Let me explain this:
You can enter a clan through the clan board, like-, on the first page scroll down till you see a board called clan discussion, there you can choose a clan and apply to join that clan. You should only apply to an official clan when you are a black belt, because thats the minimum of the most official clans.
There are also non official clans, those are normal threads started with [DSC]clanname. Its easier to join the non-official clans.
After joinning a clan, you can use the clan tag.