residence teacher martial_art students rank article_title name
california usa redondo beach , california , united states rigan machado rcj machado brazilian jiu-jitsu matt thornton -lsb- jeff wassom -lrb- martial artist -rrb- black 5th degree black belt in brazilian jiu-jitsu chris haueter
 christopher haueter
chris haueter

chris haueter , is an american martial arts athlete and coach .
as one of the first american black belts in brazilian jiu-jitsu chris is best known for his innovative teaching style and conceptual coaching ability and naming of new positions as the art rapidly developed in the mid 90 's , coined the term ` combat base ' as it related to shooting platform .
he spread bjj to the uk and across the us in the late 90 's .
chris is one of the bjj dirty dozen -lrb- first 12 non-brazilian recipients of the bjj black belt -rrb- .
he received his black belt from rigan machado in 1996 , is the first american black belt to compete in the mundials de jiu-jitsu in brazil , the first american black belt to win a black belt match .
over the years chris has won multiple pan american , and superfight victories .
he is also a highly respected jkd practitioner directly trained under dan inosanto .
he has promoted 15 black belts .
