Koa Team promotions:
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)
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 was 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.)
Ryan H. (September 2019)
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)
Justin H. (2 December 2020)
Mandy W. (8 January 2021)
Evan D. (12 January 2021)
Rachel D. (12 January 2021)
Jeremy G. (25 January 2021)
Zachery M. (2 March 2021)
John B. (4 March 2021)
Matt J. (31 March 2021)
Cait F. (7 April 2021)
Isis R. (20 April 2021)
Adam R. (24 May 2021)
Andre O. (10 August 2021)
Brian G. (17 August 2021)
Dustin J. (27 August 2021)
Ramfys D. (4 October 2021)
Kari M. (4 October 2021)
Scott C. (18 October 2021)
Kelvin P. (26 October 2021)
Noah M. (7 January 2022)
Steven D. (16 February 2022)
Christopher B. (5 March 2022; promoted at US Naval Academy seminar)
Daylin J. (26 April 2022)
Jimmy J. (26 April 2022)
Oscar "Oz" N. (27 April 2022)
Jesse P. (9 June 2022)
Silvio C. (13 June 2022)
Santiago M. (24 June 2022)
Kris H. (8 July 2022)
Kristen H. (20 July 2022)
Adam J. (24 October 2022)
Jenna P. (28 October 2022)
Paul F. (7 November 2022)
Bijan K. (7 November 2022)
Pierre E. (9 November 2022)
Sean T. (28 November 2022)
Jacob G. (22 December 2022)
Gabriel C. Jr. (11 January 2022)
Tony H. (13 April 2023)
Mike J. (13 April 2023)
Buzz W. (21 April 2023)
Chris S. (22 April 2023)
Larry W. (15 May 2023)
Jordan M. (15 May 2023)
Breyden B. (24 May 2023)
Chris L. (13 June 2023)
Matt C. (21 June 2023)
Madison W. (22 June 2023)
Cameron L. (24 July 2023)
Yewon G. (29 August 2023)
Zane G. (December 2023)
Garrett M. (27 February 2024)
John "Duck" D. (27 February)
Kelly M. (29 February 2024)
Purple Belts
Brandon C. (10 May 2012; blue belt was 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 was 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 was 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 was 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 was awared by Rener & Ryron Gracie in December 2015)
Alejandro D. (10 December 2019; blue belt was awarded by Renzo Gracie Newark, Romulo Bittencourt in March 2011)
Ulysses S. (5 May 2020; blue belt was awarded by Master Caique Elias, Carson, CA in May 2009)
Miles C. (14 July 2020)
Todd F. (24 November 2020)
Casey H. (24 November 2020)
Brian C. (28 January 2021)
Thomas. C. (27 April 2021)
Mason M. (3 August 2021; KOA Team’s first Junior to also earn a purple belt at KOA)
Chloe T. (27 October 2021; blue belt was awarded by Professor Chad LeBrun in September 2017)
Vesal T. (18 November 2021)
Gage T. (12 February 2022)
Brenden O. (5 March 2022; promoted at US Naval Academy seminar; first-ever purple belt of the USNA Jiu Jitsu Club)
Josh S. (6 April 2022)
Ralph W. (13 May 2022)
Tyler S. (14 July 2022)
Doug B. (12 August 2022)
Soren T. (10 October 2022)
Gabriel C. (28 December 2022)
Mari O. (14 February 2023)
Thad T. (17 March 2023); promoted in Senegal during a KOA Team seminar at Mantis MMA in Dakar.
Joseph C. (18 March 2023); promoted in Senegal during a KOA Team seminar at Bokk Jiu Jitsu in Dakar.
Daniel J. (5 December 2023)
Mark O. (8 January 2023)
Brown Belts
Tom C. (7 September 2015; purple belt was 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, VA)
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" was the first BJJ brown belt in Senegal and went on to become the first black belt in the country as well under the tutelage of Canadian-Senegalese black belt Brams Samb.
Jason V. (26 September 2019)
Fred T. (8 October 2019; purple belt was awarded by Mike Moses/Evolve Academy, MD)
Matt M. (24 October 2019)
Miguel M. (29 October 2019)
Malick R. (21 December 2019)
Craig O. (6 May 2020)
Brian A. (8 September 2021)
Tim W. (13 June 2022; purple belt was awarded by Doug Esposito/Christian Banghart/Vanguard Gym, VA)
Scott M. (24 August 2022)
Todd F. (11 November 2022)
Diego M. (13 February 2023; purple belt was awarded by Chad Malone/Capital MMA, VA)
Bob Mc. (13 May 2023; purple belt was awarded by Professor Nick Stefan, Gracie Carlsbad, CA)
Brian C. (22 June 2023)
Jimmy C. (11 December 2023; purple belt was awarded by Mike Dorian/Roger Gracie Academy, Salford, UK)
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)
6. Eric Crago (8 May 2021);
(Renzo Gracie present as officiate.)
6.5. Daniel Hasbrouck (16 September 2021);
(Awarded by Professor Michio Grubbs at Excel Jiu Jitsu, Oceanside, CA)
*Military orders brought Daniel to KOA in 2017 as a brown belt from Excel Jiu Jitsu. Professor Grubbs and Professor Grissom maintained close consultation while Daniel's family was stationed at Quantico to ensure Daniel's matriculation through brown belt and in September 2021 Professor Grubbs awarded Daniel his black belt with KOA Team's endorsement.
7. Chuck Berry (5 March 2022);
(Promoted at Chuck's alma mater, the US Naval Academy; event hosted by the USNA Jiu Jitsu Club.)
8. Jason Lee (21 April 2022)
9. Fred Thomsen (30 September 2022)
10. Shawn Parise (28 October 2022);
(Shawn's brown belt awarded by Professor Lance Glynn under Master Franjinha Miller at Paragon Jiu Jitsu, Santa Maria, CA in 2019)
11. Mohammed Munir Ahmed Yousif (19 March 2023);
("Mo" is the nation of Sudan's first Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt. He was promoted to black belt in Senegal at the 2023 "Championnats du Senegal Jiu Jitsu Bresilien" (aka the Dakar Open) hosted by Bokk Jiu Jitsu team in Dakar.)
12. Andre Salvanera (27 April 2023)
13. Craig Olszta (11 May 2023)
14. Nathaniel Strahle (6 June 2023)
(Nate's brown belt awarded by Professor Jason Izaguirre at Gracie Kailua, Oahu, HI in 2020)
15. Chris Weld (18 July 2023)
16. Matt Middleton (10 November 2023)
17. Miguel Marcano (16 November 2023)