Elan Santiago in Korea
Black belt teaches seminars in South Korea and Japan
Colleague of Fernando Terere and leader of important social projects having to do with Jiu-Jitsu, the black belt from Rio de Janeiro Elan Santiago broke his routine of going up and down the Cantagalo hill and doing the rounds in Nilopolis. As he’s done since 2005, Elan has been spreading Jiu-Jitsu throughout South Korea, where besides local practitioners he is being called on by American military personnel in the region. In his suitcase, besides the gi and belt, he carries copies of GRACIE Magazine, to take some theory that he, in his seminars, shows in practice.
“Bro, I’m now going to teach a class that starts at 11:30 pm, local time, and only ends at 10 to one in the morning, can you believe it? And it’s ten degrees below zero, my foot is purple from the cold, but I’m stoked! Here I’m stoked cold,” Elan commented to GRACIEMAG.com.
“In 2005 I went to Korea to spend six months teaching Jiu-Jitsu in the now-extinct TT Korea, of Kang – a Korean brown belt of ours. With the end of TT Jiu-Jitsu, we put together Action Reaction JJ Korea, with Rubens Cobrinha, me and Kang taking responsibility for it. Periodically, Cobrinha and I go to Korea to do seminars and spend time teaching there and in the academies of others. I’ve had big seminars over there and had the honor of making great friends, like Tozi black belt Gustavo Falciroli. With him we did seminars all over Korea, including in a gigantic American military base, with tons of rangers, marines, those guys that let it break and never tap out, just tough guys,” Elan recollects. “This time I’ll stay until March 19th, and then one week in Japan, maybe on the way back General Fabio Gurgel will hook up some gigs in Germany.”
Anyone interested in the seminars, Elan’s contact details are:
Tel: (78) 414-3606 or email: sorte924@hotmail.com
www.ttbjj.co.kr
Kang Sung Sil: (82) 032 884-7786 / (82) 011-9038-3171
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