Edward Downey's Black Belt Family Tree

Professor Edward Downey
Year of Enrolment: 1973
Clubs: Fitzwilliam Street & Baggot Street,
Dublin, Ireland.

Instructors
Grandmaster Ed Parker 10th Degree Black Belt
Professor John Sepulveda 9th Degree Black Belt
Professor Maurice Mahon 8th Degree Black Belt
Professor John Conway 7th Degree Black Belt

Tested For Year Time Taken Where Tested
1st Degree Black Belt 1981 8 years Dublin - Ireland
2nd Degree Black Belt 1985 4 years Jersey - UK
3rd Degree Black Belt 1988 4 years Los Angeles - USA
4th Degree Black Belt 1992 4 years Los Angeles - USA
5th Degree Black Belt 1996 4 years Maryland - USA
6th Degree Black Belt 2000 4 years Las Vegas - USA
7th Degree Black Belt 2006 6 years Portumna - Ireland
8th Degree Black Belt 2012 6 years Tullow - Ireland

 Edward Downey’s Black Belt Family Tree
(The date after each name indicates the year of Black Belt Promotion.)
  01. Mrs Martina Downey 1988   02. Mr. John Burgess 1989  
  03. Mr. Richard Burgess 1989   04. Mr. Jimmy Poland 1989  
  05. Mr. Michael Swan 1989   06. Mr. Gary Reynolds 1991  
  07. Mr. Philip Moran 1992   08. Mr. Julian McDermott 1992  
  09. Mr. Sean Fox 1997   10. Mr. Jimmy Bennett 1997  
  11. Mr. Mark McDermott 1997   12. Mr. Karl Melvin 1998  
  13. Mr. Edward Maher 1999   14. Mr. Hugh Johnston 2000  
  15. Mr. Derek Stokes 2000   16. Mr. Peter Lynch 2000  
  17. Mr. David Byrne 2001   18. Mrs. Mary Lerma 2001  
  19. Mr. Ramon Lerma 2001   20. Mr. John Grierson 2001  
  21. Mr. Gerard Kelly 2001   22. Mr. Darren Mahony 2001  
  23. Mr. Aran Sadlier 2001   24. Mr. Shane Sadlier 2001  
  25. Mr. Kevin Hendrick 2002   26. Mr. Brennan Osborne 2002  
  27. Mr. Declan Carroll 2002   28. Mr. Matthew Molloy 2002  
  29. Ryan Fitzgerald 2003   30. James Dillon 2003  
  31. David Mangan 2004   32. Paul Canavan 2004  
  33. Aisling Byrne 2004   34. Thomas Hayden 2004  
  35. Grainne Hayden 2004   36. Derek Newsome 2004  
  37. Donal Kavanagh 2004   38. Stephen McKeon 2004  
  39. Tom Wells 2005   40. Jack Smith 2005  
  41. Pat Blake 2006   42. Jim Sheridan 2008  
  43. Jan Hvidbjerg
 2008   44. Don Gardner 2008  
  45. Damien Kearney 2009   46. Aurélien Dollet 2009  
  47. Franck Dhellin 2009   48. Michael Molloy 2009  
  49. Rory Barnes 2009          
  50. Jackie Coffey 2010   51. Miss. Aisling Downey 2010  
  52. Simon Curran 2011   53. Niamh Carr 2011  
  54. Johnny Collins 2011   55. Isabelle Gomez Fuentes 2011  
  56. Pedro Miguel dos Santos Soares 2011   57. José Manuel Mota Fernandes 2011  
  58. Ian Butler 2011   59. Michael Tolan 2011  
  60. Keith Page 2012   61. Joseph Fitzpatrick 2012  
  62. Gerry Ryan 2012   63. William Hill 2012  
  64. Raymond Byrne 2012   65. Helene Meade 2012  
  66. Gerry Shanahan 2012   67. Mathew Maher 2012  
  68. Poul Aagaard 2012   69. Lisa Maria Hedegaard Kristiansen 2012  
  70. Martin Hoey 2012   71. William Hand 2012  
  72. Christopher Eccleston 2012   72. Andrea Oman 2012  
  73. Niamh Byrne 2012          
                 

Edward Downey’s Advanced Family Tree
The date after each name indicates the year of rank advancement.
  2nd Degree Black Belt Family Tree  
  01. Martina Downey 1992   02. John Burgess 1992  
  03. Richard Burgess 1992   04. Jimmy Poland 1992  
  05. Brian O’Connor 1992   06. John Ward 1992  
  07. Cormac Dunne 1992   08. Jimmy Bennett 1999  
  09. Sean Fox 2000   10. Karl Melvin 2001  
  11. David Byrne 2003   12. Darren Mahony 2003  
  13. Hugh Johnston 2003   14. Anthony O’ Connor 2003  
  15. Edward Maher 2004   16. Ramon Lerma 2004  
  17. Kevin Hendrick 2004   18. Gerard Kelly 2004  
  19. Declan Carroll 2005   20. James Dillon 2005  
  21. Ryan Fitzgerald 2005   22. Antonia Rodriguez 2006  
  23. Derek Newsome 2006   24. Donal Kavanagh 2006  
  25. Aisling Byrne 2006   26. Matthew Molloy 2006  
  27. Daniël Van Vlaslae 2006   28. Liam Croke 2007  
  29. David Mangan 2007   30. Paul Canavan 2007  
  31. Maxime Boucherb 2007   32. Grainne Hayden 2008  
  33. Kurt Noesgaard 2008   34. Jack Smith 2009  
  35. Tom Wells 2010   36. Mícheál Watters 2010  
  37. Kenneth Erik Lauritzen 2011   38. Damien Kearney 2011  
  39. Mike Haselwanter 2011   40. Aurélien Dollet 2011  
  41. Kenneth Erik Lauritzen 2011   42. Aisling Downey 2012  
  43. Michel Van Vlaslaer 2013          
  3rd Degree Black Belt Family Tree  
  01. Martina Downey 1996   02. John Burgess 1996  
  03. Richard Burgess 1996   04. Julian McDermott 2000  
  05. Sean Fox 2003   06. David Byrne 2006  
  07. Darren Mahony 2006   08. Ryan Fitzgerald 2008  
  09. Kevin Hendrick
 2008   10. James Dillon 2008  
  11. Gerard Kelly 2008   12. Edward Maher 2009  
  13. Anthony O'Connor 2009   14. Aisling Byrne 2009  
  15. Maxime Boucherb 2010   16. Hugh Johnston 2010  
  17. Mr. Derek Newsome 2010   18. Donal Kavanagh 2010  
  19. Matthew Molloy 2010   20. Kurt Noesgaard 2011  
  21. James Bennett 2012   22. Mícheál Watters 2012  
  23. Liam Croke 2012   24. Daniël Van Vlaslaer 2013  
  4th Degree Black Belt Family Tree  
  01. John Burgess 2000   02. Richard Burgess 2000  
  03. Claus K. Pedersen 2003   04. Julian McDermott 2004  
  05. Mr. Dave Byrne 2010   06. Darren Mahony 2010  
  07. Gerard Kelly 2012   08. James Dillon 2012  
  09. Anthony O’Connor 2012          
  5th Degree Black Belt Family Tree  
  01. John Burgess 2004   02. Richard Burgess 2004  
  03. Claus K. Pedersen 2008   04. Julian McDermott 2009  
  6th Degree Black Belt Family Tree  
  01. John Burgess 2009   02. Richard Burgess 2009  
  03. Eduardo De La Torre 2009   04. Jose Maria Mendez 2010