2025.11.02 – Ostia, IT My First IBJJF European No-Gi Tournament in Italy. From our gym, Alessia and I competed as Blue Belts, while our coach Duy competed as a Purple Belt. With all the training, work, and probably simply not eating enough, I signed up for the 56.5 kg weight class, which meant I ended…
2025.08.30 – Geneva, CH You can fight without a coach in your corner. At least, that’s what I kept telling myself as we were on our way to Geneva. When you train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, you naturally get to know a lot of people and from all over the place. So when we arrived in Geneva,…
2024.03.15 – Zürich, CH New Year, new challenge, and a new opportunity to sign up for a tournament and this time, in all the categories! Gi and No-Gi, Gi Absolute and No-Gi Absolute. Uhh, I was already wondering how my body would feel after a day like that. I’m always surprised by how much money…
2025.01.17 – Lisbon, PT My First IBJJF European Tournament in Lisbon Sometimes I find myself thinking: I wish I had started Jiu-Jitsu much earlier. On average, many people start training BJJ later in life rather than as children. That was exactly what was going through my mind when I signed up for my first official…
2024.11.23 – Bern, CH Today, we were at the Wankdorfhalle in Bern. Despite the modern and spacious venue, the tournament got off to a somewhat difficult start. The first delays occurred during the chaotic weigh-in at 9:30 a.m. Children and adults initially shared the mats, but not the warm-up area, which led to further delays…
2024.12.17 – Wallisellen, CH Today, we were at the multi-purpose hall in Wallisellen. My cameraman, a local resident of the Höfe region, was pleased with the short journey, which is rather unusual for tournaments. He filmed the BJJ/MMA gym Fight Industry from Pfäffikon SZ, which made a strong showing at the event. Instead of his…
2024.09.14 – Ulm, DE My First ADCC Open. Now that I really think about it, I have already competed internationally as a white belt. Luckily, most competitions take place on Saturdays, so I usually only had to take Friday off work. This time, there were three of us from our team: Alessia, Willi and me….
2024.07.07 – Milano, IT Today, we were in Lombardy to photographically support our Swiss athletes. Yesterday, our national football team played against England and unfortunately lost. Hoping that our Swiss grappling athletes would fare better, our cameraman treated himself to an optimistic croissant from Carrefour for breakfast. Since he had been picked up by a…
2024.06.08 – Zürich, CH And Suddenly, I Was in Love again. Okay, it was clear: I had fallen in love with this sport. I went to training as often as I could. I wanted to take every opportunity to improve and learn more. The only thing that really annoyed me every single time was my…
2024.02.03 – Zürich, CH My First Tournament I found my first six months of BJJ training incredibly interesting. And I was very lucky to start training almost at the same time as my favorite training partner, Alessia. After six months of training, she came up to me one day and simply said, “Come on, let’s…