Tracy Heritage

This page will be dedicated to the students who have trained in the Tracy System from white belt all the way up to 1st black belt, then through the degrees in black belt.  As we all know Al Tracy adopted a lot of students from other systems. Some of them came into the system already having rank from another system and never learned the complete Tracy System.  So some students may have the rank but do not have the system. Sometimes when Al Tracey adopted student he adopted the student with the rank they came in with which doesn’t necessarily mean they were promoted to that rank it was that Al Tracey recognized their rank from another system.

The Tracy’s Heritage is a term which describes the degree of proficiency in the Tracy’s system of Chinese Kenpo.  One’s proficiency must be documented to the satisfaction of the board.

The original Tracy’s system of Chinese Kenpo was set up with a formal list of requirements for one to learn for each level of proficiency awarded.  The system designated these achievement levels with colored belts starting with white belt as entry level then Orange Belt, Purple Belt, Blue Belt, Green Belt, three degrees of Brown Belt starting with 3rd and then Black Belt starting with 1st degree.  To attain each belt the student was required to learn 40 self-defense techniques, 10 kicks and two or three katas.  However to attain the first and each level of Brown Belt the student was required to learn 50 self- defense techniques as well as the kicks and katas.  Students are required to do all lower level techniques and other material as they test at each level so that the knowledge is cumulative and when testing for each level of Brown Belt the students are required to do each and every technique on both the left and right side.

During the early 1970’s the requirement of 50 techniques for each level of Brown Belt  was dropped to 30 and during the 1980’s the Yellow Belt was added to indicate a halfway mark to Orange Belt.  Upon the successful completion of each level test the student was given a certificate indicating his or her belt level.

Today the board is recognizing those individuals that have completed this training up to the level of 1st degree Black Belt and above.  In order to be recognized as a Tracy’s Heritage Black Belt the board must be satisfied that the individual has learned and successfully tested on all of the required material.  This can be done in a number of ways starting with producing valid certificates recognizing the approval of one’s qualified and certified Tracy instructor.  If a student’s instructor is deceased and they do not have the certifications from that instructor or if the certificates are questionable then the Board may require testing or appropriate witness statements to recognize the individual as a Tracy’s Heritage Black Belt.

The students below listed are legitimate Tracy students which means they have the complete system that was originally designed by William KS Chow and Ed Parker back in the 50s and organized and codified by Al and Jim Tracy.   

A generation is “all of the students training and getting promoted at about the same time,

1ST GENERATION

This first generation of students received their 1st degree Black Belt from Al Tracy on or before 1970.

Bob Alsted	Tom Connor	Frank Johnson	Mike Roberts
Hugh Alford	Greg Damon	Larry Klingenberg	Jerry Samuelson
John Alexandro	Larry Demerrit	Ray Klingenberg	Ferdie Shangil
Rick Avery	Chuck Dore	Steve LaBounty	Dave Simmons
Ray Arquilla	Jerry Dunlap	Roy Lake	Jay Smith
Pete Becker	Travis Dunlap	Dennis Laycock	Joe Spivey
Jerry Baumgarten	Tom Dunne	Richard Lee	Mart Steiner
Gary Avery	Russ Ernst	Bob Leonard	Paul Stevens
Dave Barnes	Darraly Esclante	Ted Mancuso	Jim Stewart
Dan Babcock	John Fite	Ted Masuda	Jodi Smith
Craig Bentley	Steve Gerhart	Milan Maximovich	Scott Stolivack
Tom Bersick	Jeff Gibbs	Paul McKay	Ted Sumner
Dan Bicksler	Tom Golby	Greg McPhearson	Walter Tanimoto
Bob Blackmoore	Smokey Gray Elk	Jim Miller	Will Taylor
Rex Blaine	Roger Greene	Jim Mitchell	Tim Teausant
Rick Brasseaux	Grant Hagiya	Jess Mora	Lee Thompson
Kevin Bricker	Dave Hardenbrook	Joe Mora	Mike Tipple
Norm Bryar	Paul Healey	Jerry Moutisine	Jim Trevino
Mike Burrel	Al Hooper	Dennis Nackard	Chris Trujillo
Dave Cardinas	Gary Horner	Paul Olivas	Dennis Tustin
Jeff Carter	Jeanne Hutton	Mike Olsen	Nick Vales
Rich Carte	Harry Houghlan	Roshan Parikh	Anthony Verburgt
Ralph Castellanos	Sue Huffman	Mike Poz	Paul Wagner
Dean Chapman	Harry Hutchins	Pete Palla Pozza	Jay T. Will
Mike Chong	Jerry Jacobsen	Larry Reid	Dick Willett
Cliff Close	Joe Jacques	Dave Roberts	Bill Yazel
Mark Collins	Cliff Jewel

2ND GENERATION

The second generation of students received their 1st degree Black Belt from Al Tracy  or 
one of Al Tracy’s legitimate 1st generation Black Belts between 1971-1980

Jefferson Davis
Bart Vale
Mark Miller

3RD GENERATION

The thrid generation of students received their 1st degree Black Belt from Al Tracy  or 
one of Al Tracy’s legitimate 1st generation Black Belts between 1981-1990

Steven  Finn
Greg   Mattson
Pat Tracy

4TH GENERATION

The fourth generation of students received their 1st degree Black Belt from Al Tracy  or 
one of Al Tracy’s legitimate 1st generation Black Belts between 1991-2000

Darryl   Pinto
Mark  Tracy