOWENTHAL | 9-30-09 |
| JOHN CHAMBERLAIN | 3-30-10 |
| LORIE CHAMBERLAIN | 3-30-10 |
| SCOTT BROOMFIELD | 9-10-10 |
| JAMES CAMERON ROSSI | 11-23-11 |
| JAAKKO SARANTAUS | 7-4-12 |
| MATTHEW SCHOBER | 8-22-13 |
| SUSANNA KESKITALO | 4-10-15 |
| MICHAEL TAPSCOTT | 6-17-17 |
| MATT SIGRIST | 12-28-17 |
| BRYAN JACINTO | 1-17-18 |
| QUENTIN DUNFORD | 6-17-18 |
| QWINA WEST | 4-7-19 |
| BLAINE POE | 4-8-19 |
| JOHN PRESTON | 5-20-19 |
LEVEL 1
YELLOW BELT
| AHLEA (MIA BABINEAU) | 7-02-03 |
| ASHLEY NORTON | 8-13-03 |
| WADE RUDIO | 2004 |
| RAY KRIBEL | 3-20-05 |
| BOB NEAL | 3-20-05 |
| BILL STOUGHTON | 3-20-05 |
| LOREN SCHNEIDER | 10-19-05 |
| RAY JACKSON | 10-30-05 |
| JAMES BAILEY | 10-30-05 |
| JOHN BERRY | 10-30-05 |
| GARY PHILLIPS | 10-30-05 |
| STEVEN BLACK | 10-30-05 |
| JAMES CLUM | 10-30-05 |
| DAVID EDICK | 11-5-05 |
| TONY LEPRI | 12-23-05 |
| RICHARD PETTAY | 3-25-06 |
| THOMAS COWDEN | 10-08-06 |
| TERRY BOPP | 10-08-06 |
| ANTONIO DE LA CRUZ | 12-30-07 |
| BRIAN SUMPTER | 7-18-08 |
| CHARLES BENHAM | 10-19-08 |
| SARA BENHAM | 10-19-08 |
| LEIGH DUMBLETON | 10-19-08 |
| DANIEL HAMMEL | 10-19-08 |
| JASON MAYFIELD | 10-19-08 |
| UKI OKAZAKI | 1-12-10 |
| BLAKE TAYLOR | 9-16-10 |
| ZACHERY BERNARD | 1-08-11 |
| ANTHONY FIELD | 3-07-11 |
| ANTHONY BACHMAN | 5/26/11 |
| MIROSLAV PTACEK | 11-23-11 |
| PETER SANDHOLM | 4-16-12 |
| CHERYL FANSON | 8-7-12 |
| RICKY ROBERTS | 10-7-12 |
| STEPHEN HIP JR. | 10-7-12 |
| MEGAN BACHMANN | 3-5-13 |
| VINCE PALADINO | 4-7-13 |
| JOHN LENZ | 10-1-13 |
| MATIAS HELLE | 2-4-14 |
| RON GALLOWAY | 9-2-14 |
| JOHN OWSIAK | 4-16-16 |
| JASON DONNELLY | 6-02-16 |
| GARY CHRISTIE II | 6-02-16 |
| BRIAN JACINTO | 6-02-16 |
| CHRISTOPHER ADAMS | 6-02-16 |
| RYAN PAYNE | 12-2-16 |
| JOE MEYERS | 2-2-17 |
| MICHAEL WEINGARTZ | 10-20-17 |
| ALYN WALLER | 11-12-17 |
| JOHN PRESTON | 12-10-17 |
| GABRIEL ALLEN | 12-15-17 |
| IAN GREENLEE | 12-15-17 |
| SCOTT MARTIN | 1-17-18 |
| ROBIN JOHNSON | 3-24-18 |
| DENA JOHNSON | 2-17-19 |
| JACK LESKE | 3-25-19 |
| SIERRA LESKE | 3-25-19 |
| BEN SCHMITZ | 4-8-19 |
| TANIA LOYA | 4-8-19 |
| ELIZABETH BOWDEN | 5-02-19 |
| JACOB ADSIT | 7-13-19 |
| COLLEEN MCKINSTRIE |
12-28-19
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| KATHERINE MARUCHA |
12-28-19
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| GRANT VAUGHN | 12-28-19 |
|
MICHAEL GRAY |
10-21-20 |
|
RICK MURPHY |
10-24-20 |
|
MICHAEL GAMINO |
04-21-21 |
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PATTANADECH KWANPHICHETSAKUN
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8.04.21 |
| NATALIE CHUBALA BEN CHEEVER |
11-2-21 |
| JACOB CHEEVER | 11-2-21 |
| ROBERT BRENNAN | 4-24-22 |
| TINA EISENBRANDT | 5-18-22 |
| DARRELL R. DAVIS | 4-24-22 |
| SHERRY HOPE KENNEDY | 4-24-22 |
| ROBERT HINRICHS |
In the art of TENIO DeCuerdas Eskrima we recognize and support the following Master Level students of the late great
GrandMaster Gilbert Tenio
Juan Eliab
A great Master Eskrimador that passed away while teaching Eskrima at a Hawaii Seminar. He was originally chosen to be the inheritor of the Tenio DeCuerdas system.
Richard Tenio
GrandMaster Tenios son and also an inheriting Grandmaster.
Dentoy Revilar
Master (GrandMaster of his own combination system LSD Eskrima which stands for Largo Mono, Serrada and DeCuerdas).
James Muro
Master at many arts including certification from Grandmaster Tenio from his early days of training with GM Tenio. But did not train with Teno after I started in 1981.