Author Archive for: bjjglobetrotters

Ian Auchmoody – BJJ Globetrotters Age: 31 as of this Feb 27th Belt: Purple Profession: Jiu-Jitsu and English teaching. How many years in BJJ: Eight years ago I started in my first BJJ academy in Utica, New York. Since then the better part of my training has actually happened in several different parts of Mexico. […]

Al Ghuneim – BJJ Globetrotters Age: 35 Belt: Blue Profession: I have a Masters degree in marketing that I haven’t used much. Otherwise, I’m a business person who does everything from trading, investing, translating, and some marketing. How many years in BJJ: Six Other martial arts: I did Tae Kwon Do when I was 5! […]

Pámela Bóveda and Josue Gonzalez BJJ Age: 32 (Pámela) and 29 (Josue) Belt: Black (Pámela) and Purple (Josue) Profession: Aerospace Engineer and Language Teacher (Pámela), Chef (Josue) How many years in BJJ: 14 (Pámela) and 8 (Josue) Other martial arts: MMA (Pámela), only BJJ (Josue) Where do you live: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA Where are […]

Kampfsport Manufaktur, BJJ Germany Where is the gym located? Our gym is located near the city center of Mannheim (Industriestraße 39, 68169), Germany. Mannheim is a “Universitätsstadt” (university town) close to Heidelberg (20 minutes by car), and about one hour from Frankfurt Airport. Mannheim is famous for its 18th-century palace where the university is located […]

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 […]