I went to Lima and visited a first academy Monkey BJJ where I gave a class for Women and after I participated to a general class. I like to give class to women and share with them my BJJ. I met Uchi who is doing a lot for women in…
I stayed a long time in Cusco, to train but I had a goal too : finish a personal project (a website named BJJ Women) for the women who do Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I started this project 2 years ago (in 2015) and I never finished it. It took me long…
I had the opportunity to meet Tony De Souza and participate to 2 seminars with him. I didn’t know this guy before travelling and when I was in Bolivia, people started to ask me : are you going to Peru ? Will you train with Tony de Souza ? I discovered…
In Cusco, Diego and Nico, the Bunker’s owners and Suave Fuerza’s professors asked me if I wanted to give a self defense seminar for women. I never did that but it was interesting to do it and I asked some advices to my coach Axel who uses to do it….
In Cusco, I met Matt who use to train at 10th Planet in the USA. He did a project in Cusco to give classes of BJJ/No gi in an orphan’s house. He asked me to go with him to this place situated at 1h in bus from the city Cusco….
After living in the Sacred Valley, I came to the city of Cusco. I have started to train at the academy Fuerza Suave, located at the Bunker, 2 months ago and I’m still there. All the team and the professors Nico Curich and Diego Yule are really sympathetic. As Cusco…
I planned to go to Cusco in Peru and met Estephano who does bjj and lives in the Sacred Valley. I went to his house surrounded by mountains and nature in the community of Arin. We started to train together on simple carpets in his house. Some days after, I…
I went to La Paz and trained at Allianza Mma Bolivia. They trained no gi because they were preparing a nogi tournament for September. The training was hard (cardio and physically) especially at 3500m of altitude. I trained 3 times. We practiced stand-up exercises, techniques and finished by a lot…
When I was in Tarija, JP Miranda, the professor of his bjj team JP Miranda (Lotus Club) asked me to pass by his city, Santa Cruz. So I went there and arrived in a small Brazilian city. In fact, it was situated near the medicine university surrounded by a big brazilian…
In Tarija, the professor Luis, gave me the contact of his uncle who knows Gerónimo, the professor of Game Fight BJJ in Cochabamba. I went to his academy and trained 2 times. The second time, he let me give the class. The first class, I had a new time this shortness of…
In Tarija, a guy gave me the contact of Yelson who is the bjj professor of Gracie Barra in Sucre. I went to this pretty city to train there and he let me give the classes. Sucre is at 2810m of altitude and during some positions (especially on bottom) I…
Luis, my host in Tarija did some crossfit so I went to train with him. This the first and unique place in Tarija to do crossfit. There are guys, girls and Jorge the owner, who train everyday in a powerful ambiance. What I like the most in crossfit, it’s when it’s…
I read in a blog that Tarija was a city not too touristic and a sympathetic city to go in Bolivia. As I found a BJJ team, I decided to go there for my first city in this country. I find a contact on facebook and wrote him. Luis offered…
A belgian friend suggest me to go to the pretty city Salta, so I decided to visit it before to go to Bolivia. I found the team Guidici to train. As they can only train 3 times a week, classes are longer, between 2h and 3h, depending of the day. I…
I have met Axel Vankimmenade in 2009. I was a blue belt and I started to train in an other academy : Malicia Team. We started to train together and decided to compete a lot. He fastly became my coach and made my BJJ basics stronger. He’s why I’m here today. He’s the…