Episode 21. The Middle East's Only Gracie Jiu-Jitsu CTC
The conversation
About Malek Batterjee.
Malek Batterjee sat down for Kumite Lifestyle. That conversation is episode 21, “The Middle East's Only Gracie Jiu-Jitsu CTC”.
Malek joined from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he runs the only Gracie Jiu-Jitsu certified training center in the region.
He spends his days teaching jiu-jitsu, and he says it took time to bring it into his community. When he started, jiu-jitsu there was like jiu-jitsu in the U.S. in the early 2000s, known but still niche.
Malek talks about teaching high-profile clients, running a school through COVID, lessons from traveling across three continents, and why there's no such thing as starting from zero.
“I'm all the way from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia”
From the episode
- We're all human, and we all want the same things: shelter, food, family and happiness.
- You find out who you are when things go wrong.
- Nobody starts from nothing. Keep going even if people don't support you yet.
- Discipline
- Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
- Location
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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