Author Archive for: bjjglobetrotters

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 […]

Let’s start out with some quick facts about you… Astrid Nörenberg – BJJ Globetrotters Age: 33 Belt: Blue Profession: Scientist by training, currently working in sales and management. How many years in BJJ: Around 5 years. Other martial arts: Several years of kickboxing and muay thai. Where do you live: Mainly in a city close […]

Let’s start out with some quick facts about you… Baptiste Vanlitsenburgh – BJJ Globetrotters Age: 28 Belt: I’m a proud white belt! Profession: Working in the procurement department of a big Danish brewery. How many years in BJJ: I started to train regularly a bit more than 2 years ago, but got interested in the […]

Where is the gym located? FM BJJ Carrigaline Ireland is located at SOLAS Health & Fitness – Unit 6, Carrigaline Industrial Estate, Kilnagleary, Carrigaline, Cork, Ireland. How many people train there? 10-15 Is the gym growing – if so by how many new members each month or year? Numbers are slowly increasing by around 2-3 […]

Katharina Danielski – BJJ Globetrotters Age: 35 Belt: White Profession: Field application scientist How many years in BJJ: 1.5 Other martial arts: Two years of no-gi grappling before starting with BJJ in the gi Where do you live: Landshut, Germany (Bavaria) Where are you originally from: Poland Other fun or curious information you would like […]

Let’s start out with some quick facts about you… Charles Harriott BJJ Age: 32 Belt: Black Profession: Wandering Jiu Jitsu instructor and Airbnb Host How many years in BJJ: 10 or 14 years, depending on when you start counting Other martial arts: Tae Kwon Do, American Kenpo, Universal Martial System, and Judo Where do you […]

Let’s start out with some quick facts about you… Sabine Deviche – BJJ Globetrotters Age: 35 Belt: White Profession: Graphic designer / Illustrator / Web developer How many years in BJJ: 2.5 years Other martial arts: None. I did train for a couple of years in Olympic-style weightlifting in the past, and also dabbled in […]