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2019 – 2020 National Point Standings United States Karate Alliance 2019 – 2020 National Point Standings Includes Events: May 10th, 2019 – May 2nd, 2020 – Season ended May 2nd, 2020 In order to retain your USKA National Points Champion standing, you must be a current member by September 7, 2020. In order to assist you during these uncertain times, the USKA is pleased to offer the following membership specials: $60.00 for a two year membership; $30 for a new membership; and, $20.00 to renew. This offer is only in effect until September 7, 2020. You may sign up or renew online at uskaratealliance.com or download an application and mail it to USKA, P.O. Box 20609, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87154. This Ranking Includes members and non-members - Competitors and Coaches have until August 31, 2020 to protest each points update NON-MEMBERS AND EXPIRED MEMBERS WILL BE DELETED ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 – JOIN NOW TO KEEP YOUR PERSONAL AND TEAM POINTS CLICK TO JOIN National Team Standings (includes non-members) 55 Hallmark's Impact MA 111 28 Tillson, Steve 328 1 Cotten's Karate 7981 56 Bowles Shuri-Ryu Association 110 29 Longley, James 306 2 Kline's No Limits Karate Academy 7470 57 Pace's Montrose Martial Arts 110 30 Chartier/Griffin 286 3 Effler's Livingston Karate 6308 58 Lopez's Ki Senshi 110 31 Hollingsworth, Kraig 275 3 Mandeville Karate Training Center 6308 59 Fukuda Japan Martial Arts Center 110 32 Anderson, Cathy 246 3 Holtzman's - Palm Springs Karate 6308 60 Lee Freeman Cardio Kickbox(AZ) 108 33 Wooten, Dennis (AZ) 245 3 Paradise Valley Karate 6308 61 McKaskle's Strong Tiger (AZ) 96 34 Robinson, Lawrence 238 4 D'Arbonne Martial Arts 3707 62 George's Matsubayashi 95 35 Stephan, Matt 230 5 Gorman's MEKA 3487 63 Beach Karate 90 36 Dixon, Chris 210 6 Patton's Korean Karate 2117 64 Sheridan's Martial Arts Center 90 37 Calantog, Henry 198 7 Ark-LA-Tex 1628 65 Cannon's Bayou Martial Arts 87 38 Tippet, Michael 195 8 Felty's LA Black Belt Academy 1163 66 Banuelos NAK (AZ) 85 39 McDaniel, James 187 9 American Black Belt Acad/ Lecompte 1104 67 Corona's Omega Karate 75 40 Laidlaw, Jason 185 10 McCullough's Kings Karate 1041 68 Brown's YCA Ryu Kyu 70 41 Fagen, Marsha 182 14 Aguilar's Vipers Sport Karate 1037 69 Kirby's San Lum Academy 70 42 Bowles, Robert 180 15 Kenson Karate 1029 70 Miller's Fighting Tigers MA Acad(MS) 70 43 Sinclair, Toby 179 16 Wai Kung Pai 840 71 Linebarger Ku-Sho 65 44 Lyon, Loren 170 17 Wheeler TKD 799 72 Sasso Goju Shorei Karate Academy 65 45 Ward, Rubert 169 18 Flores Karate Academy 712 73 SWFA (AZ) 61 46 Mitchell, Ed 158 19 Yaeger's Self Defense (TX) 611 74 Dulaney Laveen Karate 60 47 Soto, Alex 156 20 Tim Hope Karate 596 75 Tullier American Family MA 58 48 Harvey, Joey 153 21 Sanders NM Shotokan Karate 560 76 Crumpler Puma Karate 55 49 Rudd, Donald 150 22 Nevarez Matsunoki Martial Arts 439 77 Olson's RMKA 55 50 Moreau, Felipe 148 23 Chavez Kenpo Karate (AZ) 415 78 Bailey's - Horizons Martial Arts 53 51 Dupre, Randy 142 24 Clark's Dojo & Fit Club 413 79 Couch's Ryushinkan Dojo 50 52 Self, Jackie 140 25 Bossong's Shorei Ryu Studios 410 80 Khalid MA of Glendale AZ 50 53 Munding, Howard 136 26 Tillson's AMAC 328 54 Walker, Joseph 120 27 Longley's Relands Karate 306 National Instructor Standings (includes non-members) 55 Quayhagen, Ric/Josh 120 28 Chartier/Griffin's AMA 286 1 Kline, Wayne 7470 56 DuPree, Keith 115 29 Hollingsworth Activstars of AZ 275 2 Effler, Ray 7017 57 Perry, Chuck 115 30 Arizona Family Karate Academy 246 3 Cotten, Buster 6364 58 Hallmark, Lori 111 31 Wooten's Red Dragon (AZ) 245 4 Holtzman, Guy 4924 59 Fukuda, Akira 110 32 Robinson's Attitue First 238 5 Wall, Mike 4572 60 Lopez, David 110 33 Stephan's Shuri-Ryu Fort Wayne 230 6 Shook, Scott 4021 61 Pace, Damon (CO) 110 34 Dixon's ASDA of Mesa 210 7 Gorman, Mark/Anna 3487 62 Freeman, Lee 108 35 Calantog's Legacy MA 198 8 McPherson, Rodney 3357 63 McKaskle, James 96 36 Arrowhead Martial Arts Academy 195 9 Felty, Dr Kelly 2117 64 George, Mike (CA) 95 37 McDaniel's Pirates Cove 187 10 Dupaquier, Joe 1660 65 Beach, Ric 90 38 Laidlaw World Combat Academy 185 10 Watts, Susan 1660 66 Cannon, David 87 39 Fagan's Youn Wha United 182 11 Feltey, Pat 1163 67 Banuelos, Sal 85 40 Sinclair's Cotton Valley TKD 179 12 Johnson, George 1104 68 Corona, Hondo 75 41 Lyon's Dojo & Fit Club 170 13 McCullough, S 1041 69 Brown, Robert 70 42 Ward Mushin-Do 169 15 Aguilar, Hescar 1037 70 Kirby, Christopher 70 43 Mitchell's Many Ways of Defending 158 16 Bullock, Kirk 1029 71 Miller, John 70 44 Soto's OGKI 156 17 Jordan, David 898 72 Sasso, Frank 65 45 Harvey's West La Jujitsu 153 18 Bermudez, Juan Pablo 840 73 Linebarger, Johnny 65 46 Rudd's North LA Isshinryu 150 19 Wheeler, Kurt 799 74 Jordan, Sandy 61 47 Moreau AZ Free Style TKD 148 20 Flores, Steve 712 75 Dulaney, Marcel 60 48 Dupre Team Eagle 142 21 Yaeger, Chris 611 76 Tullier (BR) 58 49 Self's Ennis B.B. Academy 140 22 Sanders, Randell 610 77 Crumplar, Stacy 55 50 Mundings Millenium 136 23 Hope, Tim 596 78 Olson, Kyle 55 51 Academy of Okinawan Karate 120 24 Nevarez, James 439 79 Bailey, Brad 53 52 Quayhagen's Performance Evolution 120 25 Chavez, Edward 415 53 Perry's American Kung Fu Acad 115 26 Clark, James 413 54 DuPree's Tang Soo Do MA 115 27 Bossong, Dwight 410 Black Belt Men Kata 10 Jake Odom(m) 55 McPherson, Rodney D'Arbonne Martial Arts 1 Jacob Boutwell(m) 303 Effler, Ray Cotten's Karate 11 Gonzalo Farias(x) 40 Bermudez, Juan Pablo Wai Kung Pai 2 Scott Shook(m) 225 Dupaquier, Joe Mandeville Karate Training Center 11 Gus Lugo(x) 40 Bowles, Robert Bowles Shuri-Ryu Association 3 Matthew Bourque(m) 190 Watts, Susan Ark-LA-Tex 11 Michael Cooley(x) 40 Venson, John Venson's Just for Kicks 4 Steve Queen(x) 167 Kline, Wayne Kline's No Limits Karate Academy 11 Ellis Chinagozi(x) 40 Perry, Chuck Perry's American Kung Fu Acad 5 Wayne Kline(x) 140 Kline, Wayne Kline's No Limits Karate Academy 12 Omar Nawwab(m) 35 Clark, James Clark's Dojo & Fit Club 6 Rodney McPherson(m) 123 Jordan, David D'Arbonne Martial Arts 13 Patrick Kirby(x) 30 Kirby, Christopher Kirby's San Lum Academy 7 Daniel Winner(m) 80 Beach, Ric Beach Karate 13 David Hustedt(x) 30 Sanders, Randell Sanders NM Shotokan Karate 7 Dalton Helms(m) 80 Holtzman, Guy Holtzman's - Palm Springs Karate 13 Josh Quayhagen(m) 30 Quayhagen, Ric/Josh Quayhagen's Performance Evolution 8 Todd DeBoer(x) 70 Holtzman, Guy Holtzman's - Palm Springs Karate 13 George Sheridan(x) 30 Bowles, Robert Sheridan's Martial Arts Center 9 Gary Gattuso(x) 60 Holtzman, Guy Holtzman's - Palm Springs Karate 14 Tante Ramoran(x) 30 Holtzman, Guy Holtzman's - Palm Springs Karate 15 Ethan Padilla(x) 25 Flores, Steve Flores Karate Academy 14 Sarah Ponto Rivera(x) 10 Sheridan, George Sheridan's Martial Arts Center 15 Austin Helms(x) 25 Holtzman, Guy Holtzman's - Palm Springs Karate 14 Bailey Ziegel(x) 10 Delgado, Danaree' Cotten's Karate 15 James Longley(x) 25 Longley, James Longley's Relands Karate Black Belt Women Kumite 15 Lawrence Robinson(x) 25 Robinson, Lawrence Robinson's Attitue First 1 Makenzie Brewer(m) 240 Watts, Susan Cotten's Karate 16 Larry Banks(x) 23 Cotten, Buster Cotten's Karate 2 Kristin Dupaquier(m) 235 Dupaquier, Joe Mandeville Karate Training Center 17 James Nevarez(x) 20 Nevarez, James Nevarez Matsunoki Martial Arts 3 Dr. Rebecca Effler(m) 155 Dupaquier, Joe Effler's Livingston Karate 17 Dwight Bossong(x) 20 Rabino, Pete Bossong's Shorei Ryu Studios 4 Therese Martinez(m) 70 Flores, Steve Flores Karate Academy 17 Juan Jose Camacho(x) 20 Bermudez, Juan Pablo Wai Kung Pai 5 Juliette Signoret(x) 65 Holtzman, Guy Holtzman's - Palm Springs Karate 17 Tyler Ables(x) 20 Ables, Steven Ables' Fire Dragons 6 Lina Breunlin(x) 50 Morrisette, Erik Paradise Valley Karate 17 Joseph Gerardi(x) 20 Holtzman, Guy Holtzman's - Palm Springs Karate 7 Susan Watts(m) 40 Jordan, David Ark-LA-Tex 17 John Udoni(m) 20 Gorman, Mark/Anna Gorman's MEKA 8 Torrey Davis(x) 30 Holtzman, Guy Holtzman's - Palm Springs Karate 18 Ruben Hatfield(x) 19 Cotten, Buster Cotten's Karate 8 Emma Ivany(m) 30 George, Mike (CA) George's Matsubayashi 19 Troy Rudolph(m) 11 Wall, Mike Paradise Valley Karate 8 Katy Chalamidas(m) 30 Gorman, Mark/Anna Gorman's MEKA 20 Jimmy Navarro(x) 10 Holtzman, Guy Holtzman's - Palm Springs Karate 9 Kathryn Watts(m) 21 Watts, Susan Ark-LA-Tex 20 Conway Wong(m) 10 Calander, Milt Calander's Bushido Academy 10 Kaitlin Livingston(x) 20 Dixon, Chris Dixon's ASDA of Mesa 20 Michael Ryan Engler(x) 10 Dixon, Chris Dixon's ASDA of Mesa 10 Emily Bukovnik(x) 20 Tippet, Michael Arrowhead Martial Arts Academy 20 Robert Brown(x) 10 Brown, Robert Brown's YCA Ryu Kyu 10 Kristle Slason(x) 20 Wall, Mike Paradise Valley Karate 20 Matt Hinkamp(x) 10 Frisard, Candace Frisard's World Martial Arts 10 Heather Wall(m) 20 Wall, Mike Paradise Valley Karate 21 Reagan Helms(x) 7 Holtzman, Guy Holtzman's - Palm Springs Karate 11 Bailey Ziegel(x) 15 Delgado, Danaree' Cotten's Karate 21 Eric Padilla(x) 7 Flores, Steve Flores Karate Academy Intermediate Men Kata 22 Giovanni Hernandez(x) 5 Lopez, David Lopez's Ki Senshi 1 Derek Toohey(m) 185 Wall, Mike Paradise Valley Karate 22 Roberto Capocchi(x) 5 Flores, Steve Flores Karate Academy 2 Mark Kline(x) 80 Kline, Wayne Kline's No Limits Karate Academy Black Belt Men Kumite 3 Brendan Myers(x) 65 Nevarez, James Nevarez Matsunoki Martial Arts 1 Jacob Boutwell(m) 358 Effler, Ray Cotten's Karate 3 Dr Sean Hardy(x) 65 Shook, Scott Mandeville Karate Training Center 2 Scott Shook(m) 190 Dupaquier, Joe Mandeville Karate Training Center 4 Nate Whitson Jr(m) 60 Sanders, Randell Sanders NM Shotokan Karate 3 Matthew Bourque(m) 180 Watts, Susan
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