Chris is a BJJ Black Belt from Los Angeles, he is here in the UK for 1 week.
Chris was the 1st ever American to compete in Brazil.
His seminars are ALWAYS very very good
For our regular BJJ seminar at Caged Steel this month we are fortunate to have my coach, the legend that is Chris Haueter over from LA.
Hope to see you there.
For those of you that don't know Chris, read on........
Chris began training with the Gracie and Machado family in Rorion Gracie's garage in 1988. Earning his BJJ Black Belt under the legendary Rigan Machado in 1996, Chris became a member of the so called "Dirty Dozen" One of the first of 12 americans to earn the coveted BJJ Black Belt.
Chris has been involved in martial arts since he was a child. In his teens he received black belts in traditional martial arts as well as competing on the state and national levels in freestyle wrestling. Chris also discovered competitive boxing and closed quarter combat while serving in the US Marine Corp.
In 1983-84, Chris's sponge like ability to learn found a home at the Inosanto Academy in Los Angles, California.When Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu found Chris in 1989 he had already earned a level of "Instructor" at the Inosanto Academy in Muay Thai kickboxing, Jeet Kune Do, Kali, and western boxing.
The hook of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu sank deep into Chris after his very first experience of "rolling" on the mat with the great BJJ Coach Rigan Machado.
In the years that have past, Chris' involvement in the art of BJJ has been total. An assistant Instructor 1993, promoted to black belt in 1996, Chris became one of only a handful of Americans to hold a black belt in this highly technical and complex Art. As a black belt Chris served as Machado competition team captain, a coach, and competitor. In addition to numerous colored belt victories, Chris was the first American black belt to compete in the Mundial De Jiu-Jitsu (world championships) held each Year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and has won Black Belt tournament victories at the '97 Joe Moeira Open , '98 Pan American and most recently winning No-Gi Advanced Gold at the 2006 U.S. Open.
Chris's approach to teaching resembles that of a coach rather than a teacher. He is always helping his students improve their performance and refining their technique. Chris wants his students to develop a flexible game and to be able to relax and roll.
With that Chris does not spend half the class on conditioning and calisthenics, which he calls Reindeer games. Instead the class is focused on improving technique and performance so allows each individual athlete the freedom needed to develop his, or her own game to its highest levels of performance.
Chris Haueter is a well-rounded instructor, his knowledge of the stand up game as well as his personal experiences in various combative forms make Chris an excellent Jiu-Jitsu coach.
Chris Hauter seminar Tuesday Nov 4th
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