Hey guys! Here’s the photo from the seminar I did on October 1st at the Soul Fighters Headquarters at the Delfim Boxing Academy in Rio de Janeiro! I was honored to be asked to do a seminar in such a respected academy. I went to Rio to learn Jiu-Jitsu in the sport’s homeland and ended […]
Hey guys! I’m here writing you with a week left in my trip to Brazil but it looks as if my training is already over for this year’s adventure to BJJ’s homeland as I have been left with seven stitches in my head after taking a knee at training yesterday. I was training with a […]
Hey guys! This past weekend I had the honor of competing in the Dojjo Confere Event and am excited to say I was able to come away with my first submission at black belt! I was invited to compete in the place of friend and training partner Diogo Moreno Araujo after he suffered a hand […]
hey guys! Monday night I was surprised to find out that my friend and multiple time world champ Rodolfo Vieira was coming to visit Soul Fighters for a No Gi training session! He and Joao Gabriel Rocha have been training a lot together to get ready for the upcoming ADCC and me and everyone else […]
Hey guys! This past Sunday night I returned to Rio de Janeiro after my week long trip to Sao Paulo and heading straight from the airport to the Tijuca Tenis Clube, bags and all, I was able to catch the last few fights of the Copa Podio. Friend and training partner Manny Diaz participated in […]
Hey guys! This past week I had the opportunity to get a crossfit session in here in Sao Paulo alongside my buddies Patrick, Marco, and Leo. Leo Eboli is the brother of brown belt Rafa Eboli who is my number one training partner back in the states and I’m staying here with Leo during my […]
Hey guys! After leaving my girlfriend Sarah in the airport to head back to the States I hopped on a plane to Sao Paulo from where I am now writing you. I spent one weekend in Sao Paulo to compete years ago when I was purple belt but this is the first time I’ve […]
Hey guys! I’m writing you on my last night here in Ipanema Rio de Janeiro with my girlfriend Sarah before she returns to the States and I take off for a week and a half to train in Sao Paulo. The last two weeks I’ve spent here in Ipanema with Sarah have been awesome. We […]
Hey guys! I’m writing you from here in Ipanema in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as we are nearing the end of the two weeks that I will spend here with my girlfriend Sarah Ospina and the both of us have just survived a horrid Brazilian sickness, her three days ago and […]
Hey guys!! After spending a couple days training with old friends at GFTeam I have made my way to the house of another old friend in black belt Marcus Antelante here in Tijuca to train with the Soulfighters Team. Marcus has stayed at my house in Santa Cruz many times and this year alone at […]
