Author Archive for: bjjglobetrotters

Let’s start out with some quick facts about you… Name: Wale Adelakun – BJJ Globetrotters Age: 32 Belt: Purple Profession: Engineer How many years in BJJ: 6 Other martial arts: Wrestling for 4 years (yes, I’m considering it a martial art) Where do you live: Wiesbaden, Germany Where are you originally from: San Francisco, CA […]

Where is the gym located? Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada How many people train there? Currently we have approximately 17 regular members in our BJJ and MMA classes. Is the gym growing – if so by how many new members each month or year? Our attendance fluctuates, with many of students moving away or into town […]

Melissa Haueter – BJJ Globetrotters Age: 42 yrs old Belt: Blackbelt Academy: Combat Base Club Profession: Entrepreneur (manage Chris Haueter Art, Combat Base Club, MAGIKimono) Started training (year): 2003 City/country: Redondo Beach, California USA   Main achievements in BJJ: Going from an overweight smoker to a black belt adult competitor. Completely transformed my life. And helping […]

Trenton Cooke BJJ Age: 35 yrs old Belt: 1st degree blackbelt Academy: Alliance Jiu Jitsu Westchester Profession: Academy Owner/Instructor Started training (year): 2009 City/country: Westchester, NY USA Main achievements in BJJ: I’m a blackbelt under Romero “Jacaré” Cavalcanti. I taught alongside Jacaré and Lucas Lepri for many years at Alliance HQ Atlanta before moving back […]

Let’s start out with some quick facts about you… J.W. Seo – BJJ Globetrotters Age: 26 Belt: White Profession: Analyst How many years in BJJ: 1.5 years Other martial arts: Taekwondo, MMA, muay thai Where do you live: I’ve been a full-time BJJ Globetrotter for the past 1.5 years! Where are you originally from: Seoul, […]

Where is the gym located? Legion BJJ Georgia is located in Tbilisi, Georgia. Currently we’re located in a judo academy in the Dighomi area, but our location will most likely change soon. How many people train there? Currently we have around 45 people actively training in the academy. We are a growing team with many […]

Let’s start out with some quick facts about you… Derrick Kersey – BJJ Globetrotters Age: 32 Belt: Purple Profession: Landlord / online merchandise services (designing, branding, selling) How many years in BJJ: 7 Other martial arts: Jiu Jitsu is my passion and I’ve developed a love for wrestling as well. Where do you live: I […]

Where is the gym located? I currently rent mat space at two different strength and conditioning gyms in the southside of Glasgow, Scotland. How many people train there? About 15 or so folk at the moment, though some prefer the morning classes and others the evening classes – I only started running classes a month […]