“"Doug" due to the name's phonetic resemblance to Drugut.”
Team
Renzo Gracie Academy
Biography
Drgut Pelinkovic, commonly known as Doug Pelinkovic is a 5th dan in shōtōkan karate, as well as a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under John Danaher and Renzo Gracie. One of the foremost karate players in the sport during the 1990s, a time when he was a part of the United States Karate National Squad, Pelinkovic later become a well respected and sought out grappling coach in the East Coast area, responsible for developing talented no-gi grapplers such as Frank Rosenthal and Stanley Rosa.