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Professor Kelly (above in white gi) - Owner & Head Instructor:
Kelly Grissom is a retired Marine with combat tours in both Iraq (2004) and Afghanistan* (2005-06) who started training in Judo in Okinawa, Japan in 1990 while stationed there as a young Marine. He continued to train in Judo, to include competing for the now defunct, Marine Corps Base Quantico Judo Team, until the demise of the Marine Judo program. Kelly holds a Nidan (2nd degree black belt) in Judo, recognized by the USJA and USJI.
In 2002, Kelly was introduced to Leo Dalla Black Belt, and his first Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor, Professor Chad LeBrun of the LAB Martial Arts Academy in Fredericksburg, VA. Under Professor LeBrun's guidance and teaching, Kelly earned his blue belt from Master Dalla in 2003.
From 2004 to 2008, Kelly trained in Honolulu and Kaneohe, Hawaii under Professor Relson Gracie and Relson's Black Belt instructor, Ronn Shiraki, as well as with Relson's then Brown Belt instructor, Mark Kurano. In 2007, after 3 ½ years at Relson Gracie’s academy, Kelly earned his purple belt from Professor Helio Gracie’s second oldest son, Relson.
In 2008, Kelly returned to the Northern Virginia area and resumed his training with Master Dalla. Under Master Dalla’s guidance and coaching, Kelly earned his brown belt in April 2010, and was promoted to black belt in April 2012. In May 2015, Master Dalla awarded Kelly his 1st degree black belt.
With Master Dalla pursuing his goal to spread Brazilian Jiu Jitsu throughout Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., in May 2010 he opened a new academy in Stafford, VA, and he chose Kelly to serve as the Head Instructor at the new Stafford location. If you live in the Stafford / Garrisonville / Quantico, VA area, Master Dalla and Professor Kelly invite you to come discover the rewarding lifestyle offered at KOA Team.
