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Ireland : the end of a chapter

9/27/2017

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After 2 years passed in Ireland, we decided to move for an other country. 
Those two years abroad have been a very good experience for many things. We discovered a new country, visited it a bit (not as much as we wanted but whatever), meet new people and have taken good opportunities. 

But people lives change and so we do.

For our last training we got the chance to visit a friends academy : Jungle BJJ. We do love to do globetrotting, we didn't get the time to do as much matsurfing as we wanted, but we did some at least. 

Training there was a good way to finish up the Irish adventure and i'm very glad friends from others academy came as well to tell us good bye. Thanks for all guys =)
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Also, we did get the time to say goodbye to our prof Alex. Leite, before leaving. We've been there for over a year, got our blue belts there, and that's something we can't forget for sure ! We learned a lot for our jiu jitsu but also in our lives. It's sad to leave all of that, but in the other hand, that's how life works !

​Hope to see everybody soon again !
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Glendalough

4/26/2017

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This week end we were visiting Glendalough in Wicklow. 

That's an hard place to access without a car (few buses per day) but worth the go. It proposes you some different tracks for different times. We did the 3 hours one.

Well the walk is very nice indeed. The only thing a bit sad in my opinion is most of the walk has wood tracks to follow.

I do understand how muddy it can be, so very difficult to walk up there, but for me it makes the hiking too humanized to be really appreciable. 

Beyond that, the landscape is absolutely nice. Even in early spring. You have a stunning view over the lakes and old Abbey. 

Tip if you go : the hotel is crap. Taking a drink there was enough to say so.
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Kerry - The beauty of the Emrald Island

4/8/2017

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Last week-end, even if we didn't train, we decided to go to visit a bit Ireland. Most of the people told us to go visit Kerry. It's what we did, more precisely Kilarney (Cill Àirne in Irish - as written up there).

Kerry has the reputation to be an excellent team in Gaelic Football. But this county in the south-west of Ireland has mostly the reputation to have amazing landscapes, i'm speaking about the ring of Kerry, Skellig Isles, National park and so much more !

Unfortunatly, being walkers and there just for a week-end, we didn't get the chance to visit as much as we would.

So, we arrived at Killarney with the train, visit a bit the city, which is not the most amazing part i have to admit, but still a lovely town.

But we weren't here for a town, so we decided to go out of it asap. and we got it right, started with an amazing view :
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Then we got the chance to visit the ruins of a XIII th century northmen castle ruins.
The bad part of it is we forgot to take a pic of the ruins from outside.... yes guilty.

The ruins of the northmen. #ireland□ #viking #travel #adventures #picoftheday #instagood #photography #hiking #happiness #amazing #outdoor #sky #magic #kerry #nature

Une publication partagée par Jonas Gloria (@aroundtheju) le 5 Avril 2017 à 5h29 PDT

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Then we coninued to walk through a golf club, had an amazing sunset and finished in a pub. (Irish style yeah !°
The day after we went for a walk towards Killarney natonal park.
At first, we have seen the Ross Castle :
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For the story about the Ross Castle :
Ross Castle, Killarney
On Ross Island, on the shores of Lough Leane (The Lake of Learning) stands the distinguished Ross Castle.  Built in the late 15th Century, it’s positioning and structure made the castle very effective for defence throughout its long and varied history.
Originally built by O’Donoghue Mor, during the Desmond wars it was handed to the MacCarty Mors who successfully defended against Oliver Cromwell’s army until 1652.  Although the army numbered thousands of soldiers and horses, Ross Castle was proving virtually impenetrable so they chose to take the fortress by boat.  There was believed to be an old Irish prophecy that Ross Castle would only succumb to invasion when a ship swam upon the lake.  Could this prophecy have been instrumental in the surrender of the MacCarty Mor Clan?
Foretold or by advanced military tactics, Ross Castle was taken by force and remained under English control.  It was handed to loyalist Sir Valentine Browne and remained home to the Browne family until the 18th century.  From here it was a military barracks, until decommissioning in 1825.  Now open to the public, for 150 years it was unused – but not abandoned.
There was one keeper lingering, the original owner O’Donoghue.  He is thought to have lain at the bottom of Lough Leane all this time, watching Ross Castle.  On the 1st of May every seven years he mounts his horse and rides the shores of the Lake.  If you seem him, you are said to be assured of good fortune for the rest of your life.


From : http://www.spookyisles.com/2014/05/5-haunted-places-to-visit-in-killarney/

Then the Muckross house :
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And finaly a last place, who has the reputation to be spooky as well, the Muckoss Abbey.


This place has the particularity to have a grown tree inside. Like if the nature comes over the human stuff. Pretty cool in my opinion =)

Kerry is an amazing place. #travel #nature #explore #hiking #trip #travelgram #photography #sky #outdoors #fun #adventure #instagood #amazing

Une publication partagée par Jonas Gloria (@aroundtheju) le 3 Avril 2017 à 1h27 PDT

Muckross Abbey, KillarneyThe ruins you see today, the church, cloister and courtyard with a Yew tree standing guard are stately and well preserved, but they do not begin to tell the story of this 15th century home to the Observatine Franciscan Monks of Irrelagh and their centuries long struggle.
Muckross Abbey was founded in around 1448 by Donal McCarthy Mor, after he allegedly had a vision telling him to found the Monastery on a rock of music.  On searching the area around his home, Donal found a place on the shores of Lough Leane where mysterious music was heard with no source.  This is where the foundation stone was laid.
In 1589, the troops of Elizabeth I lay siege to the Abbey, however Father Donagh O’Muirthile and his companions abandoned their residence and absconded.  Before they left, the men gathered all the sacred vessels and church valuables they could carry and hid them on an island within the lake.  They were captured soon after and executed by the Queen’s soldiers.
On 1 May 1698 Penal Laws were passed completely outlawing the practice of Catholicism and all Bishops and supporters were ordered to leave Ireland under threat of execution or imprisonment.  Those that failed to comply or were captured were subjected to the most heinous of deaths. Hanged, ripped apart, mutilated, burned or beheaded and then weighted down and tossed into water or cremated in ovens.  Those that could, hid in the isolation of the Torc and Mangeton Mountains, not to return and minister openly until the late 1700s, however, Muckross Abbey lay abandoned.
The site also contains a graveyard and was the burial place of local chieftains.  Three of Ireland’s great poets of the 17th and 18th century are entombed here and the burial ground remains operational with several interments taking place each year.
Bram Stoker himself has been documented as visiting Muckross Abbey and graveyard and perhaps two of the stories of this location may have inspired him.  A religious hermit named John Drake lived in the deserted Friary for more than a decade in the 18th century.  He had no worldly goods and slept only in a coffin left in the grounds.  There is also the legend of the Brown Man, a newly wed whose bride came looking for him one night, to find her husband knelt over a recently dug up corpse, feasting on its flesh.

still from : http://www.spookyisles.com/2014/05/5-haunted-places-to-visit-in-killarney/
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Greystones BJJ

3/16/2017

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​The training

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The studious
The gentle art of couple two hobbies.


Last Saturday we went to the Greystones BJJ academy opening, who’s moving from Bray to Greystones, with the instructor David Heffernan. They got a new local absolutely huge and amazing. Pretty sure they will have a few good event on it in the future (hope for them). 

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The session was under Alex Leite, my prof from De La Riva Dublin. Pretty cool session with some side control and babybolos. We naturally ended on few sparrings.
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It was a pretty good session. Always nice to roll with people you don't meet often enough. Plus the new location is absolutely gorgeous, i hope they will have more and more people, they have plenty of space to afford it now :).

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Visiting #greystones #bjj academy saturday, for the new place opening ! #bjjglobetrotters #bjjlife #bjjcouples #bjjgirl #bjjcouple #bjjlifestyle #lifestyle #judo #martialart #tatami #trainhard #nopainnogain #delariva #fitness #fit #sport

Une publication partagée par Jonas Gloria (@aroundtheju) le 13 Mars 2017 à 6h41 PDT

The walk

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The courageous
After this quite tiring training, we opted to go for a 2h walk through the Bray cliff walk. From Greystones (Co. Wicklow) to Bray. It was bit rainy, particularlygrey and muddy and we got no hiking shoes (just some shitty trainers.) Whatever i'd say, we are warriors after all !

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We started with light rain and fog.  
There was no one as well on the way, we are the only fools doing it during such a day...

The beginning was slippery... 
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Typical Irish landscape. Walking between the sea and the mountain.
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Thanks to the photograph @bubidibu #hiking #mountain #ireland #nature #sport #outdoor #outdoorlife #lifestyle #fitness #mammut #rain #photography #adventure #sea #cliffs #calm #peace #viking #peacefull #travel #instatravel #instagood #amazingview #hike #bjjglobetrotters

Une publication partagée par Jonas Gloria (@aroundtheju) le 11 Mars 2017 à 14h25 PST

We finally arrived to Bray, with the sunset.

After all that, without eating for a few hours, we decided to eat a fish & chips with fresh fish. 

Conclusion, that an easy walk, people usually go with kids, there is barriers all way long, but it absolutely worth the go. It's a beautiful walk.
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Stunning sunset
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Where are we now?

6/24/2016

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Insight in our two new houses:
Jorge Santos BJJ & De La Riva Dublin 

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Now that Jonas is finally back on the mats we can show to our Jitz brothers around the world our new home(S).
Yes, more than one! In this case jiu jitsu couple stays together but apparently doesn't train together! Despite the different teams we both love each other's academy and we had the chance to train in both more than once.
Finally, we can as bring together different styles of techniques and have a bigger treasure for our own! ahaha

Here we are, starting from the timetables:   
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Different and amazing professors and coaches in both sides! We are so lucky to share the mats with all of them:
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Our homes:
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...and their mottoes: 
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Jungle BJJ

6/10/2016

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Dear globetrotters and Jiu Jitsu fella, we have a special treat for the ones visiting Dublin or deciding where to start training.
In the central Smithfield a new academy opened its doors: JUNGLE BJJ! 
Some of you already now the headquarter in Praha headed by Fernando Nascimento, some of you don't and for those last people we can just say that Jungle BJJ Dublin follows the same ideals of its affiliation: 

Train hard and have fun.  Fernando and his students’ first goal is to make classes fun and develop a friendly team environment where all welcome — regardless of what you trained before.  The only thing that matters is that you bring a relaxed and playful attitude training and a love for the art of ground based combat.

The great friendly vibes are perceivable as soon as you put a step inside the academy, where the team and their leader Peter Mamaev welcome you with big smiles.
The warm-up was changes slightly from class to class, reproducing functional movements for BJJ, such as animal warm-up drills. The playfulness starts from there, creating 1 vs 1 mini-competitions for the different exercise.

The techniques and drills follow a precise plan, focusing each months on different positions.

I particularly liked the amount of details explained for the basics' class and this showed Peter's deep understanding of the mechanics of Jiu Jitsu and his aim to make his students get the 'jiu jitsu chess game' together with the movement itself. 

Then it came the news for me: before the real sparring we started playing around a square 'team jiu jitsu'! 
The teams were formed by two people and had to defeat another team. 1 person of each team had to fight in a square and the others were just waiting to help on the borders of the square.
You could call the person outside for help just touching his/her hand, this having just 5 seconds to adjust your position or to completely free you and get in your place! 
I've never seen such playfulness related with jiu jitsu and it made me realise how often we forget that we do jiu jitsu also to have fun, when instead most of the times the normal sparring becomes a 'fight for your life'.

We can just wish all the best of luck to Peter and Silvia (bjj couple stays together! ) with their new adventure, cause they have all the ingredients to make of JUNGLE BJJ DUBLIN a hotspot for bjj students, competitors and friends! 


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1 Haymarket, Smithfield
Dublin
TEL: 086 888 2730
FB: https://www.facebook.com/junglebjjdublin
Get in touch with: 
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Peter Mamaev
FB: ​https://www.facebook.com/peter.mamaev
Silvia Scomparin
FB: https://www.facebook.com/silviascomparin86
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