Category: BJJ Athletes

Hailing from Mililani, Hawaii Baret Yoshida is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & MMA athlete who began training BJJ aged 18. As he puts it “I started grappling because I wanted […]

Elvira Karppinen is a full time BJJ athlete from Tampere, Finland. She began training aged 25 at the 10th Planet Tampere gym and said this was down to two reasons […]

Adam Bradley is a BJJ athlete from Epsom, NH who currently teaches at the ATOS HQ under Andre Galvão. It is also Galvão who Bradley lists as his biggest influence […]

Quentin Rosenzweig is a 10th Planet grappler who comes from Atlanta, GA. He has since moved to Savannah GA where he runs his own 10th Planet gym. Rosenzweig credits his […]

Hailing from Finland, Tuomas Simola moved this year to Jyväskylä, Finland to train with his coach Martin Aedma and to study Sports Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä. He started […]

Bradley Hill is a professional Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete from Birmingham, UK. He started training BJJ aged 12 but had previous experience in other martial arts, adding “I began training […]

Luca Anacoreta is an Italian black belt from Rome. He started training at age 17 years old, claiming the reason he started training was that he and his brother were […]

Kody Steele is a BJJ athlete originally from  Port Angeles, Washington, he moved to Texas when he was 17 years old. Originally having a strong background in wrestling, one year […]

Johnny Tama hails from Guayaquil, Ecuador and got into BJJ for self defense reasons. Like many, his entry into martial arts involved fighting, as he mentions “I started training BJJ […]

Justus Göschel is a BJJ athlete from Aachen, Germany who started grappling at the age of 15 years old. As mentioned here, his journey began with Combat Sambo, “I had […]