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Jiu-Jitsu De La Costa, Cabarete, D.R.

I have a buddy that lives in Cabarete a few months a year and he is always telling me how cool the Jiu-Jitsu team is there and how there is great surfing there so, when I got into the States from Dublin, Ireland and had a spare week to burn before travelling up to visit my home school I decided to burn some frequent flyer miles to check out the surf and Jits in the Dominican Republic. The only…

Float Indigo – The first float tank on the Soi Ta Ied.

I’ve been back in Phuket Thailand for a week after having spent a month in Bali training with the guys at Synergy MMA/BJJ and have been hitting the mats pretty hard since I got here. After five days and 8 Gi classes! My brain was starting to think in “Jiu-Jitsu” again, you know when you stop rolling over in bed and instead hip escape to the other side or, instead of throwing off the blankets, you…

“Reggae” – A Jiu-Jitsu dream

It all started somewhere between 9:30 and 10:00 pm. I was at home sleeping. It was one of those super-peaceful, super-comfortable sleeps – the kind where you don’t need to roll-over or flip the pillow or anything. Just SO comfortable. I was sleeping blissfully…I may even have been smiling. Not sure why, but I just feel like I was smiling. This sleep was AMAZING! There was some really chill reggae…

Last night of training at Roger Gracie Academy – Vienna, Austria

Wow, what can I say…It has been an amazing week of training at Professor Orlando Neto’s Academy here in Vienna, Austria. I have been training twice a day, everyday since I stumbled upon the gym on Sunday and was really getting to be sore and exhausted (yet…still super excited to get another chance to train with these awesome peeps!). That time Professor Neto made us do Barrel walks…even though I…

Valor Martial Arts, Kota Kinabalu – Sabah

Friend of YoloBJJ, Ming Kern, sent us this write up of “Valor Martial Arts” in Sabah, Malaysia. Check them out if you head over that way!!!

Unlike the other gyms written up on our sight (Monarchy MMA, Budo Academy, Kombatives Fitness, and Team Armada), this gym is located in Malaysian Borneo…quite a distance from Mainland Malaysia. Check out Ming’s write up!

Attention travelling Jiu-Jiteros that…

Gracie Barra, Termini, Rome

The trip to Rome from Phuket turned out to be one of the worst in the last two years. We had two flights with a stopover in New Delhi that lasted a total of 17 hours. Then, our cabbie dropped us of at the wrong spot and we had to drag our 70 kilos of luggage 2 kilometers, uphill, on a basalt stone street before finally arriving at our hostel.

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Canyoneering and Cliff Jumping at Kawasan Falls, PI

Ahhhh….the Philippines! I had heard sooo many people saying sooo many things about how amazingly beautiful the Philippines are that I could not wait to get there and revel in the many magnitudes of naturally beautiful awesomeness that the Philippines had to offer! (more…)

Monarchy MMA – Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur

After spending a month in Bali surfing and training with Professor Niko Han at Synergy BJJ/MMAI had about a week of free time before I had to be in Koh Samui to meet up with some friends for a couple weeks of R&R. Problem was, my visa was running out for Indonesia so I had to GET OUT or risk paying a fine for overstaying. I took this as a blessing in disguise and headed back to Kuala Lumpur to…

My top 9 things to do in Rio when you are NOT training BJJ.

  So, what does one do when living in Rio de Janeiro, but the gym is closed!!?? Well…there is literally a ga-jillion things to do in Rio! It’s a big city with a lot to offer.  Though some schools are open on weekends, the DLR Academy is not and so it gives the perfect opportunity to recuperate and get some quality sight-seeing in! (more…)

Synergy BJJ, Bali, Indonesia

Bali, Indonesia has been BIG on my YoloBJJ Adventure list for a long time! With great, year round weather (wet and dry season are a bit more mild here than in neighboring S.E. Asian nations), relatively low cost of living, and a plethora of activities to keep you active (like world-class surfing)  Bali seems like a no-brainer! But, as we all know, there MUST be Jiu-Jitsu! So…..? (more…)

Sky Diving – Langkawi

Prior to heading out from Penang, Malaysia I had done a lot of research on where else to visit while I was in Malaysia. I had initially picked the island of Langkawi, Malaysia because I had read that it had the best SCUBA diving on the west coast. Since, as many know, SCUBA divingis another of my passions I thought it would be a great place to check out for a week, do some diving and get plenty…