Lineage: Kano Jigoro →Tomita Tsunejirō & Mitsuyo Maeda → Carlos Gracie|Carlos Gracie Sr. & Hélio Gracie → Rolls Gracie & Carlos Gracie Jr.|Carlos "Carlinhos" Gracie Jr→ Rigan Machado & Erik Paulson

Ryan Gruhn is a veteran competitor and has been studying the combat arts for over two decades starting his training in 1993. In this time he has achieved instructor status in seven different martial arts. He is the head instructor at Central PA Mixed Martial Arts teaching the Striking/MMA, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Women’s Kickboxing, Reality Based MMA, and Youth Martial Arts classes. He is the Central PA and PA State representative for the World Thai Boxing Association, Dog Brothers and Erik Paulson’s Combat Submission Wrestling. To date, Ryan is the only person ever to hold a Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu while simultaneously holding the title of Ajarn in Muay Thai and Guro in Dog Brothers Martial Arts. Ryan is a 3° Black Belt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has competed in countless Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments placing in the majority of tournaments he has attended. He has competed at every belt level including Black Belt and podeumed at those tournaments. He is one of ten individuals world wide who have been certified as a “Guro” in Dog Brothers under Punong Guro Marc “Crafty Dog” Denny and also a member of the Dog Brothers tribe receiving the name of “Guard Dog.” CPAMMA is considered a “Den” of the Dog Brother’s Pack and goes by the name of “Guard Dog’s Den.” Ryan’s main instructor as a child into his teen years was Bill Gebhardt, owner of the State College Martial Arts Academy. Ryan is a certified coach with USA Boxing, a certified Full Instructor in Jeet Kune Do & Filipino Martial Arts, and one of less than fifty people worldwide who have obtained the rank of Ajarn in Thai Boxing under Ajarn Surachai “Chai” Sirisute.