The story of my trip around the world to train, teach and compete in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and other grappling arts.


Rest day in San Francisco

Have had a relaxed day in San Francisco today, checking out the place a little bit. Since New York, I have travelled at a very high pace, trained a lot and in general pushed myself a little too much. So resting today and doing nothing was really nice and needed. I am competing at the Worlds on Saturday and don’t want to be too hard to myself before that.

I am staying with my friend from Denmark, Søren, and his wife Kristin. The trip here yesterday was horrible. I catched the bus at 6:00 in the morning from Playa Hermosa to the airport. A few hours later, I found out that it didn’t go to the airport, but to some random city in Costa Rica’s middle of nowhere. I managed to find another bus there to the airport, totaling my bus time that morning to a good five hours. The first flight to Atlanta was ok, but the flight from there to San Francisco was tough. My seat didn’t recline, but the one in front of me sure did. There was no room for me to sleep in a comfortable position and the herniated disc in my back hurt really bad. It was five hours of pain all the way to SF :-/

Hope to find some training here tomorrow. Wednesday morning, I am flying to Las Vegas to stay and train with Martin Kampmann for a few days before going to Los Angeles for the worlds, kindly sponsored by BJJ Legends Magazine. Yet another week of high pace, hardcore travelling :)

Location:Kingston Ave,Oakland,United States

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  1. Miro

    The bottom picture is beautiful!

    May 31, 2011 @ 07:44


  2. Tom Goren

    You should definitely check out Denny Prokopos at http://10thplanetjiujitsusf.com/

    Was just there recently for a drop in class – definitely an awesome experience.

    May 31, 2011 @ 10:54


  3. DirtyWhiteGi

    Nice pics… if you’re still in San Fran and depending where you are, you might want to train with Antonio Braga Neto

    http://www.ab-mma.com/

    I think he only moved there last year to open his academy but before was in Rio de Janeiro training at Gordo’s. Really nice guy, awesome jiu jitsu fighter and great teacher.

    Jun 01, 2011 @ 01:52

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