Welch's Okinawan Karate

10^th Dan
Choshin Chibana Founder of Shorin Ryu (Kyobayashi) (1885 - 1968) Hanshi Shugoro Nakazato (Present GRANDMASTER)
7^th Dan
Kyoshi Eberhard G. Welch, Sr.
6^th Dan
Renshi Ronald Williams — Renshi John Kearns — Renshi Ongatau Kassama
5^th Dan
Christopher White — Benjamin Kaufman — Isaac Welborn, Jr. Scott Hayes
4^th Dan
Willie A. Bowman, Sr. — Waymon Beavers — Bill Wingo, Jr. Robert Hernandez* — Warren Green
3^rd Dan
Robert F. Brown, Jr. — Stan Clanton — Matt Wingo
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 — Crist Torres Elvira Torres — Duffie Young, Jr. — Dawn Medley Antonio Williams — Gregory Wright, Jr. — Jasmine Wright Kemani Harding — Omari Smith
Killed in Iraq 2006 Deceased 1991 **Deceased 2007