United States Military to train both U.S. and Coalition troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Combat Hapkido Grandmasters (8th Dan+) John Pellegrini, Founder 10th Degree Black Belt Michael Emmanuel, Texas 9th Degree Black Belt Ivan Jadric, California 9th Degree Black Belt Ari Laine, Finland 9th Degree Black Belt Alfred Medina, New York 9th Degree Black Belt Michael P Rowe, Nebraska 9th Degree Black Belt Eric Deveau, Illinois 8th Degree Black Belt Dan Dorton, North Carolina 8th Degree Black Belt Robert Grey, New York 8th Degree Black Belt Mark Gridley, Illinois 8th Degree Black Belt James Hartigan, New York 8th Degree Black Belt David Rivas, Arizona 8th Degree Black Belt John Scali, Virginia 8th Degree Black Belt References External links http://www.kkhf.net / The Korea Kukki HapKiDo Federation Hapkido North American martial arts Martial arts in the United States