Jon Manley is a black belt in Jiu Jitsu with over 20 years in the martial art.  He began wrestling in 2003 and started training BJJ at 18. Jon first fought as a mixed martial artist at age 20. His mma career brought him into the Ultimate Fighter House, season 16, earning him a spot in the Semi-Finals and the Submission of the Season. Jon is a UFC and Bellator veteran with 25 bouts in the cage and a professional record of 13-6. 

Tim Stys is a Jiu Jitsu brown belt that started his journey in the beginning of 2018. He found Jiu Jitsu later in life but became obsessed with the principles and concepts that aided in his physical game and teaching process. Tim has been coaching since 2021 and has committed himself to further evolving his and his students jiu jitsu, young or old.

René Cordero is a Brown belt who has been training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) since 2019, discovering it only after having exhausted other martial arts forms that were no longer satiating his appetite for athletics and self-defense. René adopted the martial art into his daily routine and began competing in many tournament circles. BJJ offered René the emotional stability to earn a PhD in history, and now he implements many of those lessons in his professional life as a professor of history at Williams College.