Carlos Andre Rodrigues Marinho

Carlos Marinho is a 4th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Carlson Gracie Team and also holds a black belt in Luta Livre, the Brazilian grappling style, from RFT. Born and raised in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, he moved to Dubai in 2015 and has since worked delivering Jiu-Jitsu, grappling and self-defence training for the UAE Army. Alongside his coaching, Marinho describes himself as an explorer of the history of combat sports. He holds a master's degree in sports training and a further qualification in Jiu-Jitsu from initiation to high performance, and he runs SUBGRAPPLE.COM, a blog dedicated to submission grappling and the history of grappling, for which he writes essays on the origins of close-quarters combat.