KOA Team's Jiu Jitsu lineage:
KOA Team belt promotions & continuing lineage:
Blue Belts
Christian B. (May 2011; KOA Team's first blue belt)
Pete A. (May 2011)
Eddie S. (May 2011)
Adam B. (2 August 2011)
Jaron H. (2 August 2011)
Anthony G. (2 August 2011)
Andre S. (2 August 2011)
Eric C. (29 November 2011)
Ryan H. (December 2011)
Michael M. (1 December 2011)
Kyle S. (1 December 2011)
Rob C. (3 May 2012)
Michael K. (3 May 2012)
George L. (3 May 2012)
Miguel M. (3 May 2012)
Chuck B. (25 October 2012)
Jordan E. (14 March 2013)
Mikey F. (14 March 2013)
Russ I. (14 March 2013)
Carlos A. (2 May 2013)
Romeo P. (13 June 2013)
Matt M. (3 September 2013)
Malick R. (10 October 2013)
Fermin A. (10 October 2013)
JT G. (10 October 2013)
Trevor L. (16 January 2014)
Devon D. (8 April 2014)
Keith W. (19 April 2014)
Vesal T. (24 June 2014)
Brian V.H. (30 July 2014)
Matt W. (16 September 2014)
Craig O. (18 October 2014)
Nadia D.A. (5 February 2015)
Reuben L. (19 February 2015)
Randy H. (19 February 2015)
Tim W. (21 February 2015)
El Hadji Aboubakre "Bouba" Diallo (1 March 2015; Senegal, first ever BJJ promotion in Senegal)
Abdoul Aziz Fouda (1 March 2015; Cameroon, residing in Senegal at the time of promotion)
Bailey M. (19 March 2015)
Steve A. (9 April 2015)
Will E. (18 June 2015)
Ed B. (23 June 2015)
Dorian D. (20 August 2015)
Carlos L. (8 October 2015)
Danjerr P. (8 December 2015)
Jeannette E. (3 March 2016)
Christine M. (3 March 2016)
David C. (3 March 2016)
Khayle (Youki) S. (3 March 2016)
Alex G. (10 March 2016; promoted in Senegal during Lion Heart Initiative event)
Ciprian O. (11 March 2016; Romania; residing in Senegal at the time of promotion)
Ousmane Sagna (13 March 2016; Senegal)
Jenna H. (10 May 2016)
Mike G. (9 June 2016)
Gabriel C. (23 June 2016)
Matt S. (8 September 2016)
Phillip S. (8 September 2016)
Stanley M. (8 September 2016)
Mark R. (9 September 2016)
Mason M. (1 December 2016)
Brian A. (31 December 2016)
Miles C. (31 December 2016)
Brian C. (2 January 2017)
Mamadou Lamine Ba (17 March 2017; promoted in Senegal during Lion Heart Initiative event)
Derek S. (6 June 2017)
Antonio, Jr. D. (July 2017)
C.J. Jr. B. (17 July 2017; Orange belt awarded by Gracie Barra, Temecula, CA)
Tyler S. (August 2017)
Brendan D. (August 2017)
Daniel J. (31 August 2017)
Joe J. (7 September 2017)
Andrew L. (12 September 2017)
Devin F. (12 September 2017)
Thomas C. (12 September 2017)
Casey H. (12 September 2017)
Kelsey V. (September 2017)
Brenden O. (14 December 2017)
Gage T. ( 27 December 2017)
Zak P. (30 December 2017)
Ashley R. (30 December 2017)
Xavier F. (30 December 2017)
Jon G. (January 2018)
Erica V. (27 March 2018)
Shawn V. (27 March 2018)
David V.B. (3 May 2018)
Sophia L. (7 June 2018)
Noah G. (12 June 2018)
Alisa K. (19 July 2018)
Patrick K. (11 October 2018)
Keith B. (29 December 2018)
Todd F. (29 December 2018)
Ralph W. (29 December 2018)
Evans B. (22 January 2019)
Tania L. (13 February 2019)
Jordan J. (9 April 2019)
Angelo P. (June 2019)
Stephen C. (June 2019)
Albraa Salahdin Saga (11 August 2019; awarded in Nairobi at the first-ever Jiu Jitsu tournament in Kenya; Albraa's home academy is Muqtel Training Center, Khartoum, Sudan with Mo Munir.)
Paul M. (30 September 2019)
Bryan W. (September 2019)
Walker G. (8 October 2019)
John L. (22 October 2019)
Thad T. (22 October 2019)
Richard F. (28 October 2019)
Isaac P. (19 November 2019)
Isiah B. (23 November 2019)
Joe C. (23 December 2019)
Sheena R. (23 December 2019)
Mark O. (6 January 2020)
Anthony D. (8 January 2020)
Mike C. (9 January 2020)
Marlon C. (23 January 2020)
Troy P. (27 January 2020)
Connor P. (27 January 2020)
Josh S. (29 June 2020)
John B. (29 July 2020)
Griselda B. (8 August 2020)
Jeff C. (22 September 2020)
Rod O'H. (28 September 2020)
Purple Belts
Brandon C. (10 May 2012; blue belt awarded by Professor Rodrigo Vaghi)
Ryan H. (10 October 2013; KOA Team's first purple belt)
Eric C. (19 April 2014)
Jaron H. (30 August 2014)
Anthony G. (30 August 2014)
Adam B. (30 August 2014)
Russ I. (23 September 2014)
Chris W. (2 April 2015; blue belt awarded by Royce Gracie at Triangle Jiu Jitsu, Durham NC)
Chuck B. (14 April 2015)
Keith W. (1 October 2015)
Jason V. (20 October 2015; blue belt awarded by the Gracie Academy)
Doug V. (3 March 2016)
Romeo P. (3 March 2016)
Miguel M. (3 March 2016)
Matt M. (1 September 2016)
Andre S. (9 September 2016)
Craig O. (31 December 2016)
Fermin A. (31 December 2016)
Moustapha Gabar Diop (17 March 2017; blue belt awarded by Hicham Hakam, Morocco; promoted during Lion Heart Initiative event)
Chris R. (4 January 2018; blue belt awarded by Franco De Camargo)
Christine M. (25 April 2019)
Stanley M. (3 October 2019)
Brian A. (7 October 2019)
Mike G. (15 October 2019)
Randy H. (15 October 2019)
Scott M. (21 October 2019; blue belt awared by Rener & Ryron Gracie in December 2015)
Alejandro D. (10 December 2019; blue belt awarded by Renzo Gracie Newark, Romulo Bittencourt in March 2011)
Ulysses S. (5 May 2020; blue belt awarded by Master Caique Elias, Carson, CA in May 2009)
Miles C. (14 July 2020)
Brown Belts
Tom C. (7 September 2015; purple belt awarded by Master Dalla in June 2010)
Adam B. (31 December 2016)*
Jaron H. (31 December 2016)*
Anthony G. (31 December 2016)*
*KOA Team's first brown belts
Eric C. (30 December 2017)
Chuck B. (15 March 2018)
Chris W. (16 June 2018)
Brandon C. (31 Aug 2018)
Jason L. (15 Nov 2018; awarded in Arusha, Tanzania during events surrounding the first-ever Jiu Jitsu tournament in Tanzania; purple belt previously awarded by Pat Tray, Trident Academy)
Andre S. (23 April 2019)
Mohammed Munir Ahmed Yousif (11 August 2019; awarded in Nairobi at the first-ever Jiu Jitsu tournament in Kenya; purple belt previously awarded by Johnny Nobles Mumtaaz, Kodokan Martial Arts and Fitness, Ajman, UAE.); "Mo" is the first BJJ brown belt in Sudan.
Moustapha Gabar Diop (11 August 2019; awarded in Nairobi at the first-ever Jiu Jitsu tournament in Kenya); "Mous" is the first BJJ brown belt in Senegal.
Jason V. (26 September 2019)
Fred T. (8 October 2019; purple belt awarded by Mike Moses/Evolve Academy)
Matt M. (24 October 2019)
Miguel M. (29 October 2019)
Malick R. (21 December 2019)
Craig O. (6 May 2020)
Black Belts
1. Adam Bashista (29 October 2019)
2. Jaron Hampton (29 October 2019)
3. Anthony Garavalia (21 December 2019)
4. Tom Chess (21 December 2019)
5. Brandon Cooley (31 May 2020)
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