Below is a list of all current, paid-up DAN GRADE members. If you are not on this list and believe you are a current member, please contact us with your details: name, full postal address, dojo, contact telephone number and your IBA registration number (if known). Member details will be updated on a Quarterly basis. Membership is awarded based on trust and integrity – we do not question the grades that applicants profess to have at the time of application. However, we will make enquiries as to the validity of claims and any member found to be dishonest in their claims will have their membership revoked without question and with no recourse against the IBA – all applications made to the IBA are so made with the agreement of this condition.
Note: any name that is shown in italics is due for renewal – please renew promptly for continued membership.
United Kingdom
Absent friends…
O-Sensei Phil Milner 10th Dan – Dinnington
O-Sensei Arnie Bestwick 10th Dan – Worksop
Sensei Tom Hall 7th Dan – Edinburgh
Sensei Bob Surgey 8th Dan – Doncaster
Sensei Eric Lewis 6th Dan – Castleford
Sensei Frank Hayes 6th Dan – Hull
Sensei Stuart Bagshaw 5th Dan – Chesterfield
Sensei Charles Clatworthy 5th Dan – Ripon
Sensei David Morgan-Brown 9th Dan – Kilmarnock
Sensei Edgar Aukland 8th Dan – Cudworth
Sensei Melvyn Thornton 7th Dan – Normanton
Associated UK Dojo…
Anglo Traditional Karate Association (see below)
Bicker Linc’s M.F.A.F
- Richard Bradley – 6th Dan
- Sally Ann Maddison – 2nd Dan
- Gracie Mae Elgie – 1st Dan
- Colin Sherriff – 1st Dan
Doncaster Wado Ryu
- Graham Morley – 7th Dan
Empty Hand Karate Club
- Christopher Needham – 4th Dan
- Stephen Grocock – 2nd Dan
- Ian Richardson – 1st Dan
Hi-Ryu-Kan (Worksop)
- David Slaney – 8th Dan
- David Fletcher – 5th Dan
- Nichola Kirkham – 2nd Dan
- John Latham – 2nd Dan
- Paul Scott – 1st Dan
Kiveton Park
- Ken Witham – 8th Dan
Phil Milner
- Joan Aukland – Black
Ripon Martial Arts
- James Hamilton – 1st Dan
Ryu Kyu Wado Ryu Kempo (Bolton)
- Steve Costello – 9th Dan
- Alan Lee – 6th Dan
- Fergal Hughes – 6th Dan
- Jean Costello – 5th Dan
- Paul Bryan – 3rd Dan
- Ella Holden – 2nd Dan
- Grace Holden – 2nd Dan
- Bryana Hemmings – 1st Dan (Junior)
- Isobel Lee – 1st Dan (Junior)
Saiyuuki (Ackworth) / Nostell Wado Ryu
- Peyton Colgan – 1st Dan
- Mason Booth – 1st Dan
The Palms Tai-Chi Club
- Glennis Rogerson – 4th Dan
- Keith Meakin – 2nd Dan
- Patricia Warner – 2nd Dan
- Melanie Howlett – 2nd Dan
- Pat Bisset – 2nd Dan
- Vivienne Sloan – 1st Dan
- Peter Brown – 1st Dan
Yamabushi Dojo (Harrogate)
- Gary Bridge – 7th Dan
- Simon Dykes – 4th Dan
- Thomas Dykes – 3rd Dan
- Joseph Dykes – 3rd Dan
Anglo Traditional Karate Association…
Clayton Shotokan Tigers
- Mick Gilchrist – 3rd Dan
- Phillip Healey – 3rd Dan
- Gary Wilson – 2nd Dan
- Craig Wilson – 2nd Dan
- Andrew Heathcote – 1st Dan
- Nicolas Standing – 1st Dan
Shinboku Bradford (Shotokan)
- Ken Lawn – 6th Dan
- Colin Greenwood – 4th Dan
- Desmond Daly – 1st Dan
Yid-Ga-Ling Wakefield (Wado Ryu)
- Josh Johnson – 9th Dan
- Christine Moody – 6th Dan
- Al Friedle – 6th Dan
- Ian Windle – 5th Dan
- Graham Herbert – 5th Dan
- Steve Goldthorpe – 3rd Dan
- Matthew Hancock – 4th Dan
- Joe Todd – 3rd Dan
- Barrie Bennett – 3rd Dan
- Paul Corcoran – 2nd Dan
- Emma Western – 2nd Dan
- Andrew Rayner – 2nd Dan
- Paul Thompson – 1st Dan
- Annabelle Amiss – 1st Dan
- Jake Banks – 1st Dan
- Edmond Ferdinandus – 1st Dan
Shinto Goju Ryu Southampton (Goju Ryu)
- Ian Knight – 6th Dan
- Karl Smith – 3rd Dan
- Carlo Ferino – 1st Dan
- David Hunt – 1st Dan
- Amy Rawlings – 1st Dan
Uechi Ryu Wakefield (Uechi Ryu)
- Duncan Harper – 3rd Dan
- Alan Holmes – 3rd Dan
Zanshin Martial Arts Association International…
Hi Ryu Kan Martial Arts Academy (Ju-Jitsu)
- Dave Allen – 9th Dan
- Mark Rotherham – 5th Dan
European Membership
IBA Belgium…
(Registered through Jacquy Binda)
Karate Club Musson
- Jacquy Binda – 9th Dan
- Alain Hoffman – 6th Dan
+ 200 additional members – names to follow
IBA France…
(Registered through Jean Pierre Vignau)
A.C.S.A.C.
- Joel Blin – 2nd Dan
- Yannick Auzeau – 1st Dan
- Laura Herve – 1st Dan
Ascemma
- Didier Maubert – 3rd Dan
- Rodolphe Melot – 2nd Dan
- Franck Darani – 2nd Dan
- Serge Cabaret – 1st Dan
- Anita Chaligne – 1st Dan
- Daniel Gresle – 1st Dan
- Patrick Lafontan – 1st Dan
- Didier Louvet – 1st Dan
- Ilyan Pingault – 1st Dan
Bushido Karate Club
- Thierry Lesquerre – 5th Dan
- Sophie Avellan – 2nd Dan
- Veronique Brun – 1st Dan
- Karine Torres – 1st Dan
Cama – Taikibudo
- Denis Gauchard – 7th Dan
- Pierre Yves Campagnac – 6th Dan
- Gilles Ardoin – 5th Dan
- Hervé Vasnier – 4th Dan
- Claude Gaudon – 4th Dan
- Farid Merouk – 4th Dan
- Armel Fourreau – 4th Dan
- Guillaume Hoareau – 3rd Dan
- Claudette Carteron – 3rd Dan
- Pascal Nicot – 3rd Dan
- Emily Lejeune – 3rd Dan
- Philippe Hubert – 2nd Dan
- Marco Milano – 2nd Dan
- Isabelle Lacour – 1st Dan
- Benjamin Nicolas – 1st Dan
- Florian Barrault – 1st Dan
- Nathalie Barrault – 1st Dan
- Marion Ferret – 1st Dan
- Fabrice Bedet – 1st Dan
- Remi Lacour – 1st Dan
- Jose Lopez – 1st Dan
- Hajar Madouani – 1st Dan
Cercle Eventail Tai Chi Chuan
- Philippe Denis – 5th Duan
- Richard Genovese – 3rd Duan
- Eric Dior – 2nd Duan
- Simone Hiret – 2nd Duan
- Monique Pouillot – 2nd Duan
- Marie-France Smith – 2nd Duan
- Monique Balian – 1st Duan
CK Shito Ryu 44
- Joel Bodet – 8th Dan
Joel Bodet
- Franck Bourcin – 5th Dan
Club 93
- Nicolas Zambetta – 2nd Dan
- Christin Patricia Pieroni – 1st Dan
- Laurent Segond – 1st Dan
Fair Play Sport 12
- Ludovic Bertrand – 5th Dan
- Anthony Rey – 4th Dan
Geibukikan
- Sandro Martinelli – 6th Dan
- Diane Luc Batigne – 5th Dan
Karate Club Creutzwald
- Gottfried Graebner – 7th Dan
- Odette Badera – 5th Dan
- Pierre Badera – 5th Dan
- Patrick Boulanger – 5th Dan
- Jean Badera – 5th Dan
- Mickael Schreiner – 5th Dan
- Serge Lagarde – 4th Dan
- Agnes Badera – 4th Dan
- Jeremy Badera – 3rd Dan
- Christian Barsznica – 3rd Dan
- Sandra Bastian – 3rd Dan
- Laurine Badera – 1st Dan
- Matieu Blanck – 1st Dan
- Stephane Blanck – 1st Dan
- Carole Sprenger – 1st Dan
- Laurence Beaume – 1st Dan
- Viviane Beaume – 1st Dan
Karate Club De Saulnes
- Franck Boucher – 3rd Dan
- Pierre Boucher – 3rd Dan
- Gilles Sillien – 1st Dan
Karate Do Traditionnel Pays Basque
- Bernard Miollan – 8th Dan
- Cedric Delage – 3rd Dan
- Sylvain Denegre – 3rd Dan
- Stephane Cottrell – 3rd Dan
- Combe de la Boutaut – 2nd Dan
- Jeff Maumont – 2nd Dan
- Marc Farhat – 2nd Dan
- David Desanti – 1st Dan
- Christian Sow – 1st Dan
- Victor Ziapkoff – 1st Dan
KC Chambly
- Gerard Clopeaud – 8th Dan
- Jean Champion – 7th Dan
- Nathalie Clopeaud – 3rd Dan
- Patrice Delbes – 2nd Dan
- Joelle Le Fournis – 2nd Dan
- Thomas Naak – 2nd Dan
- Julien Hamon – 2nd Dan
- Stephane Dore – 2nd Dan
- Angelo Marotta – 2nd Dan
- Nicolas Chard-Huchins – 1st Dan
- Tina Somchit Vignau – 1st Dan
- Christopher Da Costa – 1st Dan
- Jonathan Da Costa – 1st Dan
- Yoan Dore – 1st Dan
- Franck Nestoret – 1st Dan
- Mustapha Oumbiche – 1st Dan
- Anne Pisani – 1st Dan
- Christope Simond – 1st Dan
KC Shotokan Woustviller
- Hubert Goettman – 3rd Dan
- Rene Haffner – 3rd Dan
- Romain Zaccomer – 2nd Dan
- Sylvain Courte – 2nd Dan
- Carole Meyer – 1st Dan
- Michel Courtaux – 1st Dan
- Benoit Bott – 1st Dan
- Denis Marchal – 1st Dan
- Dominique Schenck – 1st Dan
- Marc Ciavarella – 1st Dan
NR Gym
- Jean Patrick Parrot – 5th Dan
Option Fair Play
- Jean Pierre Vignau – 9th Dan
- Pierre Portocarrero – 9th Dan
- Olivier Cantave-Plu – 7th Dan
- Richard Atteleyn – 4th Dan
- Jim Messager – 3rd Dan
- Jacques Brune – 3rd Dan
- Loic Bussieres – 3rd Dan
- Philippe Boiteux – 3rd Dan
- Issam Boukanchour – 3rd Dan
- Anael Deffreyes – 3rd Dan
- Robert Nardone – 3rd Dan
- Olivier Relier – 3rd Dan
- Valerie Gourves – 2nd Dan
- Christian Lutaud – 2nd Dan
- Jerome Bathier – 2nd Dan
- Abdelkader Hamma – 2nd Dan
- Christophe Bouvret – 2nd Dan
- Wieslaw Kolaczinski – 2nd Dan
- Marcel Nissenbaum – 2nd Dan
- Jacques Salem – 2nd Dan
- Aurelien Sonneville – 2nd Dan
- Vadim Genevois – 1st Dan
- Etienne Eyraud – 1st Dan
- Ali Okou – 1st Dan
- Sara Helene Okou – 1st Dan
- Come Piel-Paris – 1st Dan
- Thierry Romero – 1st Dan
- Mahamadou Diarra – 1st Dan
- Antoine Leo Joseph – 1st Dan
- Sacha Lindor – 1st Dan
- Philippe Yeou – 1st Dan
- Alexsandre Adzic – 1st Dan
- Adam Adzic – 1st Dan
- Lyna Benmeziane – 1st Dan
- Sylvain Boillot – 1st Dan
- Adam Boudjelal – 1st Dan
- Luca Boudjelal – 1st Dan
- Jean Luc Chatot – 1st Dan
- Daniel Coone – 1st Dan
- Tamara Deliens – 1st Dan
- Yanis Galdari – 1st Dan
- Laurent Laloue – 1st Dan
- Naim Le Nigen – 1st Dan
- Regis Milbergue – 1st Dan
- Yanis Milisic – 1st Dan
- Frederic Ondet – 1st Dan
- Eric Parain – 1st Dan
- Christophe Planche – 1st Dan
- Dominique Prost – 1st Dan
- Lucas Raussin – 1st Dan
- Alain Ussel – 1st Dan
- Michel Valentin – 1st Dan
- Tenzin Vasiljevic – 1st Dan
- Djeiby Drame – Black
- Aurelien Journeeault – Black
Semussac
- Franck Chevalier – 3rd Dan
- Horace Escot-Vernillard – 1st Dan
- Philippe Simon – 1st Dan
- Mickael Trichard – 1st Dan
Shorin Ryu Okinawa Karate Do
- Sylvain Lucas – 5th Dan
- Laurent Caillon – 1st Dan
- Bruno Dodin – 1st Dan
Tiger Way
- Christophe Duchatel – 3rd Dan
- Jean Baptiste Leroy – 2nd Dan
IBA Germany…
Nippon Yawara Ryu Aiki Ju Jitsu Remnei
- Siegfried Boedeker – 10th Dan
IBA Italy…
Dinamic Karate
- Sandro Martinelli – 6th Dan
- Bruno Molin – 2nd Dan
IBA Portugal…
- Horacio Ferreira – 1st Dan
IBA Switzerland…
(Registered through Alain Thévoz)
- Alain Thévoz – 7th Dan
- Michel Maurer – 6th Dan
- Hans Hoffmann – 6th Dan
- Yves Alain Thévoz – 6th Dan
- Tonino Leone – 6th Dan
- Gérard Grossetête – 6th Dan
- Fernando Acevedo Reyes – 5th Dan
- Jérome Priac – 5th Dan
- Cedric Thevoz – 5th Dan
- Patrick Magnin – 4th Dan
- Jan Grossetête – 4th Dan
- Pierre Vogel – 3rd Dan
- Arnaud Gay – 3rd Dan
- Nicolas Cazade – 3rd Dan
- Moncef Assa – 3rd Dan
- Ismail Salah – 3rd Dan
- Benjamin Suljic – 3rd Dan
- Emina Suljic – 3rd Dan
- Daniel Deschenaux – 2nd Dan
- Sophie Genneret – 2nd Dan
- Jean Paul Haas – 2nd Dan
- Heinz Giesenfeld – 2nd Dan
- Pierre Desponds – 2nd Dan
- Jean-Marc Sicuranza – 2nd Dan
- Nicole Harper – 2nd Dan
- Fabio Chironi – 2nd Dan
- Olga Perreard – 2nd Dan
- Kwok Yuen Kwan – 2nd Dan
- Simon Maulini – 2nd Dan
- Tania Garrido – 2nd Dan
- Jean Pierre Agostinetti – 1st Dan
- Salvatore Rasino – 1st Dan
- Océane Corbat – 1st Dan
- Marc Epalza – 1st Dan
- Sacha Marchal – 1st Dan
- Axel Sabin – 1st Dan
- Eddy Thiemard – 1st Dan
- Hakim Salah – 1st Dan
- Alya Salah – 1st Dan
- Maryam Nassiri – 1st Dan
- Alicia Ellero – 1st Dan
- Sacha Favez – 1st Dan
- Eloi-John Delaye – 1st Dan
- Thierry Forestier – 1st Dan
- Andréas Zay – 1st Dan
- Sophie Bouchardy – 1st Dan
- Adrian Demiri – 1st Dan
- Nauman Hussain – 1st Dan
- Iman Salah – 1st Dan
- Tudor Iovita – 1st Dan
- Martin Tonnby – 1st Dan
- Eemilie Tonnby – 1st Dan
- Brigitte Matthey – 1st Dan
World Members
IBA Australia…
- Graham Ravey – 8th Dan
- Rick Dobson – 7th Dan
- Dave Fletcher – 5th Dan
IBA U.S.A…
- John Knox – 4th Dan
- Jack Etheridge – 4th Dan
- Charles Swartout – 3rd Dan
- Juanita Clark – 1st Dan
IBA Morocco…
(Registered through Jacquy Binda)
Shaolin Karate Dcheira
- Omar Aberbach – 6th Dan
- Said Aberbach – 4th Dan
- Karima Aberbach – 3rd Dan
- Nazha Adiddi – 3rd Dan
- Fatimzahra Ouaalla – 2nd Dan
Karate Club Avenir Tiznit
- Mohamed Banane – 4th Dan
- Abdessamad Banane – 1st Dan
IBA Republic of Niger…
- Lankoande Adamou Idrissa – 6th Dan
- Soter Hakizimana – 6th Dan
- Youbba Ould Hamadi – 5th Dan
- Salfo Compaore – 5th Dan
- Bagre Evariste – 4th Dan
- David Hakizimana – 3rd Dan
- Mamoudou Guindo – 3rd Dan
- Pafadnam Daouda – 3rd Dan
- Kie Ki Ta Boris Rejean – 3rd Dan
- Kie Kie Ta Christiane Ursule – 3rd Dan
- Iskilou Amadou Alassane – 2nd Dan
- Ibrahime Assoumane – 2nd Dan
- Ousmane Yacouba Ali – 2nd Dan
- Mamane Sani Danbaki – 2nd Dan
- Ide Harouna – 2nd Dan
- Koulibaly Alassane – 1st Dan
- Mahamane Bachir Alassane – 1st Dan
- Idrissa Tchernaka – 1st Dan
Registered and Licenced Kyu Grades as at 24th January, 2024
IBA UK – 1022
IBA Belgium – 0
IBA France – 276
IBA Italy – 18
IBA Slovenia – 2
IBA Switzerland – 63
Rest of World – 201