Gracie Camp Review
Lots of people would like to train in BJJ in Brazil, and there are plenty of different gyms to go to, but it can be a little overwhelming to try and arrange a trip yourself, even with available time and money. Finding somewhere to stay, locating a good quality gym, paying training fees, language barriers and transport problems all conspire to make it a pipedream for many people.
For that reason, some of the gyms have set up camps specifically for foreigners so that all the hassle of organising a trip is already done for you. There are pros and cons to staying at these camps. They nearly always work out a lot more expensive than organising things for yourself, and they aren't everyone's cup of tea. If you only want to train a little bit and party a lot, or mostly sightsee, then this probably isn't the way to do things.
One such camp is the one for the Gracie Barra academy in Rio, and its called Gracie Camp. I stayed at the camp for three weeks this year, so I thought I'd do a review of the camp for those of you who are thinking about a trip abroad for training ...
I think the author does a great job of breaking down what the camp is about and what his experiences were. Definitely gets my mind thinking about a three-week "working" jiu jitsu vacation in Rio one of these years. In another post, the guy says that three weeks of training cost him about $1200-$1300 or about $85 a day.
Thought-provoking, to be sure. Here's a link to the Gracie Camp website. I'll have to remember to ask Rodrigo what he thinks about it.
