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GOLDEN EDITION 2014

What did you learn from brazilian jiu
jitsu? How this contributed to your
knowledge of previous martial arts?

BJJ is totally different than other sports or arts.
I have been training and teaching all my life.
But BJJ brought something different. Don’t ask me
how or what. But it changed my life.

Also the match with Royce, liborio and training
with Renzo and Rickson
Made a profound and deep change of mindset of
my view on Martial arts / MMA

What do you think of the UFC today,
compared to UFC 90 where you fou-
ght.

It is a different game
You can’t compare.

At that time we did not had the knowledge we have
like today.

The good thing was that there where no rounds. So
you need to fight to survive. Now you can go in..
Make it thru some rounds and the judges decide When the opportunity is there i still try to compete

At that day it was style vs style. Now everybody is
Well educatedd and knots a bit of everything.
Only the top hybrids will stand out

Was recently asked: What happened
to Remco Pardoel? And now I pass
the question to you. What are you
doing now?

I changed my life in 2009 / 2010
Due to some Personal reasons.

Now i al an club manager (same profession Again
:)) for the biggest fitness / Health chain in europe.

Next to that i still work with some professionals for
improving their technique and game plan. My other passion being an DJ

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