Troup sensei holds the rank of Godan (5th-degree Black Belt) in the WMKA and owns a current dojo-owner license issued by the WMKA. Troup received his Godan in November of 2022 from a board composed of the top three teachers in the WMKA: President Yoshitaka Taira, Hanshi, 10th Dan; Vice President Toshimitsu Arakaki, Hanshi, 10th Dan; and Iwao Tome, Hanshi, 9th Dan.
He received his 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Dans from the late Soke Takayoshi Nagamine (1945–2012), 10th Dan Hanshisei, the son of Matsubayashi-ryu’s founder Grandmaster Shoshin Nagamine.
Troup sensei trained from 1987 through 2005 under Sensei Owen Masters, Rokudan (6th-degree black belt) in the World Matsubayashi-Ryu Karatedo Association (WMKA), and Sensei Max Crevani, Kyoshi, Hachidan (8th-degree black belt) in the WMKA at the Shorin-Ji Bushido on West 72nd Street in New York City. Both Masters and Crevani Senseis were students of Sensei Zenko Heshiki, Kyoshi, who had been a student of the late founder of Matsubayashi Shorin-Ryu, Grandmaster Shoshin Nagamine.
He currently continues his training in Okinawa with Toshimitsu Arakaki Sensei.
Dojo Yudansha:
Joseph Russillo, 3rd Dan
John Thibodeau, 3rd Dan
Kyle Reniche, 2nd Dan
Steven Munford, 2nd Dan
Mary Ann Heinzen-Hackett, 1st Dan