2 years ago, I went to San José and I went to the academy Athletic Advance. It’s a nice place with nice people. As I was passing by this city again, I had to visit them. I did 2 trainings, one with the women class and the second in a…
I visited the BJJ social project of Leonidas Ruaro in Jacó 2 years ago and I wanted to come back. I did 2 trainings with them. The kids were preparing a competition so on the first evening I did some techniques really fast before to let them training hard for…
Carlos Barreto, the professor of Gracie Barra from Medellin gave me the contact of John Boyle who owns the academy Playa Venao BJJ. He has opened his academy in an hostel in front of the see in Playa Venao, which is such a beautiful and peaceful place. This was heavenly.I…
Carlos Barreto, the professor of Gracie Barra Medellin gave me the contact of César Pérez, the professor and owner of the academy Serpente in Panama City. I went to his academy two evenings and I gave the classes each time. There were a lot of girls with a really good…
I went to Bogota and trained 2 days at Octagon MMA. The first day was an holiday, so we did an open mat and for the second I taught a women only class. I had contacted Rafael, the only guy from BJJ Globetrotters who do matsurfing in Colombia and he…
I went in Medellin for 2 days and as I arrived too late on monday evening in the city, I could only train on Tuesday in Gracie Barra with Carlos Barreto. He comes from Panama but live in Colombia and he was the first black belt there. We did 2…
I went to Cali and found Juan Diego, a bjj guy who was offering coachsurfing. We had a good time to speak about travelling and jiu-jitsu and we visited all Cali by bike. As I didn’t stay a long time in Cali, so I did only one BJJ open mat…
I went to Popayan to visit the city and I didn’t planned to train BJJ. But when I was there, I finally checked Google and find an academy called Artes Marciales Mixtas with Tito David Anacona and I decided to go to train. This day, I arrived at 3am in…
I arrived Saturday evening and left on Tuesday, so I only trained one day, the Monday in team Alliance UIO with Francisco Donoso. I did 2 classes and taught techniques for both. During the first class, there were 5 girls. One was a former judoka and tried to throw me…
I went to Manta for one day and I finally stayed 3 days. I trained at the academy Satori with Eduardo Vera Marchan the owner and professor and Marcos Suel Salvo, a brazilian black belt, who was also there to teach the classes. I trained 2 evenings with the beginners…
I finally left Peru after 7 months and a little fine (I stayed more days than allowed in my passeport). I took a bus from Cusco to Zorritos for 43 hours. Cusco-Lima : 21h, 30 min in Lima to change the bus, and Lima-Zorritos : 22h. I planned to train…
When I was in Cusco, Paul who was hosting me, decided to participate to a championship in Tacna in the South of Peru (14 hours in bus from Cusco). As I trained a lot with him, he asked me to go there to coach him. Wilmet an other student decided…
In Cusco, I met Claudia from Lima who said me to come to her academy Sniper in Lima. I went there for 2 classes of one hour each. I gave the technique for the first class and the professor Christian Freyre gave the second class. He’s the owner of Sniper,…
In Lima, I visited a second academy, Ares BJJ. I had added Italo Eneas the professor on facebook, I don’t remember why but I think it’s due to an article from Jiu-Jitsu Times and wanted to meet him. I wrote him but unfortunately, he was in California for the IBJJF…
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…