Dan Grades
Dan Grades
Being awarded a black belt or dan grade is an important step in every students martial arts progression. Most of all, the 1st Dan is when a student becomes an official member of Hontai Yoshin Ryu and their name is registered with the sohonbu dojo in Japan.
Below are the currently active members in Hontai Yoshin Ryu UK and their grades as of 26th August, 2009.
| Dr Mike McClure | 6th Dan | Budokwai | |
| Patrick Browne | 4th Dan | Budokwai | |
| David Malvern | 4th Dan | Devon / Budokwai | |
| Bob Billson | 3rd Dan | Budokwai | |
| Richard Hicks | 3rd Dan | Budokwai | |
| Dean Shanley | 3rd Dan | Devon / Budokwai | |
| Rod Kowald | 3rd Dan | Budokwai | |
| Hok Lam Wong | 3rd Dan | Budokwai / Switzerland | |
| Rod Phelps | 3rd Dan | Budokwai | |
| Jeremy Carroll | 3rd Dan | Budokwai | |
| Andrew McCormack | 3rd Dan | Carlisle Dojo | |
| Akiko Motomura (Iai) | 2nd Dan | Budokwai | |
| Charles Money-Kyrle | 2nd Dan | Budokwai | |
| Sarah Chambers | 2nd Dan | Budokwai | |
| Nick Norman | 2nd Dan | Budokwai / Finland | |
| Anthony Browne | 2nd Dan | Budokwai | |
| Samuel Lim | 2nd Dan | Budokwai / Spain | |
| Charles Bermudez | 2nd Dan | Budokwai | |
| David Richardson (Iai) | 1st Dan | Devon | |
| Kirk Atkinson | 1st Dan | Budokwai | |
| Andrew Mayes | 1st Dan | Budokwai | |
| James Ewens | 1st Dan | Budokwai | |
| Brandon MacDonald | 1st Dan | Budokwai | |
| Umberto Pirera | 1st Dan | Budokwai / Italy | |
| Ebbe Rogge | 1st Dan | Budokwai | |
| Tom Swales | 1st Dan | Budokwai | |
| Dmitriy Dudko | 1st Dan | Budokwai | |