In Santiago, I met Francesca who suggested me to go to Antofagasta to train with his friend Alejandro, professor of the team Caes de Rua. So I decided to stop 2 days in this city. I travelled by night from Copiapo to Antofagasta and did the first class at noon….
I found two guys, Juan and Gabriel, on couchsurfing in Copiapo who where doing BJJ, so I asked them if I could be hosted and train with them. They accepted and I went to train to their academy : team Ulloa. The class is only 3 times a week, but…
When I trained in Cicero Costha from Valparaiso, I met Raul Valencia, who has his academy in Viña del Mar. So, I went one evening to his class with my friend, Francisca from Viña del Mar. It was a Nogi class, where we did a lot of nice leglock techniques…
During my stay in Viña del Mar, I received a message from a guy, Tomas, who invited me to train with his team : clube de jiu-jitsu Pitbull. I could only go there on saturday morning, what I did. We were a small class, but it was nice and I…
When I was in Buenos Aires, I went to the Mercosur tournament, with my Uruguayan friend Fausto who competed there. His semi-final opponent was a Chilien from the Equipo Cohab who I met again in Viña del Mar. He trains in Viña at the noon class and give the class on…
At the same moment I was in Viña del Mar, Behnaz was there too. I know her from BJJ Women Camp in Holland. She was training at Cohab, so I joined her during a little bit more than a week. It was a lot of good training and fights, with…
I met Francesca on the BjjGlobletrotter facebook group. She offered me to train with her in her academy. She uses to train in Cicero Costha academy in Viña del Mar, but I arrived on Saturday and the following Monday was a Hollyday, so we went to the other Cicero Costha…
Santiago was my first city in Chile. A friend from Holland, Behnaz, who is a bjj globetrotters too, help me to find a jiu-jitsuka who can host me. I went with him to train in the Cohab team from Santiago. I trained 4 times, gave the technic of the Tuesday…
I found 2 members of bjj globetrotters in Mendoza and with their help, I met Marcelo who offered to hosting me. I landed in his family (his wife, 2 kids and 2 dogs) and it was really nice. Marcelo (on the top and right of the photo) is a rugby…
Do you know you can freeze bananas ? When I was in Brazil, I bought many bananas but they started quickly to became overripe. I decided to figure out if I could freeze them and I discovered how to do it and that is a really good trick to make…
Sometimes you meet women who do Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Aerial Silk… So good… Due to a back injury when I was a white belt (around 2005), I decided to do a break in bjj and start an other sport : aerial silk. I did it during 2-3 years and stopped…
After one week of rest, I did one week of training in Cordoba. Pamela, from Buenos Aires gave me the contact of two bjj girls who hosted me and trained with me. I learned, trained and rolled everyday with a lot of good vibes. Mariano, the professor will participate at…
For my second part of staying in Buenos Aires, I was hosted by Pamela Bovida, a brown belt, who I met on the facebook group Bjj Globetrotter. I trained with her and her boyfriend at Nova Uniao at United MMA Fight Center. The first day, I trained at 4pm and…
My friend Fausto from Uruguay has to go to Buenos Aires to do a bjj tournament. So I went with him. He introduced me to the Sukata academy of Buenos Aires and the Sukata BJJ women. We travelled by night, bus and ferry and we arrive the morning at 8am….
I’m arrived at Montevideo to see a bjj friend, Fausto and train with him in his academy Sukata with his professor Pablo Solis. I will stay here 2 weeks. People are really friendly. Today, I gave the class with basic techniques that I like a lot. And after we had…