by Mac | Aug 23, 2023 | Interviews
Ben Royle is an MMA Fighter and the Head Coach of the Notorious Phuket Grappling Academy based in Phuket, Thailand. Since living in Thailand for MMA, Ben has been quietly building a formidable grappling team, from a small blue matted room only 60m2, PGA officially...
by Mac | Aug 17, 2023 | Blog, Interviews
Jack Brown is a Scottish Black Belt under Renowned competitor and Coach Marcos Nardini (MNBJJ). Specialising in No-gi Jack is well known in the European circruit as an incredible competitor and coach. Jack has been traveling for the last 3 years and settled in Bangkok...
by Mac | Aug 16, 2023 | Blog, Interviews
Jayson Holechek is an entrepreneur based in Asia who boasts brands such as Iron BJJ (https://ironjiujitsu.com) and Lucha SEA (https://www.instagram.com/lucha.us). With his college wrestling background, he has made himself a reputation as a solid coach and is now part...
by Mac | Aug 9, 2023 | Interviews
Sparky is a BJJ Black Belt, former coach of Fairtex Training Center, and noteable for building the BJJ Scene in Chiang Mai under Team Quest Thailand. In this interview, we discuss his recent life, his accident, and being brought up under the late Mauricio Zingano. We...
by Mac | Jul 18, 2022 | Interviews
Abang Saef Hud is a Brown belt under the renowned Marcos Escobar Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Association (MEBJJA) based in Malaysia. He has recently established his gym, Ryu Combat Academy in KL, Malaysia.BJJASIA: Firstly, the name Ryu Combat Academy, why the name? Abang: Ryū...
by Mac | Jun 30, 2022 | Interviews
Arnaud Lepont was born in Granville, a seaside resort town in Normandy, France. As an aspiring Mixed Martial Artist intent on making a name for himself in the cage, he would move to Paris and began training with Mathieu Nicourt, one of the early pioneers of the cage...