What's up, everyone!!!
I know you're all waiting for that video lesson with a new technique to help fine-tune your game, but this time the video is going to be a little different.
A lot of people have been messaging me asking if I'm living in Florianópolis, so to answer that and other questions I decided to make a few videos to explain.
Check out this Talk, and if you have any other questions, send them over and I'll be happy to answer.
Talk - Why did I move to Floripa?
From heaven to hell
The start of 2020 was full of expectations. After a few contacts, I had confirmed twelve seminars in Europe. My trip was scheduled for March this year and, unfortunately, with the whole pandemic situation I was unable to travel. My plans to see other countries and to visit my great friends from Top Brother in Germany were canceled, and the leap my career was about to take never happened.
With the pandemic restrictions, I was forced to cancel training at my school, and for a Jiu-Jitsu academy that was a really tough situation. At first some students helped out but, naturally, that help gradually decreased. Of course, in a normal situation that wouldn't happen, but this really was an unusual year, with a lot of people out of work and not getting paid.
The fact is that all this time off only put me in debt, and with no prospect of getting back to normal, things kept getting harder and harder.
Why leave Pelotas?
I was born and raised in Pelotas and had never lived anywhere else, but unfortunately Pelotas has become a very violent city with no prospect of getting better. On top of that, I no longer saw any room to grow, and that made me think about leaving.
The new Top Brother
Those who follow my work saw that, after 12 years teaching in Pelotas, in October last year I opened the academy of my dreams. It was really all planned and built exactly the way I wanted.
I'll admit I never imagined that, after making a dream come true, I wouldn't be able to enjoy it. I managed to teach in the new space for about four months, and then the whole COVID-19 situation came along like a bucket of cold water.
Check out the article about the New Top Brother in Pelotas!
COVID-19
Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, my wife and I caught COVID-19. Since she's a nurse and works directly in a hospital, she ended up catching it, and so did I.
In my case it was all fine. I had some symptoms, but nothing that knocked me down. I believe that thanks to the physical conditioning Jiu-Jitsu gives us, I didn't have any major complications. Unfortunately my wife's situation was serious and she had to be hospitalized. We really went through some hard times, and I was badly shaken psychologically because there was nothing I could do.
The move
As soon as she left the hospital, we talked and, adding up everything we had been through this year, we decided to look for a better quality of life. We had always dreamed of living in a city by the beach, so we went after it.
We ended up moving to Florianópolis very quickly, and here we have practically everything we wanted: quality of life, safety and peace of mind.
Life is short
The truth is that time flies, and we don't have time to sit around waiting. We decided to go after a better life and enjoy every second of what we're living. In a way, everything we went through made us think a lot, and without a doubt we made the best choice.
Other questions?
I hope I managed to explain why I moved to Floripa.
Stay tuned, because more questions will be answered soon.
If you have any questions about all these changes, send them over and I'll be happy to answer!
Oh... did I give up Jiu-Jitsu? Take a look at this video and see where I've been training around here!
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