#103 Alex Humen

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we have the owner instructor of the brand new Brabo Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in Virginia Beach Virginia, Alex Humen. Alex has a very unique martial arts journey, one that started in his homeland of Ukraine where he wrestled for over 10 years. Then Alex traveled to several other countries as a college student and trained whenever he could. But several obstacles kept Alex from starting his Jiu Jitsu career. Listen to how Alex overcame these obstacles to become a successful competitor and now a new academy owner. Here is The RŌL Radio with the inspiring, entertaining, and most handsome man in BJJ, Alex Humen. www.rolacademy.tv 30% discount with ROLRADIO code at checkout. Over 600 videos for your Jiu Jitsu journey. http://www.therolradio.com https://www.instagram.com/therolradio/ https://www.facebook.com/therolradio/ https://www.instagram.com/alex_humenbjj/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/brabo_academy/?hl=en https://bjjfanatics.com/search?q=humen https://jiujitsux.com/profile/alexh/ Episode Highlights: 4:15 Teaching is the Easy Part 6:21 Starting Out in Ukraine 9:40 Training Obstacles 18:48 This Guy Just Destroyed Me 22:39 More Obstacles 25:05 Moving to the US 28:52 Falling in Love with Jiu Jitsu 39:17 Three Groups of Jiu Jitsu Students 43:11 Academy vs Gym 44:42 Vibes and Community 51:22 Traditions 1:03:58 Gary and Alex become Friends 1:05:18 Luca Atalla’s Question 1:09:54 Any Haters 1:12:01 Technical Difficulties 1:17:47 Jiu Jitsu is the Ocean Support the show