Below are past and present members of the
UConn Karate Club who reached the rank of 6th kyu or higher. Members
currently training at UConn are denoted by bold font.
(Last Update: 5/5/13)
| Rank | Name |
Date of
Last Rank | Title |
|---|
| 9th dan |
|
| Chief Instructor
Shotokan Karate-Do International |
|---|
| 7th dan |
Shu Takahashi |
| Chief Instructor
JKA of Brooklyn |
|---|
6th dan |
Michio Nonaka | |
Chief Instructor
Reitaku University |
| |
7/05 | Chief Instructor
UConn Karate Club |
| Margaret Thomas |
7/09 | Chief Instructor
Karate Spirit |
5th dan |
Mark Blake |
7/98 | Instructor |
| Craig Elkin |
7/07 | Chief Instructor
Yale Karate Club |
| John Seifert |
7/12 | Instructor |
4th dan |
James Cognetta | 7/86 |
Instructor |
| |
12/95 | Instructor |
| |
7/99 | Instructor |
| Holly Danowski |
7/01 | Instructor |
| |
7/04 | Chief Instructor
JKA of Montville |
| Bruce Press | 5/06 |
| Frank Sessa d | 5/07 |
| | 8/08 | Instructor |
3rd dan |
Chris Pouchet |
7/83 | Founder
UConn Karate Club |
| Fred Iannucci d |
4/90 | Chief Instructor
JKA Binghamton |
| Dave Harrison d |
12/91 | Instructor |
| Scott Jacobs | 12/92 |
| Dana Manner | 4/94 |
| Kristina Powell | 7/98 |
| Julie Westmoreland | 7/99 |
| John Listorti | 6/00 |
| Sandeep Kaushal | 9/02 |
| Josh Wilber | 7/03 | Instructor |
| Maura Graham | 7/06 | Instructor Trainee |
| Lia Burnham | 7/06 | Instructor |
| Mike Burnham | 7/06 | Instructor |
| Mark Rollins | 12/06 | Instructor Trainee |
| Ryan Jacobs | 12/06 |
| Joe Vincente | 7/07 | Instructor |
| Li Chen | 12/09 |
| Abby Barrera | 7/10 | Instructor |
| Steve Rinaldi | 7/11 |
| Rob Terlikowski | 7/11 | Instructor Trainee |
| Melissa Jacobs | 7/12 |
2nd dan |
Martin Hyman | 3/81 |
| Tom Sbabo | 9/83 |
| Tim Becker | 9/84 |
| Matt Guarino | 1/86 |
| Mike Bray | 7/88 |
| Steve Kissel | 7/88 |
| Mark Collins | 7/89 |
| Steve Palmer | 7/89 |
| Godfrey Baker | 1/91 |
| Andrea Fields | 7/91 |
| Rob Post | 7/91 |
| George Tzepos | 12/91 |
| Gene Broderick | 12/92 |
| Paul Fitzpatrick | 1/93 |
| Mohan Kalyanaraman | 7/95 |
| Gary Sandler | 7/96 |
| Dave Pellei | |
| Chris Njue | 7/98 |
| Koichi Shiroma |
| Mary-Beth Macaluso | 7/01 |
| Mark Kuratana | 7/01 |
| Demissew Ejara | 7/02 |
| Jeff Towill | 9/02 |
| Tom Fabian | 1/03 |
| Ken Forrest | 12/04 |
| Matt Delude | 12/05 |
| Chinh Bui | 12/06 |
| Aviva Bashan | 12/06 |
| Rim Baltaduonis | 4/08 |
| Brian Dragoo | 8/08 |
| Rudy Costello | 12/08 |
| Jason Dina | 12/08 |
| Muhammad Arif | 10/10 |
| Phil Blaze | 12/10 |
| Susie Huang | 12/10 |
| Brian Boyce | 7/11 |
| Kim Bui | 7/11 |
| Val Gorbatyuk | 7/11 |
| Barbara Ambros | 11/11 |
1st dan |
Ed Miller | 1/77 |
| Rick Slayton | 1/78 |
| Anne Stonick | 6/78 |
| Bob Rodin | 6/78 |
| Devon Conover | 6/78 |
| Peggy Wills | 6/79 |
| Richard Kaplan | 12/79 |
| Norman Bolle | 3/81 |
| Susan Collins | 7/81 |
| Kathy Lucas | 7/81 |
| Seth Lapuk | 9/83 |
| Daria Moraveck | 9/83 |
| Jim Klucznik | 9/83 |
| Karen Anthony | 12/83 |
| Fred Brown | 12/84 |
| Gail Goodman | 12/84 |
| Dennis Donovan | 6/85 |
| Peter Fabbri | 7/85 |
| Julie Hartley | 7/86 |
| Leo Budin | 9/86 |
| Kathy Abbott | 12/87 |
| Toshi Aoki | 12/87 |
| Steve Pellei | 7/88 |
| Melissa Quigley | 12/88 |
| Phuc Tran | 12/88 |
| Mike Burton | 12/88 |
| Mike Reno d | 1/90 |
| Bernadette Petrillo | 7/90 |
| Rob Siegman | 7/90 |
| Justin Birtwell | 7/91 |
| Kelly Andrade | 7/91 |
| John Sucec | 3/92 |
| Lynn Graff | 7/92 |
| John Baker | 7/92 |
| Carolyn Figlar | 7/92 |
| Frank Weber | 7/92 |
| Jim Hannigan | 2/93 |
| John Cummings | 2/93 |
| Frank Briganti | 6/93 |
| Jim Colandrea | 6/93 |
| Jeff Michaud | 6/93 |
| Brian McClure | 6/94 |
| Dave Barton | 6/94 |
| Julie Sorenson | 1/95 |
| Kaarlo Moran | 7/95 |
| Kathy Kline | 7/96 |
| Tricia Marcy | 12/98 |
| Beth Jankowski | 3/99 |
| Mike Hagan | 5/99 |
| Matt Cross | 7/99 |
| Peggy Gilbart | 4/00 |
| Ed Marotta | 1/01 |
| Mike Nisbet | 1/01 |
| Mike Nannini | 7/01 |
| Chris Renza | |
| Paul Hearn | 4/02 |
| Mike Barone | 7/02 |
| Glenn Gladischer | 7/02 |
| Kevin Hawes | 7/02 |
| Jim Saloio | 7/02 |
| Bob Bagshaw | 10/02 |
| Daniel Napier | 2/04 |
| Phil Capella | 7/04 |
| Rob Taylor | 7/04 |
| Joel Garcia | 9/04 |
| Carlos Dias | 12/04 |
| Timothy Bui | 12/05 |
| Ham Le | 7/06 |
| Henry Huang | 12/06 |
| Jeff Paine | 12/06 |
| Daniel Rivera | 12/06 |
| Becky Leuck | 12/06 |
| Aurelien Carlier | 12/06 |
| Craig Dickinson | 7/07 |
| Tom Stapleton | 7/07 |
| Renald Guillemette | 7/07 |
| Eva Forrest | 12/07 |
| Jiu Yu Low | 12/07 |
| Bach Bang | 6/08 |
| Chris Cleaver | 8/08 |
| Juvy Lou Abarientos | 8/08 |
| Suzanne Cristina | 12/09 |
| Joe Dowden | 12/09 |
| Nick McIntosh | 7/10 |
| Hugh Cassidy | 12/10 |
| Brianna Boyce | 7/11 |
| Jeremy Bui | 7/11 |
| Zachary Bui | 7/11 |
| Tom Costello | |
| Tim Rourke | 7/11 |
| Alex Jacobs | 7/12 |
| Liam Boyce | 7/12 |
| Tony Carpanzano | 9/12 |
| Aidan Boyce | 2/13 |
1st kyu |
Greg Vanagel | 10/81 |
| Mike Greenwood | 10/81 |
| Bill Telesco | 12/82 |
| Howard Canistaro | 3/84 |
| Pete Valenti | 4/85 |
| Karl Blanchard | 4/86 |
| Tony Mallon | 4/86 |
| Patty LeGore | 7/89 |
| Chris Ward | 9/90 |
| Josh Doty | 12/90 |
| Thuan Tran | 12/90 |
| Jian Huang | 4/94 |
| Rick Juknavorian | 4/94 |
| Natalie Flach | 4/95 |
| Mike Grube | 7/97 |
| Matthew Stroop | 12/97 |
| Shannon Ambrose | 9/98 |
| Don Wesson | 12/99 |
| Alex Vassiliev | 12/03 |
| Katy McGrath | 4/04 |
| Shaun Rathbun | |
| Alison Flannery | 12/04 |
| Joe Amat | 4/11 |
| Heather Bell | 4/11 |
| Keila Garrido | 9/12 |
| Karol Kuczaj | 12/12 |
| Paul Borochin | 5/13 |
2nd kyu |
Audrey Balas | 10/79 |
| Odie Pansius | 3/83 |
| Chuck Ausburger | 3/84 |
| Dennis Campbell | 3/84 |
| Mark Peterson | 4/85 |
| Chris Sarli | 4/89 |
| Earl Smith | 12/90 |
| Daniel Novak | 4/91 |
| Tom Kwiatkowski | 4/92 |
| Gigi White | 4/93 |
| John Mailly | 9/93 |
| Masami Sakai | 9/99 |
| Ethan Phelps | 5/00 |
| Gian Franco Sacco | 12/00 |
| Laura Landry | 12/05 |
| Brittany Perrone | 12/06 |
| Lauren Martin | 4/07 |
| Charles Workman | 4/07 |
| Tarah Eisenhauer | 12/11 |
| Rudy Cepeda | 4/12 |
| Giovanni Miranda | 4/12 |
| Nicole Depowski | 5/13 |
3rd kyu |
Rich Hastings | 4/78 |
| Jane Butler | 1/79 |
| Gerald Zambury | 4/79 |
| Art Roberts | 4/79 |
| Diane Martin | 12/79 |
| Elizabeth Suleski | 4/80 |
| Scott Killelea | 7/81 |
| Beth McCrave | 9/83 |
| Jack Jurick | 12/83 |
| Valerie Obremski | 3/84 |
| Rob MacDonald | 3/84 |
| Tom Raslavsky d | 6/85 |
| Frank Cassetta | 12/85 |
| Carlos Alvarez | 12/88 |
| Mary Lou DeLucia | 1/89 |
| Dave Koenig | 1/89 |
| Chris Pabilonia | 4/89 |
| Laura Watts | 12/89 |
| Mazen Kanaan | 4/92 |
| Mike Slason | 4/93 |
| Paul Toth | 4/93 |
| Dave Pociu | 9/93 |
| Conner Buckland | 2/95 |
| Steve Guiness | 3/96 |
| Shane Robertson | 12/98 |
| Jay Chou | 12/98 |
| Steve Cote | 11/02 |
| Karla Kanode | 12/02 |
| Elaine Morra | 5/03 |
| Kwan Lam | 12/03 |
| Lam Wong | 12/03 |
| Dan Burfoot | 2/04 |
| Nicole Dinicola | 12/04 |
| Lindsay Rich | 4/06 |
| C.J. Worzella | 4/06 |
| Sagarika Bose | 7/06 |
| Ana Cantu | 4/10 |
| Leah Schwebel | 4/10 |
| William Chan | 4/11 |
| Rachel Antonucci | 4/11 |
| Marius Nicolae | 4/11 |
| Katelynn King | 5/11 |
| Ramin Amiri | 12/11 |
| Robert Terlikowski | 12/12 |
| Sokheang Chay | 5/13 |
| Sarah Boyce | 6/13 |
| Lynn Nguyen | 6/13 |
4th kyu |
Leonard Joseph | 12/79 |
| Lloyd Bowden | 4/81 |
| Paul David | 4/81 |
| Laura Brose | 12/81 |
| Nancy Fontanella | 4/82 |
| Tom Hebert | 12/82 |
| George Emmerthal | 4/83 |
| Phyllis Coco | 9/83 |
| Marc D'Amato | 12/88 |
| Todd Salamon | 4/89 |
| Shawn Marsh | 4/90 |
| Rod Saunders | 4/90 |
| John LeCornec | 12/90 |
| Jennifer Hacket | 4/92 |
| Ken Snyder | 4/92 |
| Ryan Shuell | 7/92 |
| Debbie Parzuchowski | 12/93 |
| Chris Belliveau | 4/94 |
| Mike Coplen | 9/95 |
| Lisa Palasek | 12/95 |
| Hans Hofmann | 4/98 |
| Maura Orrell | 12/98 |
| Scott Dufour | 4/99 |
| Rob Montague | 4/99 |
| Hatim Sharif | 7/01 |
| Marsha Gaylord | 5/03 |
| Tufa Dinku | 12/03 |
| Christine Phalstaf | 12/04 |
| Phuc Kim Thieu | 4/05 |
| Kate Slomkowski | 12/05 |
| Justin Billard | 12/05 |
| Tobi Krutt | 12/06 |
| Heather Murdock | 4/09 |
| Aravind Suresh | 7/10 |
| Ashley Norris | 9/11 |
| Rachel Fairchild | 4/12 |
5th kyu |
Lowell Wills | 4/76 |
| Rich Bartlett | 4/76 |
| Larry Rice d | 12/78 |
| Olcott Snow | 4/80 |
| Abdo Showah | 12/81 |
| Anne Marie Mador | 4/83 |
| Tom Walker | 12/83 |
| John Rosato | 12/84 |
| Ron Ghen | 4/85 |
| Monique Giroux | 6/85 |
| Zeus Demetriades | 12/86 |
| Bob Kelly | 12/86 |
| Bruce Mullen | 12/86 |
| Darrell Hickman | 4/87 |
| Peter Grasis | 12/89 |
| Kim Cygniak | 9/90 |
| Tracy Hornung | 4/91 |
| Mark Lauer | 12/91 |
| Matt Garcia | 4/92 |
| Uldis Krievars | 4/92 |
| Lanh Phan | 7/92 |
| Sarah Dadyar | 12/92 |
| Simon Hirschfeld | 12/93 |
| Jep Peacock | 12/93 |
| Jason Morrill | 4/94 |
| Wojciech "Tek" Wojenski | 4/94 |
| Jenny Pardus | 9/94 |
| Chris Alesch | 12/95 |
| Melissa Morgan | 12/95 |
| Jill Rowin | 4/98 |
| Amy West | 4/98 |
| Hiro Hasegawa | 7/02 |
| Melissa Gernat | 12/03 |
| Elena Shekleton | 12/03 |
| Mike Hubbard | 4/06 |
| Pawel Wysocki | 12/08 |
| Susana Ulloa | 4/09 |
| Gabrielle Howe | 12/08 |
| Roberto Sanchez | 12/09 |
| Jeremy Rosa | 4/10 |
| Krissy Palacios-Baughman | 12/10 |
| Mikey Palacios-Baughman | 12/10 |
| Rohan Saxena | 4/12 |
| Pete Dunnack | 4/12 |
| Bill Gauthier | 12/12 |
| Emily Gauthier | 12/12 |
| Vi Ha | 5/13 |
| Kate Morozova | 5/13 |
6th kyu |
Gary Burdick | 12/74 |
| Phil Cody | 12/74 |
| Bill O'Neill | 4/75 |
| Eric Rabenold | 4/75 |
| Howard Eisenburg | 4/75 |
| Peter Folsom d | 4/75 |
| Roman Slevinsky | 4/75 |
| Peter Anderson | 12/75 |
| Wayne Rawlins | 12/75 |
| Dale Fish | 4/77 |
| Brad Milove | 4/78 |
| Lori Sikorski | 12/78 |
| Rick LaBash | 12/78 |
| Glenn Cooley | 4/79 |
| Bill Kolodziej | 12/79 |
| Dave Oshinsky | 4/80 |
| Edmer Avlev | 4/80 |
| Joan Terlaga | 4/80 |
| Martin Moebus | 4/80 |
| Mary Jean Hartell | 4/80 |
| Ralph DeAyala | 4/80 |
| Wayne Semon | 4/80 |
| Dan Mercuri | 6/80 |
| Martin Wallace | 4/81 |
| Nancy Anderson | 4/81 |
| Nick Delgado | 4/81 |
| Terri Smith | 4/81 |
| Tim Marugg | 10/81 |
| Scott Weldon | 4/82 |
| Bob Welsh | 12/82 |
| Mary Rigdon | 4/83 |
| Gil Wimmer | 12/83 |
| Martin Wallace | 12/83 |
| Amy Rommel | 5/84 |
| Holly Sebrell | 5/84 |
| Jim Degnan | 5/84 |
| Mark Robinson | 5/84 |
| Terri Weeks | 5/84 |
| Paul Chartier | 9/84 |
| Rich Rey | 9/84 |
| Jim Degnan | 12/84 |
| Tara Horgan | 4/85 |
| Cindy Allen | 6/85 |
| Mary-Rose Earl | 6/85 |
| Larry Stallman | 7/85 |
| Kathy Blake | 12/85 |
| Larry Rubin | 4/86 |
| Diana Zarra | 12/86 |
| Chris Johnson | 4/87 |
| Claudia Corvalan | 4/87 |
| Dan Picard | 12/87 |
| Bill Holbrook | 12/88 |
| Jim Parsons | 4/89 |
| Mark Jacobs | 4/89 |
| Mary DeRosa | 4/89 |
| Susan Powell | 4/89 |
| John Leonard | 12/89 |
| John Wan | 12/89 |
| Preston Rohner | 12/89 |
| Maureen Donovan | 4/90 |
| Max Nuki | 4/90 |
| Andrea Belliveau | 7/90 |
| Chris Fanelli | 12/91 |
| Dean Sposito | 12/91 |
| Tim Kennedy | 12/92 |
| Jen Deniega | 4/93 |
| Mersini Fausel | 8/93 |
| Sabine Spiessl | 4/94 |
| Mike Carpini | 4/94 |
| Brian Riley | 4/94 |
| Mark Zagarenski | 7/94 |
| Jason Brigham | 4/95 |
| Jengiz Paluch | 9/96 |
| Samantha Hawes | 9/97 |
| Andrey Kurylov | 4/98 |
| Liam Webb | 4/98 |
| Khaya Yefraimova | 4/98 |
| Nicole Fende | 9/98 |
| Rafaat Elfouly | 4/99 |
| Andrew Jin | 9/99 |
| Jason Coleman | 12/99 |
| Jon Jaekle | 5/00 |
| Alex Martinez | 7/01 |
| Jackie Claxton | 5/02 |
| Jenna Formeister | 5/03 |
| Mark Zipadelli | 7/03 |
| Jon Alonso | 4/04 |
| Jaime Pavlich | 12/04 |
| Christine Flannery | 12/04 |
| Onur Burak Celik | 4/05 |
| Ai-chi Lu | 4/05 |
| Russell Port | 4/05 |
| Margaret Sabia | 4/05 |
| Alex Adami | 4/07 |
| Fedja Hodzic | 4/07 |
| Brian Scrabeck | 8/07 |
| Mike Silvia | 4/08 |
| Kelly Shea | 4/09 |
| XingXing Peng | 7/10 |
| John Fitch | 12/10 |
| Chu Zhang | 12/10 |
| Jack Ren | 4/12 |
| Athena Tao | 4/12 |
| Xinyi Yi | 4/12 |
| Tiffany Hoang | 7/12 |
| Kevin Matthews-Tharakan | 5/13 |
| Sam Wong | 5/13 |
| Ashley Zane | 5/13 |