Welch's Okinawan Karate

10^th Dan
Choshin Chibana Founder of Shorin Ryu (Kyobayashi) (1885 - 1968) Hanshi Shugoro Nakazato (Present GRANDMASTER)
8^th Dan
Kyoshi Eberhard G. Welch, Sr.
7^th Dan
Kyoshi Ronald Williams, Sr.
6^th Dan
Renshi John Kearns
5^th Dan
Renshi Christopher White — Renshi Benjamin Kaufman — Renshi Isaac Welborn, Jr. Renshi Scott Hayes
4^th Dan
Willie A. Bowman, Sr. — Waymon Beavers — Robert Hernandez** Warren Green
3^rd Dan
Robert F. Brown, Jr.
2^nd Dan
Eberhard G. Welch, Jr.* — Joi A. Brown — Ellen Williams Kenan D. Brown — Tamika McCauley — Jessica Blanco Nelson Orellana — Willie A. Bowman — William D. Alston, Jr. Brian W. Bulow — Larry E. Harris — Wayne Hamilton, Jr. Britanni Ford — Antonio Hawkins
1^st Dan
Cory Pierce*** — Damin Mayo — T-Jai Farmer Duffie Young, Sr. — Malik Williams — Cris Torres Elvira Torres — Duffie Young, Jr. — Dawn Medley Antonio Williams — Gregory Wright, Jr. — Jasmine Wright Kemani Harding — Omari Smith — James Carter
Deceased 1991 Killed in Iraq 2006 **Deceased 2007