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Featured Traveller: Teghan Hume – BJJ Globetrotters

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Age: 36 Belt: Purple Beltch Profession: Environmental Advisor How many years in BJJ: 8…ish. Give or take a few existential crises. Other martial arts: Muay Thai — 3 years, until I realized I don’t particularly enjoy getting punched in the face. Where do you live: Currently Aberdeen, Scotland; soon to be Norwich, England. Where are […]

Featured Traveller: Roger Karel – BJJ Globetrotters

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Age: 50 Belt: Black Profession: Head coach at Blue Dog Jiu-Jitsu How many years in BJJ: 9.5 Other martial arts: Started with Kyokushin Karate in ’86 and have since tried my hand at Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Kickboxing, Japanese Ju Jutsu, and MMA. Where do you live: Yeovil in Somerset, southwest England. Where are you from: […]

Featured affiliated academy: Barbarik MMA, BJJ in India

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Barbarik MMA, BJJ in India Where is the gym located?  Barbarik MMA is located in the vibrant university town of Manipal, in the Udupi district of coastal Karnataka, India. How many people train there? We currently have a solid, dedicated core of about 50-60 active practitioners across our grappling and combat sports programs. The strength […]

Featured Traveller: Sebastiaan Munter – BJJ Globetrotters

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Age: 49 Belt: Black Profession: PE/ Self-Defense teacher in vocational education and part-time gym owner / head coach How many years in BJJ: 25 already Other martial arts: I did Judo since I was 6 years old and have done competitive MMA and kickboxing when I was younger Where do you live: Heemskerk, The Netherlands […]

Featured affiliated academy: KODAMA BJJ, England

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Where is the gym located? KODAMA BJJ is based out of Angmering, a village on the South Coast of England. While the village itself has a population of around 10,000, we are centrally nestled right between several much larger coastal towns, making us highly accessible for the whole region. How many people train there? As […]