Shama Ko
Program Director
Shama is the program director for Girls in Gis. She began her martial arts training in 2000 first training in Muay Thai for three years and in 2003 she started training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. She is a Brown belt. She spent close to a decade as a full time competitor in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competing throughout the Mainland US, Hawaii and Brazil.
Her background in Marketing, Customers Service and Business Operations along with her wide variety of skill sets provided building blocks for Shama to transform Girls in Gis from a small informal group into the Girls in Gis organization recognized today. Shama has dedicated her life to the Girls in Gis movement and building the organization into the largest internationally recognized women’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu organization. She still currently oversees all aspects of the organization.