Category: BJJ Athletes

Roy Dean was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska and began training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu aged 22 years old. As he puts it, he started training when “I was sent […]

Where are you from (hometown)?I was born in the city Leuven (Louvain) in Belgium in 1982. I still live there today and I also have my BJJ Academy here. What […]

Jacob Brown is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete who currently lives in Orange County, California, after being born in Miami and living in New York City until 10 years old, […]

Joe D’Arce is a veteran Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner who hails from Brentwood NY. In his own words, he says “I started training at the Renzo Gracie academy at 16 […]

Joe D’Arce is a veteran Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner who hails from Brentwood NY. In his own words, he says “I started training at the Renzo Gracie academy at 16 […]

Nathan Mendelsohn is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete who is born and raised in Santa Cruz, CA. As it happens, he is also a life-long martial artist, saying “I started […]

Marcelo Cohen is a Brazilian grappler from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil who now lives in Jupiter, FL. Cohen began training BJJ aged 16 after his black belt uncle (at the […]

Marcelo Cohen is a full-time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete whose favorite submission is the Kimura. Born in Brazil, he now teaches in Florida

Zach Maslany is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner from Bethlehem, PA. He began grappling aged 14 and says his reason was that “My karate school was changing to an MMA […]

Jack Brown is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown belt from Kilmarnock, Scotland which as he puts it is “Maybe a 20 minute drive from the best city in the world, […]