
Ryan Clark is currently a brown
belt under Steve Kardian (Black belt from Phil Migliarese) and Rob Kahn (Black
belt from Legendary UFC Fighter Royce Gracie).
Ryan Spent his college years
training at the first Gracie Academy in the Northeast which was established in
1994. At the academy Ryan was exposed to the proper way of teaching
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu at seminars put on by Erik Paulson, Phil Migliarese, Royler
Gracie and even Royce Gracie. In order to stay on top of his game Ryan frequently
heads back to his roots and trains with top level black belts, something that
most people do not have the privilege of doing. The Jiu-Jitsu classes are held
7 days a week where the basis is to work on submission grappling and ground
combat skills.
Ryan has been teaching BJJ for the
past 5 years and in November 2007 Upstate BJJ was formed. Upstate BJJ currently
has an active BJJ and MMA team which has its fair share of undefeated fighters.
Ryan welcomes any and all disciplines to come into either the Rotterdam or the
Cohoes facility to see firsthand why Upstate BJJ is becoming one of upstate
NY’s fastest growing BJJ /MMA Schools.