Craig Carroll

Craig began his martial arts career in the US Marine Corps, eventually becoming a black belt instructor in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program in 2009.

That same year the Marine Corps sent him to the Gracie Combatives for Military and Law Enforcement (GCMLE) instructor course at the Gracie Academy in Torrance, CA.

In 2011 he started training in Gracie Combatives at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu La Jolla, CA, earning his blue belt in October 2011.

He opened his first Gracie Garage in Kaneohe, HI in 2013 and his second Gracie Garage in Shawano, WI in 2023.

In 2024, Craig became a certified Gracie Jiu-Jitsu instructor back where he began at Gracie University in Torrance, CA and immediately opened Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Shawano.