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This will be my 4th trip. As usual, I am very excited.
I'm going to compete in the International Masters and Seniors competition. (Basically, it's the world championships for the over 30 crowd.) I wanted to go to the Mundials last month, but for some strange reason, the airline tickets were almost twice as expensive last month (about $1250) compared to this month (about $700). As a result, it was just to much $$$ to go to the Mundials.
I'll be staying in Copacabana and plan on training with Fredson Paixao at Oswaldo Alves' academy. (I've trained there before and hung out with Fredson.)
It'll be a relatively short trip and I'll be returning on August 31.
Aside from the competition, my main goals are (in no particular order):
1. Eat as much as humanly possible (i've been cutting some weight) with a particular focus on eating large quantities of acai;
2. Train with Fredson & co.
3. Take lots of pics. (I'll post them when I get back.)
4. Limit myself to a reasonable number of jiu-jitsu related t-shirts and other assorted jiu-jitsu gear
5. See the night sky in the southern hemisphere. (Every time I go, I tell myself I am going to see this, but I never am far enough from city lights to see the stars.)
I'm going to compete in the International Masters and Seniors competition. (Basically, it's the world championships for the over 30 crowd.) I wanted to go to the Mundials last month, but for some strange reason, the airline tickets were almost twice as expensive last month (about $1250) compared to this month (about $700). As a result, it was just to much $$$ to go to the Mundials.
I'll be staying in Copacabana and plan on training with Fredson Paixao at Oswaldo Alves' academy. (I've trained there before and hung out with Fredson.)
It'll be a relatively short trip and I'll be returning on August 31.
Aside from the competition, my main goals are (in no particular order):
1. Eat as much as humanly possible (i've been cutting some weight) with a particular focus on eating large quantities of acai;
2. Train with Fredson & co.
3. Take lots of pics. (I'll post them when I get back.)
4. Limit myself to a reasonable number of jiu-jitsu related t-shirts and other assorted jiu-jitsu gear
5. See the night sky in the southern hemisphere. (Every time I go, I tell myself I am going to see this, but I never am far enough from city lights to see the stars.)
