Black Belts Awarded
Here is a list of all of the people that have been given black belts in Hapkido from Grand Master Bong Soo Han and then continued by Master Eric Friske and Daniel Cruz. Who they were tested by are noted.
1st Dan
Mike Shigajani 1 1969
Steve Wong 2 1974
Henry Seestadt 3 1974
Richard Lee 4 1976
Richard Carpenter 5 1978
Mark Gannon 6 1978
Eric Friske 7 1978
Danny Cruz 8 1978
Gabriel Thiery 9 1979
Greg Fujimoto 10 1981
Andrew Carpenter 11 1982
Jamie McCloud 12 1982
Fred Crider 13 1982
Harvey Schwartz 14 1982
Charlie Eisen 15 1983
Don Tartek 16 1983
John Gibson 17 1985
Dan Mark 18 1985
Kevin Van Hook 19 1986
Siaviosh Khajavi 20 1987
Linda Gonzalez 21 1987
Carol Christensen 22 1987
Marcus Sakamoto 23 1987
Larry Kerr 24 1987
Chris King 25 1987
Stephen Cord 26 1988
Michael Katleman 27 1988
Brian Mayfield 28 1989
Richard Irvin 29 1989
Patrick La Coq 30 1989
Allyn Katleman 31 1991
John Jessman 32 1992
Thomas Yi 33 1992
Damien Wong 34 1992
John Mason 35 1992
Rick Jurasky 36 1992
Matt Arcela 37 1993
Kalon Welch 38 1993
Konrad Bright 39 1993
Tristan Molina 40 1993
Susan Hartman 41 1993
Everett Newell 42 1993
Jamie Crook 43 1993
Maureen Tobin 44 1994
Johnny Moran 45 1994
Ben Baker 46 1994
Robert Von Pape 47 1995
Rick Scott 48 1995
David Wamsley 49 1995
Barrett Carerre 50 1995
David Reis 51 1995
Jeff Kovacs 52 1995
Alistair Bloxom 53 1996
Tia Hoffer 54 1996
Alice Moore 55 1996
Ryan McIntyre 56 1996
Peter Batte 57 1997
John Moses 58 1997
Anders Jelveus 59 1997
Rashan Sarbratnam 60 1997
Rigaberto Franco 61 1997
Cheryl Budget 62 1997
John Rodriguez 63 1997
Susan Han 64 1998
Shin Kim 65 1998
Carlos Williams 66 1998
Charles Doublet 67 1998
Jon Davis 68 1998
Brian Buck 69 1998
Steve Barnett 70 1998
Noel Pacheco 71 1999
Robert Gallup 72 1999
Samantha Kuhr 73 1999
Craig Brown 74 1999
David Bonsukan 75 1999
Gigi Joyner 76 2000
Robert Levitt 77 2000
John Lee 78 2000
Steve Contreras 79 2001
Lynn Levitt 80 2001
Chuck Joyner 81 2001
Phillip Turner 82 2001
Robert Bedell 83 2002
Steve Burgin 84 2002
Steven Binder 85 2003
Andre Jones 86 2003
Jim Lerman 87 2003
Alan Chu 88 2003
Bill Jenkins 89 2003
Matthew Kamkar 90 2004
Henry Mosquera 91 2004
Steven Notari 92 2004
Mark Levitt 93 2004
David Kamkar 94 2004
Aaron Schwartz 95 2004
Mark Roden 96 2004
Amy Doublet 97 2004
Hai Van Spanholtz98 2004
Irma Perez 99 2004
Daniel Kamkar 100 2004
Laura Wides 101 2004
Sia Adibi 102 2005
Eun Sun Chang 103 2005
Robert La Franco 104 2005
Ken Parr 105 2005
Julia Khan 106 2005
Jeanie Yu 107 2005
Lovelia Soriano 108 2005
Bill Plasket 109 2005
Brian Hennesey 110 2006 – Last Black Belt under Grand Master Han
Kelsey Jaquard 111 2007 – IHF/ Master Friske & Master Cruz
Cecilia De La Paz 112 2007
Sean Lynch 113 2007
Jonothan Bue 114 2007
Mark Greishaber 115 2007
Regina Gong 116 2007
Charise Older 117 2007
Anton Summers 118 2007
Spiros Stomotopolis119 2007
Mitch Grobeson 120 2009
Michael Kamkar 121 2009 – Mushin Hapkido – Master Friske
Art Binder 122 2009
Theo Lacy 123 2010
Ronald Rohde 124 2010
Magnus Ekelund 125 2013
Maddison Tung 126 2014
Scott Blakely 127 2014
David Nik 128 2014
Jeremy Adams 129 2015
Aria Aghalarpour 130 2015
2nd Dan
Richard Carpenter 1 1982
Eric Friske 2 1982
Mark Gannon 3 1983
Danny Cruz 4 1983
Harvey Schwartz 5 1987
Gabriel Thiery 6 1988
Stephen Cord 7 1991
Michael Katleman 8 1991
Marcus Sakamoto 9 1992
Richard Irvin 10 1992
Patrick La Coq 11 1994
Larry Kerr 12 1995
Thomas Yi 13 1995
John Mason 14 1996
Dan Mark 15 1996
Allyn Katleman 16 1996
Rick Jurasky 17 1996
Tristan Molina 18 1997
Jamie Crook 19 1997
Kalon Welch 20 1997
Konrad Bright 21 1997
Maureen Tobin 22 1998
Johnny Moran 23 1998
Rick Scott 24 1998
Everett Newell 25 2002
John Rodriguez 26 2002
Barrett Carerre 27 2002
Charles Doublet 28 2002
Jon Davis 29 2002
Brian Buck 30 2002
Phillip Turner 31 2003
David Reece 32 2003
Peter Batte 33 2003
John Moses 34 2003
Robert Levitt 35 2003
Lynn Levitt 36 2004
Robert Bedell 37 2005
Steve Burgin 38 2005
Henry Mosquera 39 2006 – Last under Grand Master Han
Ken Parr 40 2007 – IHF/ Master Friske & Master Cruz
Jim Lerman 41 2010 – Mushin Hapkido – Master Friske
Steven Bettencourt42 2011
Alan Chu 43 2015
David Nik 44 2015
3rd Dan
Richard Carpenter 1 1987
Eric Friske 2 1987
Danny Cruz 3 1987
Mark Gannon 4
Harvey Schwartz 5 1991
Stephen Cord 6 1995
Michael Katleman 7 1995
Patrick La Coq 8
Thomas Yi 9
John Mason 10 2004
Kalon Welch 11 2004
Rick Scott 12 2004
Phillip Turner 13 2004
Dan Mark 14 2004 – Last under Grand Master Han
Jon Davis 15 2007 – IHF/ Master Friske & Master Cruz
Brian Buck 16 2007
John Moses 17 2007
Robert Levitt 18 2007
Rob Bedell 19 2009 – Mushin Hapkido – Master Friske
Steve Burgin 20 2009
4th Dan
Richard Carpenter 1 1990
Eric Friske 2 1990
Danny Cruz 3 1990
Mark Gannon 4
Harvey Schwartz 5 1994
Stephen Cord 6 1998
Michael Katleman 7 1998
Thomas Yi 8 – Last under Grand Master Han
Kalon Welch 9 2007 – IHF/ Master Friske & Master Cruz
Rick Scott 10 2009 – Mushin Hapkido – Master Friske
Robert Levitt 11 2009
Robert Bedell 12 2013
5th Dan
Eric Friske 1 1995
Danny Cruz 2 1995
Mark Gannon 3
Stephen Cord 4* 2007 (Honorary – IHF/ Master Friske & Master Cruz)
Robert Levitt 5 2014 – Mushin Hapkido – Master Friske (Master Cruz)
6th Dan
Eric Friske 1 2000
Danny Cruz 2 2000
7th Dan
Eric Friske 1 2008
Danny Cruz 2 2008
Note: Master Mark Gannon continued his training under Master Lee and currently holds the rank of 7th Dan
Affiliate Black Belts
1st Dan
James Wohlwend 1 1998
Lori DeGroot 2 1998
Shauna Ames 3 1998
Teresa Schmidt (Wohlwend) 4 1999
Steven Bettencourt 5 1999
Forrest Rindels 6 2000
Herbert Patterson 7 2002
Monty Hendrix 8 2003
Jerome Weber 9 2004
Micah Miller 10 2005
Travis Miller 11 2005
Ryan Danzey 12 2005
David Hill 13 2005
Manuel Olivarez 14 2005
Robby Foss 15 2006
Michel Wilson 16 2007
Agnia McGinn 17 2007
Dug Weston 18 2007
Bruce McKillican 19 2007
2nd Dan
James Wohlwend 1 1999
Monty Hendrix 2 2005
3rd Dan
Monty Hendrix 1 2007
Please note that many of the affiliate black belts hold higher ranks in other martial arts.
