After I came back from Brazil, I moved to Scotland where I started training at Rick Young's Academy (great instructor, awesome place). During my time there, I traveled to Sweden (STHLM SHOOT) to spend a month with one of Tozi's instructors with whom I used to train in Brazil. Before we left, he gave me my brown belt. Sorry for the picture, but it's all I have :)

One day, I decided to leave everything at home and move to Brazil to live the dream. I rented an apartment next to Tozi Academy and spent about nine months training there, where I got my purple belt from Roberto Tozi himself.

This belt was given to me by a black belt from Tozi Academy who came to my hometown. After he left, I went to Brazil and spent a month sleeping in his garage and training at Tozi Academy. Cool stuff.

To be honest, I don't really remember the exact date...