Question for BJJ heads

g_fegan

hi, im new to this forum and very intersted in grappling and bjj, i came across this website: http://www.onthemat.com/train_in_brazil-new.html
and was just was just wondering have any of you guys ever went to brazil to train?? and if so would you recommend it? was planning on going over for maybe 3 months to rio for some serious learning

dlofnep

Clive was recently over there I think.. I'm sure he'll let you know how he got on.

judomick

I was there for 3 weeks in february, trained at gracie Humaita but theres tons of places over there, if your there for 3 months you should look into renting an apartment hostels are about 7-8 euros a night, lots to do beautiful place and very cheap too women are hot suns always shining, flight return was about 650 , im almost booking another trip reading this

dlofnep

Mick - What's the attitude towards "gringos" over there really?

judomick

one guy loved to go rough but no different from some guys here everyone else was very welcoming got a little bit of light hearted stick of some, to be expected though the locals were very welcoming:D

dlofnep

Great

Millionaire

I wonder did the lads have a night or 2 in HELP on cococabana beach!

hee hee


ask no question, hear no lies!!!??!!

judomick

and i thought they liked me for my personality:mad:

g_fegan

cheers lads, just wondering judomick how you found out about a place to train, did you just walk in and ask somewhere?? did you learn much?

judomick

i got the address off the internet, just walked in and asked , i learnt a little to be honest i learn alot more training here with John and sbg

dlofnep

judomick wrote:

and i thought they liked me for my money:mad:

They do!!

Francis Galvin

i´ve been at gracie barra for the last 11 weeks and am staying another 4 weeks.it costs around 55 euro per month for unlimited training at gracie barra and there are many apartment complexes near by where u can rent monthly.Barra beach apartments for example where myself and many of the foreigners who train at gracie barra stay costs about 690 euro per month which is only a 5 min walk from the academy which is ideal if u intend training twice a day every day while ur there,but if ur willing to stay a bit of a distance away from the academy u can find places much cheaper than that.

Dec,jan and feb is a lot more expensive for rent as it is their summer time and canival is also on in jan/feb so all prices go to a premium at this time so i wouldn`t recommend going there then if u have no interest in seeing carnival.A lot of the brazilians themselves also do not train during dec as it gets incredibly hot especailly at gracie barra.Imo the best time to come is just after the mundials in sept as the weather is more tolerable then and the price for training at gracie barra during this time returns to normal.Training fees in a lot of academys ususally rise in the weeks running up to the mundials in brazil every year due to the huge influx of foreigners at this time.

hope that helps a little

john kavanagh

great stuff francis, sounds good!

Millionaire

i spent a bit of time in Rio....i think the month was May and man...it was goddamn hot then. over 30 degress .


chicks were nice!