- Rick Brewer
- Chief Instructor, Central Illinois Shotokan Karate Association (CISKA)
- 6th dan black belt, American Shotokan Karate Alliance (ASKA)
- Shihankai (Council of Masters) Member, American Shotokan Karate Alliance (ASKA)
- James Hartman
- Technical Chairman and Senior Instructor, Central Illinois Shotokan Karate Association (CISKA)
- State, Regional, and National Champion
- 5th dan, American Shotokan Karate Alliance (ASKA)
- Carl Hartter
- Chief Instructor and President, Central Illinois Karate Association (CIKA)
- Former AJKA National Champion - Kumite
- Shihankai (Council of Masters) Member, American Shotokan Karate Alliance (ASKA)
- 6th dan, American Shotokan Karate Alliance (ASKA)
- Randall Hassell
- Senior Editor, Tamashii Press
- Chief Instructor, American Shotokan Karate Alliance (ASKA)
- President, American JKA Karate Association (AJKA)
- Founding Fellow, International Karate Society (IKS)
- Aaron Hoopes
- Founder of Zen Yoga, a blend of Tai Chi, Qigong, and Shanti Yoga
- 3rd dan black belt, Japan Karate Association (JKA)
- Chuck Kerrigan
- Chairman and Chief Instructor, Traditional Karate-Do Association (TKA)
- Shihankai (Council of Masters) Member, American Shotokan Karate Alliance (ASKA)
- 6th dan, American Shotokan Karate Alliance (ASKA)
- Edmond Otis
- Chairman and North American Chief Instructor, American JKA Karate Association-International (AJKA-I)
- Director of Martial Arts, University of California at Riverside
- Chairman, Panamerican Region of WUKO
- Chairman, Shihankai (Council of Masters), American Shotokan Karate Alliance (ASKA)
- Leslie Safar
- Technical Director of the American JKA Karate Association-International (AJKA-I)
- Chief Instructor of AJKA Europe
- 9th dan black belt
- Elmar T. Schmeisser, Ph.D.
- Master Instructor, American Teachers Association of the Martial Arts
- 7th dan black belt, Shin-kyu Shotokan Karate-do
- Stan Schmidt
- "A Teacher of Teachers"
- First non-Japanese to earn 7th dan black belt, Japan Karate Association (JKA)
- Chief Instructor, South Africa JKA
- Founding Fellow, International Karate Society (IKS)
- James Yabe
- Technical Director, American Shotokan Karate Alliance (ASKA)
- One of the most senior U.S. students of Hidetaka Nishiyama
- Grand Champion of the 1st All America Karate Tournament in 1961
- Authors of Modern Karate: Scientific Approach to Conditioning and Training
Milorad Stricevic
Director, Sports Sciences Division, Long Island
(NY) University
Dusan Dacic
Winner: 33 National Medals, 31 European Medals, 3 World Karate Championship Medals
Toyotaro Miyazaki
President, US Shotokai
Trainer of more than 100 karate champions
George Anderson
President, USA Karate Federation
First Vice President, World Union of Karate-do Organizations (WUKO)
