I’m going to start off saying that my trip to Japan started as a joke to a friend. He’s lived in Tokyo for a few years along with his family and I just happened to message him out of the blue. After messaging back and forth through email for a while I decided to be funny and say that I would come and visit not thinking much of it until my friend actually invited me to come. I would have …
Category: Travel
Now that the 2016 World Jiu Jitsu Championship is over. I finally have time to reflect on my training and other experiences while staying in California. I’m going to start off by saying that I had a general idea of where I would stay and train. But if you travel a lot you realize that your plans don’t always work out. But that’s how life works. So a word of advice from me is to always stay networking. Meet new …
I’ve been training in Gothenburg, Sweden for the last few weeks and I have to say that it is one of the best decisions that I have ever made. I’ve traveled before to other countries but this was my first sponsored trip as a professional athlete. Traveling and being able to train is one of the coolest things about bjj. You can literally go anywhere in the world and there will be an open mat and willing partners ready to …
