Episode 17: Bobby and Amanda started BJJ program in Moldavian village, now run a pay-what-you-can academy/campsite/community in North Carolina
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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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