Brazil / Spain

Renato Júnior

"I used to sell cookies on the street to pay for my jiu-jitsu competitions. Today I get more emotional when my students win than when I do."
Renato Júnior

From the social project where he gave free classes to kids in Brazil, to selling cookies on the street to pay for his jiu-jitsu competitions — this is the real story of a BJJ competitor told by himself.

Renato tells how he started training jiu-jitsu without money to pay the monthly fee. How jiu-jitsu became his way of life. The accident that nearly stopped him. The family that took him in in Spain. And why today he gets more emotional when his students win than when he wins himself.

A story of jiu-jitsu, sacrifice, and community.

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