Black Belt Lineage
Professor James Foster is a 5th Degree Black Belt under Giva Santana of One Jiu Jitsu, based out of Tustin, CA.
Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > George Gracie > Octávio de Almeida > Moises Muradi > Givanildo Santana > James Foster
Black Belt under Giva Santana
Michelle Wagner, 5th Degree
Black Belts under James Foster with their own academies
Jeff Hougland - Combat Sports and Fitness, Enumclaw, WA
Ronald “Bingo” Crook - Phantom BJJ, Maple Valley, WA
Jesse Bardizian - Defiance BJJ, Tacoma, WA
Jaimson “Jaime” Filer - Rebellion Jiu Jitsu, Burien, WA
Jestyn Cummings - Nova Ryu BJJ, Tacoma, WA
Ehren David - Honeybear Jiu Jitsu, Elma, WA
David Jones - Kingston Jiu-Jitsu Club, Kingston, WA
Kathleen “Katie” Egan - Vanguard Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Puyallup, WA
Black Belts under James Foster currently Training at Foster BJJ
Bill Jensen
Trevin Raak
Rick Geist
Jason Tracy
Bobi Dimitriuevic
Doug Levinson
Michael Baltierra
Nir Mashkowski
Jason McKissack
Claudeus Laude
Matt Ness
Nathan Lubetkin
James Sosik
Ravinal Sharma
Matt Hinzel
Amy Foster
Khiem Do
Marlon Branson
Black Belts Under James Foster that are training at different academies or currently inactive at Foster BJJ
Jeff Bourgeois
Ben Wheeler
Josh Calvo
Matt Steward
Carlos Molina
Ken Roach
Becca Pheasant-Reis
Molly Reis
Tyy Withrow
Josh Girello
Thad Kittleson
Gene Fought
Ryan Montero
Coby Parmenter
Jason Collechi
Vinh Pham
Todd Eckhardt
Scott Yamaoto
Stuart Hoisington
Owen Arth
Elena Stowell
Todd Richards