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In this episode, I have a long talk with Mike Barr about his epic motorcycle trip that took him from New York all the way to the southernmost tip of Argentina, all while training Jiu Jitsu along the way. He was on the road for more than two years and I caught him shortly after he had returned home.

• Mikesmototravels.com
• Mike’s Instagram with lots of photos from his trip
• Featured traveler interview
• Mike’s old blog posts on BJJ Globetrotters

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Matsurfing is couchsurfing style network for Jiu Jitsu travelers and it is—unknown to many—actually how the idea of BJJ Globetrotters started out in the very beginning. It’s a little corner of our community that is less exposed but widely used. David Bruun from Canada tells his story about how he used the network to travel through Europe on an epic adventure.

• Matsurfing.org

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In this episode I’m talking with Bobby and Amanda McMasters who I met in Romania during my trip around the world back in 2011. They had volunteered through the Peace Corps and Bobby had been setting up a small Jiu Jitsu project in a village in the middle of nowhere with population of just 2000 people. Later, they’ve moved back home to the United States, where they’re running a membership-free Jiu Jitsu academy and campsite with various self-built accommodation options.

• Open Source Jiu Jitsu website
• Open Source Jiu Jitsu on Beltchecker.com
• A small film about the Jiu Jitsu project in Moldova
• BJJ Globetrotter around the world trip in Romania
• BJJ Globetrotter around the world trip in Moldova
• BJJ Globetrotter around the world trip in Transnistria

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Valerie Jean took up a much controversial offer on the Members of BJJ Globetrotters Facebook group to fly to Kazakstan and teach Jiu Jitsu, all inclusive. Those who were nervous for her to get stuck there indefinitely, had probably not imagined that would actually happen because of a world wide pandemic. After many unsuccessful attempts at catching a flight out of Kazakstan to get home to Canada, we managed to call her during the quarantine and hear her story. [Quarantine special]

• Valerie’s profile on Beltchecker.com

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If you’re training BJJ and have been online for the last few years, chances are very high that you have come across some of Priit’s recent instructional videos. In this episode, I speak with him about how he has done the seemingly impossible and become one of the most sought after BJJ instructors in the world at the moment, based purely on his technical material and not on being a celebrity competitor or coach.

• Priit’s classes on BJJ Globetrotters in Action
• Priit’s instructional DVDs at BJJ Fanatics

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In this episode, I talk about the story of how the BJJ Globetrotters camps started and about the background of each of the many camps we do at this point. We also look back at what happened in the BJJ Globetrotters community in 2018.

• The BJJ Globetrotters Camps

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Mike and Rebecca Sweeney were full time BJJ and MMA instructors, when they decided to stop training, sell their academy and everything else they owned, to buy a boat and sail from Canada to the Caribbean and live there. After several years on the water, they sold the boat and set off on a bicycle ride from California to the southern tip of Argentina. They did all this with a true belief that everything, including money, can be figured out along the way. “How difficult can it be?”

• Zero to Cruising
• BJJ Globetrotter visiting Mike and Rebecca in the Caribbean
• Zero to Cruising Facebook page gallery

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Ruadhán from Ireland is an expert in traveling off the beaten path. I caught him for an interview while he was at a Polar Bear safety course in Svalbard, north of the Arctic circle and we had a long talk about his favorite American all-inclusive casino resorts and Greek island vacation package tours.

• Greenland Camp 2016 highlight video
• Greenland camp 2018
• Gods and Fighting Men website
• Gods and Fighting Men Facebook Page
• Ruadhán’s Facebook profile
• /r/MapPorn on Reddit
• City 40 – documentary on secret city in Russia
• www.BJJglobetrotters.com
• Pirate Radio Podcast
• Matsurfing.org

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In this episode, I interview Bruno Matias. He is one of the veteran coaches of the camps, the official victory dance coach of BJJ Globetrotters and also the one guy I was deadly afraid to meet in competition when I one day got my black belt. I also answer questions from the listeners, in this episode on being an entrepreneur.

• www.BJJglobetrotters.com
• www.matsurfing.org
• Best dancers in Jiu Jitsu
• Bruno Matias Teaches Victory Dance at BJJ Globetrotters Summer Camp

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First attempt at a podcast episode from one of our camps. I brought my little microphone around me during the Caribbean Island Camp and tried to capture the atmosphere, behind the scenes stuff and a few chats with people. Feedback and suggestions are welcome on [email protected].