Hey everybody!! Since I’ve been back from Brazil I’ve been working hard to heal up from the injuries I brought back with me as well as get ready for this weekend’s US Open! Two of my Brazilian friends from GFTEAM, black belt Theodoro Canal and brown belt Alberto Ramos, are staying with me […]
Hey everybody! This past week was my last in Brazil before coming back to the states and I spent it with my good friend, black belt Italo Lins of GFTEAM, and his family in the neighborhood of Caxias near the international airport. Italo Lins had just arrived in Brazil after spending six months in […]
Hey everybody! Last weekend I had the pleasure of competing in the FJJD Rio Copa Carlson Gracie, along with a lot of friends from GFTEAM. The tournament was on the Ilha do Governador in an awesome open location on a sunday day. It was my first competition back after being injured so I […]
Hey everybody! While training here at GFTEAM lately I’ve had the opportunity to watch good friend Rodolfo Vieira (another of the top level black belts that I’ve had the honor of receiving in my home in California) as he gets ready for the upcoming ADCC. The man is a monster. He’s been training […]
Hey everybody!! Today I’m gonna talk about the experience I had attending UFC RIo, an experience that was quite an impressive and emotional one I had been planning to watch the fights at a barbecue with a bunch of people from GFTeam, but at the last minute my friend Paulo Cesar (black belt […]
Hey everybody! Let’s pick up where I left off last time. After the Rio Open I had to change locations because I was staying with my friend Marcus Antelante who is now traveling to the United States to teach classes in Atlanta. So now I’m here with my Brazilian Brothers Leopoldo and Theodoro […]
Hey Everybody! So let’s continue with the catch up…. After competing the World Cup(see entry #2) I was taken to the apartment of my good friend and black belt from Soulfighters team Marcus Antelante where I would spend the next two weeks. Marcus had spent two weeks at my house in California training […]
Hey everybody! So as I said in my last post, Ive already been here for a month but i wasnt with consistent access to the internet and so theres some catching up to do. When I arrived here in Rio de Janeiro, I was picked up from the airport by my friend Douglas […]
Hey Jiu-Jitsu fans!! This is OTM Team Brown Belt Nathan Mendelsohn from Coalition 95 BJJ under instructor Claudio Franca. I’m here on my fifth trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Id like to share my experience with all of you!! In this blog ill share some killer stories about trainng and competing as […]
Here’s a video with Master Claudio Franca introducing the world to the new team on the scene, Clube Barra!
