Chris Haueter has pursued the "way" of the Martial Arts literally all of his life. By the age of sixteen, Chris had achieved his first black belt in the classical arts.

Only two Years later he could be found competing at the state and national level in American and freestyle wrestling. Chris 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.

Chris makes no claim at being the fastest, one of the most technical, or one of the toughest competitors. Instead, he can be heard telling students about the "boxes inside boxes" nature of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu; that in their lifetimes, no matter how good they get, there will always be more to discover about the "art without limits".

Chris Haueter is humble. It is precisely this quality that has been molded by the legend Rigan Machado, and the other master grapplers of the Machado family that has created one of the best Coaches of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the world.