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Rigan Machado
Born
(1966-07-02) July 2, 1966 (age 57) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Residence
Los Angeles, California, US
Style
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Sambo
Teacher(s)
Helio Gracie, Rolls Gracie, Carlos Gracie Jr.
Rank
8th deg. BJJ coral belt
Notable relatives
Machado family Gracie Family
Notable students
Dan Inosanto, Erik Paulson, Chuck Norris, John Will, Chris Haueter, Rick Minter, Cindy Omatsu, Damone Revere, Rodney King
Rigan Machado (born 2 July 1966) is an 8th degree red and White belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, earning his rank under Carlos Gracie, Jr. He is a former Pan American Champion (1996, 1997 weight and absolute) and a veteran medalist of the ADCC.[1] Machado currently teaches out of his Beverly Hills, California academy and is instructor to several Los Angeles–based celebrity students.
^"Rigan Machado". BJJ Heroes BJJ Fighter Database. March 26, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
RiganMachado (born 2 July 1966) is an 8th degree red and White belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, earning his rank under Carlos Gracie, Jr. He is a former...
been RiganMachado, Jean Jacques Machado and Carlos Machado. The most successful Machados in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Competition are RiganMachado and Jean...
Jacques Machado (born February 12, 1968) is a Brazilian Jiu jitsu practitioner. He is one of the five Machado brothers (Carlos, Roger, Rigan and John)...
since 2005. In 2016, he began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under RiganMachado, and received his blue belt in October 2018. "Charlie Hunnam: Biography"...
million. Footage does exist of Rickson competing against his cousin RiganMachado in a jiu-jitsu match in 1986, in what was one of the first public matches...
jiu-jitsu (BJJ) at Rorion Gracie’s garage, where he met his mentor RiganMachado. After Machado started his academy Haueter followed receiving his black belt...
Gracie, Maurício "Maurição" Motta Gomes, Márcio "Macarrão" Stambowsky, RiganMachado and Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti. He died in a hang-gliding accident in...
Warmaster". "RiganMachado Black Belts". RiganMachado Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Association. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. "RiganMachado - Mobile...
December 2023, Moura was promoted to brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by RiganMachado. He has three sons with journalist and photographer Sandra Delgado,...
began training in the martial art Brazilian jiu-jitsu in May 2017 with RiganMachado, an 8th degree red and black belt. Shortly after, he began training...
artist The Machado brothers, Brazilian jiu-jitsu teachers and competitors RiganMachado (born 1966) Carlos Machado (born 1963) Jean Jacques Machado (born 1968)...
Carlos Gracie → Helio Gracie → Carlos Gracie Jr → Jean Jacques Machado / RiganMachado → John Will → John Simon → Lachlan Giles "Lachlan Giles | BJJ Heroes"...
trains in the martial art Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and is a brown belt under RiganMachado. On September 17, 2008, Kutcher was named the assistant coach for the...
from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020. "RiganMachado | BJJ Heroes". Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved...
Japanese-American black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under senior instructor RiganMachado and Leka Vieira. She is best known for being the first Asian-American...
Grappling sessions take place at night. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu medalist RiganMachado coaches Swanson's BJJ. Former boxing champion Joel Díaz teaches Swanson...
the -99 kilograms (218 lb) category, after defeating Mário Sperry and RiganMachado but losing to John-Olav Einemo (2–0). In 2003 at age 22, Gracie received...
(also known as a slam) to get them to release the hold. The Triangle by RiganMachado with David Meyer (2004) ISBN 0-9754768-0-7 Arm triangle choke List of...
in the sport, including Roger Gracie, Andre Galvao, Eddie Bravo, and RiganMachado as team captains. Source: "FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH - A halálos magyar...
connected with the Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighting circuit, including RiganMachado, an eighth degree red and black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former...
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