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 […]

Where is the gym located? We are located in Madagascar, in the city of Antananarivo (2eme arrondissement, Mandroseza). You can see us on Google Maps here. How many people train in Cicero Costha Jiu-Jitsu Madagascar? 20 people altogether now. Is the gym growing – if so by how many new members each month or year? […]