From The Martial Arts Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Status 2 Rank 3 Earlier belts 4 Lineage 5 Academy 6 Website 7 Students

Status

Instructor/Competitor

Rank

Black belt (awarded February 19, 2005)

Earlier belts

• Black Belt from Renzo Gracie in March 1999

Lineage

Ricardo "Big Dog Cachorrao" Almeida « Renzo Gracie « Carlos "Carlinhos" Gracie, Jr. « Carlos Gracie, Sr. « Mitsuyo "Conde Koma" Maeda

Academy

Flex Gym

Website

www.ricardoalmeida.com

Students

Black belt

Chad Beatty, Steve Bongiorno, Rob Scheier

Brown belt

Maurício Alfieri

Purple belt

James Gabert, Danny Ives, Brian McPherson, Kurt Pellegrino

Unknown

Steve Kim