Dynamic DeCuerdas Eskrima
Certified Ranking List
NEW RANK PROMOTIONS
JAN MARTENSEN reaches Level 4 BLACKBELT!! CONGRATS
QWINA WEST, MICHAEL TAPSCOTT, QUENTIN DUNFORD AND EPHRIAM CHEEVER are all now wearing a BROWNBELT! CONGRATS!
Congratulations also go to COLLEEN, KATHERINE AND GRANT for obtaining his Level 1 YellowBelt.
We look forward to their progress in the arts and for you to get to the next level.
RON ELGES 3-17
JAN MARTENSEN 9-21-19
- MICHAEL TAPSCOTT 9-21-19
- QUENTIN DUNFORD 9-21-19
- ANDY RAZOR (4-7-19)
QWINA WEST (5-20-20)
EPHRIAM CHEEVER 10-13-19
ROOPE AALTO (11-14-18)
- BLAINE POE (4-08-19)
- JOHN PRESTON (5-20-19)
- COLLEEN MCKINSTRIE (12-28-19)
- KATHERINE MARUCHA (12-28-19)
- GRANT VAUGHN (12-28-19
- JACOB ADSIT 7-31-19

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 5S
BLACK and RED BELT
w/Stripe
Advanced Guro
(Instructor)

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Michael Aalto Guro (3-24-15)
Ron Elges Guro (3-17)
LEVEL 5
BLACK and RED BELT
Guro
(Instructor)

-
Ken Balanon Guro (9-29-2001)
-
Becky Norton Guro (10-19-08)
LEVEL 4
BLACK BELT
JUNIOR
INSTRUCTOR

- KIT KUITTINEN 2-16-04 (DECEASED)
- WES SHREVE (1-10-08)
- JAMIE DAIKEN (10-19-08)
- MAC FINNEY (10-19-08)
- BRENT PATTERSON (10-19-08)
- MIKE PIAZZA (10-19-08)
- LIISA AALTO (11-27-11)
- JANINE QUELLER (10-6-12)
- TIMOTHY DAILEY (10-6-12)
- NATE ALMEDIA (11-6-13)
- MIKE GOLDWATER (11-6-13)
- CHARLES BERTRAND (11-6-13)
- JARED MIKLICH (11-6-13)
- JUSTIN WILLIAMS (12-1-15)
- JEFFREY JOHNSEN (12-1-15)
- RYAN YOUNG (12-1-15)
- MATTHEW 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 RASOR (4-8-19)
- JAN MARTENSEN (9-21-19)
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)
- QWINA WEST (5-20-20)
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 |
PATRICK BARBER |
7-4-15 |
MICHAEL TAPSCOTT |
6-17-17 |
MATT SIGRIST |
12-28-17 |
BRYAN JACINTO |
1-17-18 |
QUENTIN DUNFORD |
6-17-18 |
EPHRIAM CHEEVER |
9-25-18 |
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
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12-28-19
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In the art of TENIO DeCuerdas Eskrima we recognize and support the following Master Level students of the late great
GrandMaster Gilbert Tenio