Grapple Asia Interview Ep. 16 | JB 'Jibs' Chalbos | Carpe Diem Hong Kong & The remnants of Temple Jiu-Jitsu

Jean Baptiste Chalbos AKA 'Jibs' is an old school Black Belt under Mariusz Linke of the notorious Gold Team in Poland.

Originally from a small town in France, he started Judo well before Jiu-Jitsu competitions were even legal in France and eventually a job offer would lead him to Ireland.

The Host Mac and JB met back in 2017 in a small gym in Yokohama and this brief encounter, would eventually move JB from working in Ireland to managing and coaching Temple Jiu-Jitsu in Phuket, Thailand. Mac caught up with Jibs for first since their encounter in 2017 to catch up on their respective lives. From the closing of Temple Jiu-Jitsu, a horrific health scare and to now Coaching in Hong Kong a lot has happened since their first meeting in Japan.Socials:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jibs_bjj/-----------------------------Chapters0:00 Sponsors0:50 Guest introduction4:26 Jiu-Jitsu vs. Judo in France8:07 Moving to Ireland11:50 Macaco Gold Team Poland15:00 Mariusz Linke's influence on JB's style of Jiu-Jitsu17:54 How Jibs & Mac met in 201721:30 Language barriers when traveling23:45 Thailand24:40 Arete BJJ25:50 Lockdowns begin 29:15 Life altering health issues33:00 'I have to change my life.' moment37:40 A new chapter38:28 Temple Jiu-Jitsu Phuket42:08 'Feeling good in Chaos.'44:20 Ben Royle45:53 Magomed Matiev48:04 Managing Temple BJJ52:13 The move to Hong Kong55:00 The job was 'challenging'58:04 Jiu-Jitsu will never be mainstream1:02:26 Future plans1:03:12 Gratitude-----------------------------

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