Fernando Diaz is a Puerto Rican jiu jitsu practitioner who played a major role in helping John Danaher and his team, formerly known as DDS, get situated and adjusted to their new lives in Puerto Rico. He has since moved to Austin with the team to further his journey as a practitioner and was even recently promoted to brown belt by Gordon Ryan.

Reese LaFever is an up and coming grappler out of Nashville who recently made the move to Austin to train with John Danaher and the New Wave Jiu Jitsu team.

Christos Papadelos is the founder and president of Enigma TV, an online streaming platform featuring some of Austin's best up and coming grappling events. He resides in Austin where most of his events take place and trains with John Danaher and the New Wave Jiu Jitsu team.