All Japan Ju-Jitsu International Federation - The Governing Ju-Jitsu Body Worldwide

AJJIF Dan Ranks (Black Belt Ranks)

Judan - 10th Degree Black Belts	Kudan - 9th Degree Black Belts
Hachidan - 8th Degree Black Belts	Shichidan - 7th Degree Black Belts
Rokudan - 6th Degree Black Belts	Godan - 5th Degree Black Belts
Yodan - 4th Degree Black Belts	Sandan - 3rd Degree Black Belts
Nidan - 2nd Degree Black Belts	Shodan - 1st Degree Black Belts

Judan - 10th Degree Black Belts (34)

Name	Country	Style	E-mail / URL
*Prof. Wally Jay*	USA	Ju-Jitsu Judo	http://www.smallcirclejujitsu.com wally@smallcirclejujitsu.com
*O-Sensei* *Philip Porter*	USA	Ju-Jitsu Judo Hapkido Karate	http://www.mararts.org psp83@earthlink.net
Hanshi *John Denora*	USA	Aiki Jiu-Jitsu Judo	http://www.daitoryuusa.com http://www.johndenora.com johndenora@yahoo.com
**Soke Alexey Kunin**	USA / Ukraine	Combat Ju-Jutsu Ju-Jitsu Judo Combat Karate	www.katabami-jujitsu.com http://www.usa-jujitsu.org ajjif@yahoo.com
Soke *Kimitoshi Sato*	Japan	Ju-Jitsu
*Hanshi* Tadahiko Ishikawa	Japan	Ju-Jitsu
*Hanshi* Dr. Tetsushiro Hokama	Japan	Ju-Jitsu
*Hanshi* *Nori Bunasawa*	USA / Japan	Juken-Do Judo
O-Sensei *Hidetaka Nishiyama*	USA / Japan	Karate-do
*Hanshi* *Steve Barnett*	UK	Combat Ju-Jitsu Budo	http://www.goshin.org.uk stevehanshi@aol.com
*Hanshi* *Bryan Cheek*	UK	Ju-Jitsu	http://www.webbsma.com/ shihan@webbsma.org
*Hanshi* Kenneth Penland (Deceased - 08 October, 2006)	USA	Ju-Jitsu
*Hanshi* Larry Hilton	USA	Ju-Jitsu	http://www.midil.com/plimshof.html E-mail: hiltonbranson@aol.com
*Hanshi* *Dr. John Williams*	Canada	Daito Ryu Aiki Bujutsu	http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/4856/ http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/1235/ saigoha@hotmail.com
***Hanshi* Stefano Surace**	France	Ju-Jitsu	http://www.lri.fr/~morin/surace/ jujitsu@noos.fr
*Hanshi* *Daniel Blanchet*	France	Ju-Jitsu
*Hanshi* *John D. Lupton*	Ireland	Ju-Jitsu	http://www.jiu-jitsu-ireland.com/asp/ hanshi@jiu-jitsu-ireland.com
*Hanshi* Prof. Gene LeBell	USA	Ju-Jitsu	http://www.genelebell.com judogene@genelebell.com
*Hanshi* George Kirby	USA	Ju-Jitsu	http://www.budoshin.com/ senseigk@budoshin.com
*O-Sensei Harold Brosious*	USA	Ju-Jitsu	http://www.harbrodojo.com ketsugojujitsu@earthlink.net
*Hanshi* *Sonny Hughes*	USA	Ju-Jitsu	http://www.sonnyhughes.com sonny@sonnyhughes.com
*Hanshi* *Toney Raven*	USA	Ju-Jitsu Judo	worldblackbelt.com/Living_Legends/Raven_Toney.asp Toney.Raven@boeing.com
***Hanshi* Stanislav Holodkov**	USA / Kyrgyzstan	Combat Karate	fudokanusa@yahoo.com
***Hanshi* Dr. Robert Braff**	USA/ Trinidad & Tabago	Ju-Jitsu Karate	www.sanryudo.com sanryudo1@aol.com
***Hanshi* Robert Bugh**	USA	Ju-Jitsu	www.shobu-ryu.net sokebugh@yahoo.com
*Hanshi* *George Alexander, Ph.,D*	USA	Ju-Jitsu Karate	www.yamazato-videos.com alexyama@mindspring.com
*Hanshi* *Pablo Pereda Gonzalez, M.D.*	Spain	Ju-Jitsu Karate	http://masterkarate.galeon.com matsu@to-de.org
*Hanshi* Jedan O. Figueroa	Puerto Rico	Ju-Jitsu	www.angelfire.com/ab/JIUJITSU jedanryu@hotmail.com
*Hanshi* Prof. Dante Roccisano	Australia	Aikibudo	http://www.aikibudo.com.au aikibudo@internode.on.net
*Hanshi* *Tony Jackson*	Australia	Ju-Jitsu	http://www.shearwood.net/testing/ hanshitiger@hotmail.com
*Hanshi* Gholamreza Gholami	Iran	Ju-Jitsu	http://www.imaa.8k.com imaagholami@yahoo.com
*Soke* Prof. Ilija Jorga M.D., Ph.D.	Serbia	Karate - Do	http://www.fudokanworld.org
*Soke* Ljubomir Vracarevic	Serbia	Aikido	www.realniaikido.info wcra@eunet.yu

Kudan - 9th Degree Black Belts (7)

Name	Country	Style	E-mail / URL
*Hanshi* Reylson Gracie	USA/ Brazil	Brazil Ju-Jitsu	http://www.reylsongracie.com reylsongracie@reylsongracie.com
*Doshu Shiro Shintaku*	USA / Japan	Ju-Jitsu	http://www.tenshinichiryu.com tsir.office@verizon.net
*Hanshi* J. Dennis McCurdy	USA	Ju-Jitsu	http://www.americanjujitsuassociation.org jmccurdy@cvm.fda.gov
*Hanshi* Dave Franklin	Australia	Ju-Jitsu Judo Karate	http://www.chowaryu-jujitsu.com david.franklin1@defence.gov.au
*Hanshi* Massimo Curti Giardina	Italy	Ju-Jitsu	http://www.sjja.org sankakuryu@hotmail.com
Soke *Dr. Keyvan Dehnad*	Iran	Bujitsu Judo Karate	http://www.budo.org.8m.com drkdehnad@yahoo.com

Hachidan - 8th Degree Black Belts (14)

Name	Country	Style	E-mail / URL
*Hanshi* Nikolay Vasiliev	Russia	Combat Ju-Jutsu	aperunov@intant.ru http://ju-jutsu.tomsk.net
*Hanshi* Raul Gutierrez Lopez	Spain	Fu-Shih Kenpo Koshiki-Karate-Do Shotokan Karate Tae-Kwon-Do	http://www.raul-gutierrez.com rgutkenpo@hotmail.com
*Shihan* Geoff Benoy	Belgium	Karate Jitsu	http://www.imaf-europe.com geoff.benoy@tci-e.com
***Hanshi* Simon Limoges**	Canada	Daito Ryu Aiki Bu Jutsu	kidokan@videotron.ca http://geocities.com/kidokan_bu_jutsu/index.html
***Hanshi* Bolivar Ramirez**	Puerto Rico	Ju-Jitsu Ai-Ki-Do	www.Shushinkan.com Shushinkan@hotmail.com
*Hanshi* Gokor Chivichyan	Armenia	Ju-Jitsu Judo Sambo	www.gokor.com gokor@gokor.com
*Hanshi* Heru Nurcahyo	Indonesia	Ju-Jitsu
*Hanshi* Amir Hamsayeh	Iran	Ju-Jitsu
*Hanshi* Daniel Howard	USA	Ju-Jitsu	har.bro3@adelphia.net
*Hanshi* William H. Thorndike Jr.	USA