Master Shoffit’s Shin-Toshi Black Belts

These are the students who have earned the rank of Black Belt (Sho Dan) under Master Shoffit. This is a listing by year and name, along with hometown, and college degree (when applicable at the time of their Black Belt test).

1970

1978 Paul Taylor, B.A. – Denton, Texas
1978 Lloyd Fitzpatrick, Ph. D. – Denton, Texas
1979 Mark Kobilka, B.A. – Dallas, Texas

Black Belts, 1988.

1980

1980 Judy Shoffit, M.S. – Denton, Texas
1981 Monte Borders, B.S. – Denton, Texas
1981 Ray Medina – Denton, Texas
1981 Gary Phipps – Austin, Texas
1982 John Coble, O.D. – Greenville, Texas
1982 Robert Earle, B.A. – Virginia Beach, Virginia
1982 Vince Jones – Denton, Texas
1983 David de la Garza, B.S. – Dallas, Texas
1984 Danny Salas – Denton, Texas
1984 Richard Foster (Shin-Toshi’s 1st full contact fighter, and Mr. Shoffit’s 1st Ni Dan) – Dallas, Texas
1985 Corby Ridgway (12 yrs. old, posthumously) Decatur, TX
1985 Maria Eaton – Krum, Texas
1985 Celso Emer – Nederland Antilles
1986 John Barretto – Colorado Springs, Colorado
1986 Christi Potter – Denton, Texas
1986 Paul Simica, B.S. – Dallas, Texas
1986 Blake DeHart – Denton, Texas
1986 Sara DeHart, D.C. – Denton, Texas
1986 Carlos Ferrer – Salt Lake City, Utah
1986 Jerry Mercer – Decatur, Texas
1986 John Crabtree – Gainesville, Texas
1986 Lisa Eaton – Krum, Texas
1986 Hector Verdin – Denton, Texas
1987 Betty Arrington, M.E. – Denton, Texas
1987 Ali Azghani, Ph. D. – Tyler, Texas
1987 Asha Lall, M.D. – Denton, Texas
1987 J. Tucker Rojas, B.A. – Denton, Texas
1988 Paul Branum – Austin, Texas
1988 Louie Miller – Houston, Texas
1988 Roger White, B.S. – Krum, Texas
1988 Don Miller – Denton, Texas
1988 Ronnie Ray – Wylie, Texas

Black Belts, 1990.

1990

1990 Joe Marino, B.A. – Denton, Texas
1990 Ricky Collins, B.A. – College Station, Texas
1990 Monroe Crowder – Denton, Texas
1990 Brian Feiock, M.D. – Fort Myers, Florida
1991 Robert Devine, M.M, – Denton, Texas
1991 Windle White – Gainesville, Texas
1991 Robert Fletcher – Gainesville, Texas
1992 Perry Flowers – Denton, Texas
1992 Kerry West, B.S. – Denton, Texas
1992 Amanda West, B.A. – Denton, Texas
1992 Mary Catherine Benton – Salt Lake City, Utah
1992 Michael Moore – Salt Lake City, Utah
1992 Ken Lovelett, Ph.D. – Memphis, Tennessee
1993 Ray Vinson – Sanger, Texas
1993 Lee Klein – Decatur, Texas
1994 Michael Cherri – Denton, Texas
1994 Robert Hall, B.A. – Denton, Texas
1995 Michael Roark, B.A. – Stockholm, Sweden
1997 Debbie Wroe – Aubrey, Texas
1997 Shane Sims, B.B.A, M.B.A. – Dallas, Texas
1997 E. Scott Leavell – Denton, Texas
1999 Terry Sewell – Denton, Texas

Black Belts, 1992.

2000

2001 Larry Hall – Denton, Texas
2001 Rodney Pullin – Denton, Texas
2001 John O’Keefe – Denton, Texas
2001 J.C. McCary – Gloucester, Virginia
2004 Jessica Elliott, B.S. – N. Richland Hills, Texas
2004 John O’Keefe – San Antonio, Texas
2004 Zane Morgan – Denton, Texas
2004 Fernando Garcia – Denton, Texas
2006 Jeff Arrington, MBA – Denton, Texas
2006 Chris Klein, Shin-Toshi’s 1st MMA Fighter – Denton, Texas
2007 Clifford Fausset – Denton, Texas
2007 Matt Skelton – Denton, Texas
2008 Jonathon Cogan – Denton, Texas
2008 Timothy Cogan – Denton, Texas
2008 Susan Dubois – Denton, Texas

Black Belts, 2006.

2010

2011 Doug Downing – Denton, Texas
2012 Fritz Schwalm Jr – Denton, Texas
2016 Jonathon Pullin, B.S. – Denton, Texas
2016 Doug Burr, B.B.A. – Denton, Texas