![]() ![]() ![]() A year and a half into our lives at the beach, and another opportunity presented itself – to become the manager of the hotel and expand the BJJ gym into the amazing new facility it is today, with 80m2 of brand new Fuji mats just steps away from the surf break. My wife got a job at the hotel, and I was making ends meet with teaching classes. In 2017, we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to use a small space at the back of Beach Break Surf Camp for BJJ classes for the community. The picture I came up with was living at the beach, surfing, training, and sharing Jiu-Jitsu with people from all over the world. I meditated, focused, and pondered on what my wife and I’s perfect life would look like. PLAYA VENEO FAMILY SURF CAMP FREEAfter 4 of the best years of my life operating this non-profit academy which provided free martial arts and fitness classes to impoverished communities, I again needed change. In the first year, my friend and I founded Alle圜at Fitness Foundation (another Globetrotters-affiliated school). I moved to Panama in 2013 in need of adventure and change. Please tell us the story of how your gym came into existence: Originally from: South Jersey / Colorado, USA Profession: Surf Camp Hotel Manager & BJJ Academy Owner The gym has the whitest of white belts in for their first classes, 1 blue belt, 2 purple belts, a brown belt, a black belt, and many visitors from the whole spectrum of belts. What are the highest and lowest belt grades training? ![]() For now, our numbers remain more or less consistent. I just need to show them the light (BJJ :)). With the expansion, there are more families, service industry workers, and others that could potentially start training. Playa Venao is a small community, but it’s definitely growing and developing. Is the gym growing – if so by how many new members each month or year? We also do Muay Thai and conditioning classes with around another 10 or so people. Playa Venao BJJ Panama has a kids program of local and expat kids from ages 3-16+ yrs old, and around 10 adults in BJJ. The gym is physically located at Beach Break Surf Camp ( a beachfront hotel steps from the waves. Playa Venao is known as one of Panama’s best and most consistent beach breaks. We’re located in Playa Venao, Panama, which is on the Azuero peninsula on the country’s Southwest Pacific coast. ![]()
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