Brown belt 1st kyu
Orange belt 7th kyu
Blue belt 4th kyu
Brown belt 3rd kyu
Yellow belt 8th kyu
Blue belt 5th kyu
Black belt 1st dan
Green belt 6th kyu
Brown belt 2nd kyu
CSL YUDANSHA
At the Cote Saint-Luc dojo, the dan/kyu ranking system is used. All members begin as 9th kyu (rank), or "white belt." In order to advance in rank, the student must take a karate exam. Each time a student changes rank, the kyu number is lowered by one and they change the color of their belt. The final kyu rank is 1st kyu, brown belt. The number of kyu levels, as well as the color of the belt associated with those levels, can vary greatly from one style or school to the next.
A 1st kyu brown belt attempting to achieve black belt must undergo a special exam under a very high level examiner. If a 1st kyu passes this exam, they become a 1st dan black belt, or shodan (first level). Instead of kyu ranking, dan levels are used in the ranking system for black belts. Traditionally, dan levels go up to ten, 10th dan being the highest. Anyone possessing dan certification is known as Yudansha, a person who holds a black belt rank. The following list is dedicated to all of the CSL students who, through their perseverance and determination, through years of training, have finally achieved the coveted rank of kuro-obi (black belt).
White belt 9th kyu
CSL Yudansha
Daniel Zolov, Shodan - 1998
Shawn Levine, Shodan - 1998
Debbie Stein, Shodan - 1999
Angelo Baaco, Shodan - 2000
Jessica Kirsh, Shodan - 2000
Erik Blair, Shodan - 2002
Jason Khan, Shodan - 2002
Samantha Kirsh, Shodan - 2002
Sina Mashhady, Shodan - 2002
Jessica Kirsh, Nidan - 2003 **
Mircea Badea, Shodan - 2003
Gaby Ionita, Shodan - 2003
Jennifer Fraenkel, Shodan - 2004
Stephen Lenet, Shodan - 2004
Nick Hanlon, Shodan - 2004
Angelo Baaco, Nidan - 2006 **
Cheryl Weiss, Shodan - 2007
Simon Dayan, Shodan - 2007
Tori Lenet, Shodan - 2007
Jake Levy, Shodan - 2007
Jordan Stern, Shodan - 2007
Stephanie Lenet, Shodan - 2007
Noemi Grosu, Shodan - 2007
Dominique Dubowy, Shodan - 2007
Yael Edery, Shodan - 2007
Ali Stern, Shodan - 2007
Stephen Lenet, Nidan - 2009 **
Paulette Espinosa, Shodan - 2009
Shafiqa Khadri, Shodan - 2009
Calvin Loo, Shodan - 2009
Saeed Kharad-Mehr, Shodan - 2009
Karlo Trost, Shodan - 2009
Emiliano Morales-Espinosa, Shodan - 2009
Ariel Shapiro, Shodan - 2010
Samson Cooperman, Shodan - 2010
Jonathan Stinziani, Shodan - 2010
Janna Shapiro, Shodan - 2010
Tori Lenet, Nidan - 2010 **
Sarah Salzman, Shodan - 2010
Yasmine Solomon-Markus, Shodan - 2010
Paulette Espinosa, Nidan - 2011 **
Daniel Romagnolo, Shodan - 2011
Martin Gingras, Shodan - 2011
Stephanie Lenet, Nidan - 2011 **
Dominic Stinziani, Shodan - 2012
Emily Lenet, Shodan - 2012
Yasmine Solomon-Markus, Nidan - 2013 **
Mihai Alexandru Tudor, Shodan - 2013
Sarah-Leah Eisenberg, Shodan - 2013
Mark Sorin, Shodan - 2013
Martin Gingras, Nidan - 2013 **
Felicia Solomon-Markus, Shodan - 2014
Slava Shmoilov, Shodan - 2014
Mihai Alexandru Tudor, Nidan - 2014 **
Stephen Lenet, Sandan - 2014 ***
Angelo Baaco, Sandan - 2015 ***
Harley Eiley, Shodan - 2015
Shelby Gingras, Shodan - 2015
Maria Hamidi, Shodan - 2015
Jeremy Lackman-Mincoff, Shodan - 2016
Felicia Solomon-Markus, Nidan - 2016 **
Erik Blair, Nidan - 2016 **
Yasmine Solomon-Markus, Sandan - 2016 ***
Ali Afrasiabi, Shodan - 2017
Dan Babkin, Shodan - 2017
Khayden Cesar-Mohammed, Shodan - 2017
Sarah-Leah Eisenberg, Nidan - 2017 **
Jacob Pichhadze, Shodan - 2017
Eliana Eisenberg, Shodan - 2018
Elisheva Eisenberg, Shodan - 2018
Nichita Hadjicov, Shodan - 2018
Ron Shmoilov, Shodan - 2018
Yigal Zvianow, Shodan - 2018
Vlad Berzan, Shodan - 2019
Aidyn Dagenais-Adler, Shodan - 2019
David Ihaza, Shodan - 2019
Jared Lackman-Mincoff, Shodan - 2019
Khayden Cesar-Mohammed, Nidan - 2019 **
Slava Shmoilov, Nidan - 2019 **
Felicia Solomon-Markus, Sandan - 2019 ***
Marc Mohammed, Shodan - 2019
Elliot Zelniker, Shodan - 2019
Harley Eiley, Nidan - 2019 **
The Vinh Vu, Shodan - 2019
Marc-Antoine Bernier, Shodan - 2019
Jayden Blitzer, Shodan - 2019
Moshe Azoulay, Shodan - 2019
Mayah Schipper, Shodan - 2019
XinYi Fan, Shodan - 2019
Jacob Pichhadze, Nidan - 2019 **
Angelo Baaco, Yondan - 2019 ****
Lucas Lei, Shodan - 2020
Reda Hessi, Shodan - 2020
Anissa Kouki, Shodan - 2020
Ali Afrasiabi, Nidan - 2020 **
XinYi Fan, Nidan - 2021 **
Elisheva Eisenberg, Nidan - 2022 **
Brady Skolar, Shodan - 2022
Megan Zucker, Shodan - 2022
Moises Rodriguez, Shodan - 2022
Yasmine Solomon-Markus, Yondan - 2022 ****
Yigal Zvionow, Nidan - 2022 **
Eliana Eisenberg, Nidan - 2022 **
Dima Babkin, Shodan - 2022
Aidyn Dagenais-Adler, Nidan - 2023 **
Mayah Schipper, Nidan - 2023 **
Simon Ihaza, Shodan - 2023
Isabel Rebelo, Shodan - 2023
Shahryar Changizi, Shodan - 2023
Aria Changizi, Shodan - 2023
Pania Changizi, Shodan - 2023
Jacob Pichhadze, Sandan - 2023 ***
Felicia Solomon-Markus, Yondan - 2023 ****
Xin Yi Fan, Sandan - 2023 ***
Alexis Valente, Shodan - 2024
Marc-Antoine Bernier, Nidan - 2024 **
The Vinh Vu, Nidan - 2024 **
Shahryar Changizi, Nidan - 2024 **
Pania Changizi, Nidan - 2024 **
Aria Changizi, Nidan - 2024 **
Antoine Patino-Conde, Shodan - 2024
Itiya Cohn, Shodan - 2024
Matthew Tussman - 2025
Brandee Adler - 2025