Clark Rouson Gracie (born July 17, 1984) is an American Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor and member of the Gracie family.
He is a 2013 Pan American black belt champion in the middleweight division, submitting his opponent in the finals with his signature omoplata, or clarkoplata, finish.
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, Brazil, where he remained for the next few years. He then moved back to the US to complete high school.
He received his
BJJ 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 and
La Jolla. 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 →
Tomita Tsunejiro →
Mitsuyo Maeda →
Carlos Gracie →
Carley Gracie → Clark Gracie
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