Professor Jae Ho Lee
Second Degree Black Belt & Owner
Jae is the owner of Top Martial Arts and has been training jiu jitsu for 14 years. Jae also has been training Muay Thai for 19 years. He has competed and won at multiple IBJJF Pan Ams, Abu Dhabi World Pro Championship , and IBJJF Worlds.
Professor Geoff Auer
Black Belt
Coach Geoff has been training jiu jitsu for about 10 years. He teaches the kids nogi, adult nogi and adult fundamentals as well as the ladies class at TMA Rock Hill. He recently got 2nd place at the 2021 Pan American championship!
Professor John Prado
First Degree Black Belt
John Prado started training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in the DC Area in 2011. He earned his Brown Belt from the late David “The Rock” Jacobs where he trained and instructed. After “The Rock’s” passing in 2018 John continued his training and instructing under his lineage through Tim Dawson & Matthew Miller (both Black Belts under Dave Jacobs) at High Noon Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. John soon after received his black belt through Tim and Matt to continue the legacy of Dave Jacobs.
John moved down to South Carolina and joined TMA Rock Hill in 2021. At TMA Rock Hill he teaches both kids and adults. John Prado is an avid competitor who has competed in both small and large venues across the country. He has medaled in every belt level. John’s love and experience is shown in his high energy and high intensity instruction.
Coach Jonathan Kidwell
Brown Belt
After considering trying BJJ for many years, JOnathan decided to get off the couch and started training BJJ in 2016 at the age of 38 to improve physical fitness and develop self-defense skills. Jonathan believes that BJJ is so compelling because it combines physical and mental challenges with individual and team accomplishments. There’s a strong sense of accomplishment that comes from being in a room with a group of people that take the path less traveled to overcome difficulty on a journey to master an ever-growing discipline. Jonathan spends more time coaching than competing these days and takes great pride in being able to provide individual attention to students' BJJ development path.
Coach Mike Manus
Muay Thai Coach & BJJ Purple Belt
Mike Manus started boxing under Richard Steele in Las Vegas, NV at 16 years old. He later boxed with the Army from 2000 - 2002. Afterwards he started training in Muay Thai in 2011. He boxed under Ramon Montano in Las Vegas from 2012 - 2014. He also trained with the Army Combatives program and was a certified instructor. He has competed in the cage in the Army in 2016 and 2016 in Colorado. He later assisted with boxing mentorship at Special Forces fight house in Colorado 2017 - 2018
Coach Mike has been training at Top Martial Arts since 2018 where you can find him training Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu for MMA