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Featured Traveller: Valérie Jean – BJJ Globetrotters
Valérie Jean – BJJ Globetrotters Age: 33 Belt: Purple belt 4 stripes, turning pink Profession: Immigration officer How many years in BJJ: 6 or 7 years give or take with injuries and forced breaks Other martial arts: Started with being bullied, so I was mostly on the receiving end as a kid. Did Muay Thai […]
Featured affiliated academy: Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Singapore
Where is Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Singapore located? The gym is located in Singapore. The exact address is 326C King George’s Avenue, King George’s Building, 208567. How many people train there? Roughly, we have around 40-50 kids and 50-60 adults at the moment. Is the gym growing – if so by how many new members each month […]
Featured Traveller: Daniël Bertina – BJJ Globetrotters
Daniël Bertina BJJ – Photo by Kevin Kwee Age: 4 decades of excellence. I’m aging like fine wine (or vinager…) Belt: Black belt 1st degree. COVID-19 undermined my promotion to 2nd degree. I blame the Chinese biolab. Let’s hope I don’t get demoted once this madness ends. Profession: Writer, journalist, and critic working in art, […]
Featured affiliated academy: Pui O’hana Grappling, Hong Kong BJJ
Where is the gym located? The gym is in Lo Wai Tsuen, which is a village in Pui O on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. If you remember that movie Contagion where the local Hong Kong guy kidnaps Marion Cotillard and takes her to a village. It’s near there. So it’s not your typical idea of […]
Featured Traveller: Jenn Carson – Yoga teacher, librarian and author
Jenn Carson Yoga Age: 38 Belt: Blue, with some stripes, if that matters Profession: Library Director, Author, Yoga Teacher How many years in BJJ: Three and a half-ish Other martial arts: Yellow belt in kickboxing when I was in high school, does that count? I also belong to the Woodstock Boxing Club, but I’m fairly […]
Featured Traveller: Jorgen Matsi – BJJ Globetrotters
Jorgen Matsi BJJ Age: 37 Belt: Black Profession: I’m a personal coach / counselor in a CRM software company called Pipedrive. How many years in BJJ: 16 Other martial arts: Aikido for a few years before starting BJJ and MMA at age of 20 back in 2003. Parallel to BJJ I’ve trained quite a lot […]
