John Carmack

Also known as

John D. Carmack · John D. Carmack II

Description

American computer programmer and video game developer, co-founder of id Software and lead programmer of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake, later CTO of Oculus VR. Hobbyist grappler: wrestled in junior high and trained Midwest YMCA judo as a teenager, resumed judo in his thirties, and received a year of private Brazilian jiu-jitsu lessons with Carlos Machado, training on Saturdays at his Armadillo Aerospace facility.

Teachers (2)

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  Carlos Machado

  sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Probable

  Probable

  Carmack states directly on JRE

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  Private lesson location_onArmadillo Aerospace badge

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Carmack states directly on JRE

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “My wife for Christmas one year got me a year of private lessons with Carlos Machado. [...] I was in a situation where I had Armadillo Aerospace, my rocketry company at the time, we had enough space. So I had a whole bunch of mats set out there and I would work with Carlos and one of the other guys there on Saturdays.”

  — (2019). The Joe Rogan Experiencelink info
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  Bert Becerra

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  Carmack describes resuming judo in his thirties at Becerra Judo and later training with "one of my coaches"; the club's own website identifies its head as Bert Becerra, but the episode never names the coach explicitly, leaving some doubt about which instructors he learned from

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  location_onBecerra Judo badge

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  Carmack describes resuming judo in his thirties at Becerra Judo and later training with "one of my coaches"; the club's own website identifies its head as Bert Becerra, but the episode never names the coach explicitly, leaving some doubt about which instructors he learned from

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “I got back into it in my thirties [...] the place that I wound up is called Becerra judo. And [...] he was a Cuban Olympian [...] Then I had judo with one of my coaches another day.”

  — (2019). The Joe Rogan Experiencelink info

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “John Carmack promoted to Brown Belt”

  — Becerra Judo. (2011). Becerra Judo & Jujitsu linkhistory info

Lineage

• Brazilian jiu-jitsuCarlos Machado ← Carlos Gracie Jr. ← Rolls Gracie ← Carlson Gracie ← Carlos Gracie · 5 generations
• Kōdōkan JūdōBert Becerra ← André Kolychkine Thompson ← Jean de Herdt ← Kawaishi Mikinosuke ← Takahashi Kazuyoshi ← Yokoyama Sakujiro ← Kanō Jigorō · 7 generations

Ranks (1)

• sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō

  school? Confirmed

  Confirmed

  The club's own website records the promotion with a dated photograph (2007CarmackBrownBelt.jpg) on its 2007 awards page

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  Dan-Kyu System (2007)

  granted by Bert Becerra

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  The club's own website records the promotion with a dated photograph (2007CarmackBrownBelt.jpg) on its 2007 awards page

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “John Carmack promoted to Brown Belt”

  — Becerra Judo. (2011). Becerra Judo & Jujitsu linkhistory info

Sources

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