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Studio 76 - Las Vegas - Jimenez Family Talks COVID19 & BJJ
The last day we had a large group class was on March 16, 2020. It was my birthday and after class, the students had a cake for me and sang me Happy Birthday. With a heavy heart, we decided to close down our facility the very next day on March 17. In the beginning of all this, we knew very little about COVID-19. I think everyone panicked at some point. We lost about 20% of our students during the first week, mostly the new students and white belts. As people lost their jobs, they immediately cont
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27th May 2020 -
Giovanna Caxias Canuto (Blue belt - Cobrinha/Hector Vasquez BJJ - Las Vegas, NV) 2017!
Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu has become a silver lining for many of the youth in Brazil.
Giovanna Caxias Canuto found the sport at only
7 years old in Manaus, Brazil. She contacted Hector Vasquez of Cobrinha
BJJ, saying that she wanted to train with Cobrinha himself in the
states; after Pans Kids, however, Giovanna decided to train under Hector Vasquez
in Vegas where she made a great addition to his
team. Although she's only been training there for 5 months, Hector
shared with us that she t
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26th Dec 2017 -