Beyond the standard (kyu) grades there are are a series of grades applicable to black belts known as dans, sometimes also referred to as 'degrees'.
Shown below are all the students that have graded to Dan level, throughout the academy's history, some of them have since stopped training others continue the hard work and dedication to karate.
Click the pictures to view some very interesting photos, taken from their grading card.
Hayley Best - 1st Dan
- no longer training with HSA
James Eyles - 1st Dan- no longer training with HSA
Stuart Davis - 1st Dan- no longer training with HSA
Jan McDonald - 2nd Dan
Andy Gash - 2nd Dan- no longer training with HSA
Richard Wright - 3rd Dan- no longer training with HSA
Mark Walker - 3rd Dan- no longer training with HSA
Andy McDonald - 4th Dan
Rich Eyles - 1st Dan
Mark Harrington - 1st Dan
John Nicholls - 1st Dan - no longer training with HSA
Pete Walton - 2nd Dan - no longer training with HSA
Gordon 'Gus' Marsden - 2nd Dan - no longer training with HSA
Ian Crowther - 2nd Dan - no longer training with HSA
Russell Jamieson - 2nd Dan - no longer training with HSA
Anna Rose - 4th Dan
- no longer training with HSAAndrew McDonald - 1st Dan
Gurdit Singh - 1st Dan
- no longer training with HSADavid Malone - 1st Dan
- no longer training with HSASamantha Malone - 1st Dan
- no longer training with HSAPeter 'Pop' Kearsley - 1st Dan
- no longer training with HSA'Big' Jim Wright - 2nd Dan
- no longer training with HSARichard 'Beef' Smith - 2nd Dan
Stuart Davis - 2nd Dan
- no longer training with HSAAlan Hughes - 4th Dan
Emma Hogg - 1st Dan
- no longer training with HSAMartha O'Neill - 1st Dan
- no longer training with HSAChris Lyon - 1st Dan
- no longer training with HSAJason Sutton - 1st Dan
Richard Gillett - 2nd Dan
- no longer training with HSAKlaus Freudenberg - 1st Dan - no longer training with HSA
Martha O'Neill - 2nd Dan - no longer training with HSA
Emma Hogg - 2nd Dan - no longer training with HSA
Chris Lyon - 2nd Dan - no longer training with HSA
Rich Eyles - 2nd Dan
Andy Gash - 3rd Dan - no longer training with HSA
Andy McDonald - 5th Dan
Steve Crossen - 1st Dan
Jan McDonald - 3rd Dan
Ian McMillan - 3rd Dan
Caleb Foster - 1st Dan
Emily Edwards - 1st Dan
Debbie Kavanagh - 1st Dan
Dave Petrie - 1st Dan
Joanne Alker - 2nd Dan
Amy Spooner - 1st Dan - no longer training with HSA
Ellie Parkin - 1st Dan
Shannon Galvin - 1st Dan
Brodie Dawson - 1st Dan- no longer training with HSA
Caleb Foster - 2nd Dan
Emily Edwards - 2nd Dan