I arrived this morning after a long night in bus, travelling from São Mateus to Belo Horizonte. I trained at noon in the main place of Gracie Barra in Belo Horizonte. Wow so many Black belts… And this afternoon, one training in gi and one with no gi at BH…
I have made a step in São Mateus, in Espírito Santos. Why this city ? Because it’s just in the middle of my way between Ubaitaba and Rio, there are some BJJ Academies and it’s a small city which is better after 3 weeks of nature and disconnection. I didn’t…
Today I have left my cacao farm one night to train Jiu-Jitsu in Itacaré. This is a small city in Bahia with a lot of beautiful beaches. It’s a place to visit, hang out even I’m just here to train. Tomorrow training at 6h30 and after I will return in…
Today I travelled to Salvador. I trained here with master Edson Carvalho. Check the academy : Academia de Jiu Jitsu Edson Carvalho
Fortaleza is the first city of my travel. I visit a BJJ friend Jair, who trained one year in Belgium. Here, he trains at the team Ribeiro with Maestre Guilherme Rocha de Faria (Caju). I will stay one week. There are a lot of black belt… I just got my…
I participated in Paris at a seminar with Olivier Michalesco at the academy “Cercle Tissier”. It was a nice seminar and Olivier is a good instructor with many interesting details. It was the opportunity too to roll with some women whose Claire-France Thevenon, who is though and really bjj active…
I was in Madrid for an Ibjjf Open championship and some ladies whose I know from bjj women camp, organised an open mat the following day. So I went to roll with them and learn new technics. One of these woman is Maggie Left. We met in a bjj women…
I went to Mannheim to roll with Cristina Cervelli. Unfortunatly she was working this evening. So I trained with her husband Spiros Huhn. It was good. They organise a lot of bjj seminar and open mat. They are really nice. Check their academy : SDS Academy
When I met Hannette Staack in a Bonanza Women Camp, I thought that I had to go to Chicago go train in her academy. She’s a really good instructor, though woman and amazing person. In addition, I knew that there were 3 though and light girls who were training with her….
The last day before to leave Costa Rica, I went to train bjj at Athletic Advance in San José. I arrive in a competition class after 40 days without training. It was hard but it was good. A nice and strong team. Check this academy : Athletic Advance BJJ
I was in Jacó in Costa Rica and I decided to train there. I met Leonidas Ruaro who runs a social project where he teaches jiu jitsu for free for the kids. Leonidas is an amazing and nice guy who does a great job with all the kids. It was…
When I was in USA in October 2014, I did the World’s No Gi championship. I fought and lost my first match against Jen Flannery. As her academy was on my road in May 2015, I went there to train with her. She was injuried but it was a pleasure…
I first met Liz Sussan on the mats in the world’s championship in 2013 and we were in the same category in the world’s master championship in 2015 but we finally didn’t fight together. We both lost before but we wanted to fight again. After the competition, we started to…
In New York, the new academy “Unity Jiu-Jitsu School” organise free open mat each sundays. So I joined them one time. It was a nice training. Check this academy : Unity Jiu Jitsu School
I went back to New York one month to train one more time at Marcelo Garcia academy. I really like training there. People are always nice. This time, I rolled with Marcelo who played with me like a mouse (last time he was injuried). I learned a lot to train…