Clark Rouson Gracie (born July 17, 1984) is an American
Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor and member of the
Gracie family
The Gracie family () is a family of martial artists originally from Belém, state of Pará, Brazil, whose ancestors came from Paisley, Scotland. They are known for promoting the self-defense martial arts system of Gracie jiu-jitsu, commonly kn ...
.
He is the grandson of
Carlos Gracie
Carlos Gracie (September 14, 1902October 7, 1994) was a Brazilian martial artist who is credited with being one of the primary developers of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Along with his younger brother Hélio Gracie and fellow students Luis França a ...
, one of the founders of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, and first eldest son of
Carley Gracie, the father of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in the United States.
He is a 2013 Pan American black belt champion in the middleweight division, submitting his opponent in the finals with his signature
omoplata
An armlock in grappling is a single or double joint lock that hyperextends, hyperflexes or hyperrotates the elbow joint or shoulder joint. An armpit lock is very useful; it will immobilize an opponent and pin them on the ground. An armlock tha ...
, or clarkoplata, finish.
He was awarded the Submission of the year award from the World Jiu Jitsu Expo for his Pan Am 2013 final match. One of the most active current competitors from the Gracie lineage, Clark Gracie is also a 2017 World Master black belt champion in the middleweight division.
Biography
Clark started practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at the age of ten at his father's academy in San Francisco, California, training with the adults as there were no kids classes at that time.
At the age of 15 he accompanied his father to
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil, where he remained for the next few years. He then moved back to the US to complete high school. He received his
black belt in 2010 from his father, Grand Master
Carley Gracie, at Rodrigo Medeiro's academy in
Pacific Beach, San Diego.
Clark Gracie is an active Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor, and travels the world teaching while running Gracie Allegiance Jiu-Jitsu based in
San Diego
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and
La Jolla
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. The team name came from merging the name Clark Gracie Jiu-Jitsu with Allegiance Jiu Jitsu which is an affiliate gym based in Hastings New Zealand which also changed its name to Gracie Allegiance.
Instructor lineage
Kano Jigoro
Kano may refer to:
Places
*Kano State, a state in Northern Nigeria
*Kano (city), a city in Nigeria, and the capital of Kano State
** Kingdom of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between the 10th and 14th centuries
**Sultanate of Kano, a Hausa kingdom between ...
→
Tomita Tsunejiro →
Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda →
Carlos Gracie, Sr. →
Carley Gracie → Clark Gracie
References
External links
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu AcademyGracie UniversityBudovideosat YouTube
Gracie dot comNew Breed Jiu Jitsu
1984 births
Living people
Sportspeople from San Francisco
American sportspeople of Brazilian descent
American people of Scottish descent
American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Clark
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