BJJ Globetrotters Midsummer Camp Finland 2027

Chris Paines is the head coach of Fighting Fit Grappling in Stafford, England. His teaching focuses on the mechanics that connect positions: how to control the head, knees and armpits, protect space and understand why a technique works. He developed that approach while training in a small club without a senior coach, testing ideas with his training partners. His classes use principles and live problem-solving rather than long lists of moves to memorize.

Priit Mihkelson is an Estonian Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt known for his work on defensive grappling. His teaching explores protective positions, transitions and progressive resistance rather than treating techniques as isolated sequences. He helped establish the MMA and BJJ club 3D Treening in 2005, developing his approach through experimentation and study. He is the creator of Defensive BJJ and head coach of Estum Jiu Jitsu in Estonia.

Brad Wolfson owns and leads Soulcraft Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Hamden, Connecticut, and is a black belt under Marcio Stambowsky. His academy emphasizes a welcoming environment for beginners, practical self-defense and competition training. He has taught at Globetrotters camps around the world, with past classes including triangles from different positions. His focus is on helping people learn in a safe, friendly training community.

Christian Graugart founded BJJ Globetrotters and wrote The BJJ Globetrotter, connecting his own travels with an open training community. He began BJJ in 2000 and also founded an academy in Copenhagen, which he ran for 15 years. His camp classes favor fundamental mechanics and ideas that work across skill levels. For Christian, training is also a way to make friends, see the world and keep enjoying movement without having to chase every new technique.

Tom Dowdall is a black belt based in Belleville, Ontario, training with Limitless Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Kickboxing. His training history begins at Toronto's Samurai Club in 1994, and he earned his BJJ black belt in 2023 after progressing through the ranks at Loyalist Martial Arts Academy. Known around the camps as 'Crash Test Tommy,' he has taught seminars and camp classes in North America and Europe while continuing his own training in both gi and no-gi.

Will Dorman is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt based in Sarasota, Florida, who travels internationally to teach. His BJJ Globetrotters classes have included pressure and side control at Zen Camp 2024 and half-guard shoulder-crunch attacks and sweeps at Spring Camp 2026.