Monsoons and introductions

Hey guys!

 

Alessia and I writing this first blog post by the pool in Goa, India even though there is a torrential Monsoon storm heading our way shortly – no complaints though ?.

 

We’re Marcus and Alessia, two BJJ travellers just about to begin our journey through North and South America, training wherever we go.

 

 

We’ve been living and training in London at Roger Gracie Academy Gymbox the past 3 years, but have decided to seek warmer weather, train around the world and hopefully find a new home at the end of it. Our rough plan for the rest of the year is New York, San Diego, LA, San Francisco, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. After that we plan to spend a few weeks back at my home in Australia and then on to Asia!

 

 

The last few months have been intense for both of us, so besides a few casual drills in the pool, we’re now enjoying some well-deserved down-time before we kick off in New York next week. Alessia just finished completing a 500 hours Yoga Alliance Teacher Training course in Rishikesh, India – the capital and spiritual home of yoga. Her insane schedule saw her waking up every morning at 5am with non-stop practice, study and meditation until 9pm, 6 days a week, in constant 40 degree heat. I now have my own personal expert yoga trainer and maybe by the end of this trip I will be like a supple, supple leopard, rather than a T-Rex with rigor mortis.

 

 

Meanwhile, I was hanging back in London to save a bit more money and train as much as possible. After resigning from my day-job in marketing, I was unemployed and technically homeless, but couldn’t be happier as I was living on my instructor’s couch, training twice a day. I received my brown belt a few weeks before leaving – In a really touching move, my good friend and instructor Ross Nicholls gave me his old personal brown belt, which not only means I have big shoes to fill but is also likely to get my steamrolled at every gym we come across as it looks like I’ve been a brown belt for ages. Thanks coach ?.

 

 

As I write this, the skies are looking rather ominous and the first few drops splashing down are making it difficult to type. Until next time!

 

Marcus and Alessia

 

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