DYNAMIC DECUERDAS ESKRIMA / Grandmaster Richard Van Donk

BECOMING AN INSTRUCTOR
IN DeCUERDAS ESKRIMA

We are looking for 7 dedicated students to teach and perhaps pass on this art to. Grandmaster Richard Van Donk promised his teacher that he would not let his Filipino art die. As silly as it may seem, the true Filipino arts are actually rarer in the Philippines than they are in the United States. They have been phased out by Judo, Tae Kwon do and Karate.

We are now being asked by high level people to come to the Philippines and teach what we know. The late Grandmaster Gilbert Tenio taught parts of his system to the public but like many masters kept his deeper, more effective teachings mostly to himself. The more dedicated the student, the deeper the teachings will be released to them. It is a great and truly exciting and effective system.

The following people are Officially Certified by Grandmaster Richard Van Donk to the levels indicated. If they are not on this list then they are not official. If you read this and you think there is an error then please contact us. If you haven't already started training, get started now and work your way to the top.

Perhaps you are the student we are looking for.

GrandMaster - Richard J. Van Donk
LEVEL 7	RED Belt with Gold tassels Richard Van Donk - GrandMaster Guro / Professor about 1991	Professor
LEVEL 6	Red Belt Linda Van Donk - Guro assistant Professor	Asst. Professor (Master)
LEVEL 5	Black and Red Belt Ken Balanon- Guro 9-29-2001 Roman Marquez- 3-02-08 Becky Norton 10-19-08	Guro (Instructor)
LEVEL 4	Black Belt Kit Kuittinen 2-16-04 Wes Shreve 1-10-08 Jamie Daiken 10-19-08 Mac Finney 10-19-08 Ron Elges 10-19-08 Brent Patterson 10-19-08 Mike Piazza 10-19-08 Michael Aalto 10-19-08	Junior Instructor
LEVEL 3	Brown Belt Chaitanya Foux 5-05 Judy Shreve 10-19-08 Jan Martensen 10-19-08 Liisa Aalto 6-3-10
LEVEL 2	Green Belt Jeff McQueen 9-29-01 Kevin "Troll" Murray 10-08-06 Michael Stelzer 10-26-06 Benjamin Hagen 10-19-08 Stephen Hipp 10-19-08 Theodore Schink 10-19-08 Liisa Aalto 4-07-09 Harris Lowenthal 9-30-09 Janine Queller 10-19-09 John Chamberlain 3-30-10 Lorie Chamberlain 3-30-10
LEVEL 1	Yellow Belt AHLEA (MIA BABINEAU) Level 1 / 7-02-03 ASHLEY NORTON Level 1 / 8-13-03 WADE RUDIO Level 1 / 2-04 RAY KRIBEL Level 1 / 3-20-05 BOB NEAL Level 1 / 3-20-05 BILL STOUGHTON Level 1 / 3-20-05 LOREN SCHNEIDER Level 1 / 10-19-05 RAY JACKSON Level 1 / 10-30-05 JAMES BAILEY Level 1 10-30-05 JOHN BERRY Level 1 / 10-30-05 GARY PHILLIPS Level 1 / 10-30-05 STEVEN BLACK Level 1 / 10-30-05 JAMES CLUM Level 1 / 10-30-05 DAVID EDICK Level 1 / 11-05-05 TONI LEPRI Level 1 / 12-23-05 RICHARD PETTAY Level 1 / 3-25-06 THOMAS COWDEN Level 1 / 10-08-06 ANTONIO DE LA CRUZ Level 1 / 12-15-07 BRAIN SUMPTER Level 1 / 7-21-08 CHARLES BENHAM 10-19-08 SARA BENHAM 10-19-08 LEIGH DUMBELTON 10-19-08 DANIEL HAMMEL 10-19-08 JASON MAYFIELD 10-19-08 MATTHEW SHORT 10-19-08 BRADLEY ROBERTSON 10-19-08 TIMOTHY DAILEY 7-10-09 JARED MIKLICH 1-12-10 UKI OKAZAKI 1-12-10 SCOTT BROOMFIELD 2-10-10