Author Archive for: bjjglobetrotters

Age: 37 Belt: Purple Profession: Managing Director of a personal safety company called RESOLVEit. How many years in BJJ: Almost 5 years. Other martial arts: Oh where do I start! I won’t list the black belts, I cringe at things like that, but let’s just say the few look quite nice framed on my wall […]

Where is the gym located? No.52, Eldams Road, Teynampet, Chennai – 600083, Tamil Nadu, South India. How many people train there? Currently I have 5 people training in my gym under my brand. Is the gym growing – if so by how many new members each month or year? Not exactly because of the pandemic, […]

Sven Groten – BJJ Globetrotters Age: Pretty much 31 Belt: I’m a Blackbelt, allthough only purple in BJJ but promoted to Black in Luta Livre which in my mind does not make a difference Profession: Special educations teacher in training, JiuJitsu teacher, Coowner of Game Theory Jiu Jitsu Started training (year): Judo 1995/1996, MMA and […]

Gilian Jansen – BJJ Globetrotters Age: I’m 28 years old Belt: I’ve been a brown belt for the last 2 years, and I train at Team Honeybadgers in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Profession: I am a full-time carpenter, and I teach a couple of Jiu Jitsu classes a week. During my most recent travels, I worked […]

Chris Fensom – BJJ Globetrotters Belt: 1st degree Black Belt Profession: Full time BJJ Coach Started training (year): 2006 City/country: Aylesbury England   Main achievements in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: Black belt British Masters Champion  ISKA British Lightheavyweight MMA Champion ISKA British Middleweight MMA Champion BJJ UK Championship Gold Brighton grab and pull Advanced division Gold […]

Age: 34 Belt: Blue Profession: Speech pathologist How many years in BJJ: 3 years 6 months Other martial arts: I did 4 years of kickboxing / Muay Thai before starting BJJ Where do you live: I lived in Heidelberg (Germany) for 5 years until I quit my job, left my apartment, and started globetrotting. Currently […]

Where is the gym located? We are located in our brand-new studio in the heart of downtown Cold Lake (Alberta, Canada). How many people train there? We currently have over 80 members who train in both Youth 7+ and Adult BJJ, our Kickboxing classes, and our group fitness classes. Is the gym growing – if […]

Age: 30 Belt: Black (purple in BJJ formally, black in Luta Livre – so blackbelt) Profession: Special Education teacher, academy owner of Game Theory Jiu-Jitsu (one of four owners), Jiu-Jitsu teacher How many years in BJJ: Should be around 9/10 Other martial arts: I started martial arts by doing Judo as a child, did some […]