Chris Haueter

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Christopher Haueter
Born (1964-12-27) 27 December 1964 (age 59) [1]
California
Residence California, United States
Style Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
TeamCombat Base
Rigan Machado
Teacher(s) Rigan Machado
Dan Inosanto
Rank6th deg. BJJ black belt
(under Rigan Machado)
OccupationBJJ instructor
Notable students Matt Thornton
Mads Burnell
Website https://www.combatbase.com/

Chris Haueter is a 6th degree black belt Brazilian jiu jitsu practitioner and coach. [2] As one of the first non-Brazilians to achieve the rank of black belt and the first American black belt to compete at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, he is regarded as a pioneer of the sport. [3] Haueter is also known for coining several unnamed Brazilian jiu-jitsu's positions. [4]

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Biography

Christopher Bard Haueter was born in 1964 in California. Haueter started training karate before switching to wrestling in school, After completing high school he joined the US Marine Corps. After trying muay thai and boxing Haueter started Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) at Rorion Gracie’s garage, where he met his mentor Rigan Machado. After Machado started his academy Haueter followed receiving his black belt from him in December 1996. [4] He is considered one of BJJ Dirty Dozen, the first 12 Non-Brazilian recipients of the BJJ black belt. [4]

As one of the first American black belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, [5] Haueter named new positions as BJJ rapidly developed in the mid 1990s, famously coining the term "combat base" stance and naming his academy after it. [4] Haueter is known as the first American to submit a Brazilian in competition and the first American black belt to compete at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Brazil. [6] During his coaching career Haueter has awarded black belts to some notable practitioners such as Matt Thornton, the founder of Straight Blast Gym (SBG) who awarded John Kavanagh his black belt in 2007, leading Conor McGregor to call Haueter his "coach's coach's coach". [7]

Haueter is also known as the head referee for the Metamoris grappling promotion, and for designing the Magikimono, a jiu-jitsu kimono for the Shoyoroll brand. [4]

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitive summary

Main Achievements (Black Belt):

Instructor lineage

Mitsuyo Maeda → Carlos Gracie Sr. → Hélio Gracie → Rolls Gracie & Carlos Gracie Jr → Rigan Machado → Chris Haueter [4]

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  3. ↑ "Chris Haueter On Blind Loyalty in BJJ: 'It's Weird that Adult Men Pay Other Adult Men to Control Them'". Bjj Eastern Europe. October 15, 2020.
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