"In recognition of your decades of dedication and devotion to the Life Protection Art of Taika Oyata, Hanshi Greg Lindquist under the auspices of the Nin Tei Sho scroll, awards you the rank stated above as an Oyata Legacy Instructor"
The above is the text on the certificates presented to individuals that have shown they are honoring Taika’s request to not let his art die.
Current Oyata Legacy Instructors
- Gary A Shull, Hachidan – August 10, 2019
- Gerard Senese, Hachidan – October 02, 2021
- Peter Colombini, Hachidan – October 02, 2021
- Peter Ciecwierz (Polander), Hachidan – October 22, 2022
- Blake Burgert, Hachidan – October 22, 2022
- James Toolan, Hachidan – October 22, 2022
- Ichiro Oshiro, Hachidan – October 22, 2022
- Matthew Cowen, Hachidan – October 22, 2022
- Vernon Johnson, Hachidan – Apil 27, 2024
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