Mallorca BJJ and Yoga festival is a festival that brings together 2 different practices with numerous variations, concepts, and philosophies within them. In addition we have many other sessions around wellness, health, and ideas.. Let’s meet the world class instructors that joined the festivaL in 2019 and 2022 the new ones joining in 2023..
YOGA INSTRUCTOR LIST
Mary Bruce
Mary Bruce is an internationally beloved yoga teacher and educator who creates sacred space and presence for her students. Mary is a torch bearer. A beacon of light. A rare guide that is breaking the mold of the modern climate of yoga. Her teachings light us up and help us manifest our deepest desires.
From Phoenix Arizona since 1998 Mary Bruce has studied Sri Vidya Tantra in the tradition of the Himalayan Masters. After over 2000 hours of training, she achieved the highest levels of certification and is internationally recognized as one of the most prominent female teachers in the tradition. Mary is a teacher of teachers, having led Teacher Training Programs internationally for over 17 years. She is known for her ability to transmit transformative teachings with clarity and compassion. As a certified I AM Yoga Nidra Facilitator and Restorative Teacher (certified by Judith Lasater) who is also skilled in the application of Universal Alignment principles she brings unique and well-rounded expertise to her classes and training. Currently Mary studies with Indu Arora and considers her to be her most important teacher to date.
Jelena Lieberberg
Jelena started practicing yoga at age 12 with a croatian book from her mother. After working as a presentress for german tv and touring as a singer, she took her first yoga teacher training in 2009 and has been teaching since then. She currently lives in Berlin as a Yogainstructor, Writer, Naturopath and Speaker. Jelena teaches workshops & personal trainings all around europe with her own KICK ASS YOGA style and her first book introducing this style got published in 2017. After a training as a Naturopath (Heilpraktikerin) in 2012 she found her way on a holistic path encountering the Dorn/Breuss method, Tibetan Massage and Hypno-Therapy. Among her students are Yogis & Non-Yogis, Athletes and movers, who benefit most incorporating yogic 'mobility' with graceful movements gaining more awareness of their alignment and posture. Her newest book KICK ASS ASANAS is written in German & English and it is out now on amazon.
Helena Rosenthal
Helena was introduced to Ashtanga Vinyasa when she was 19 years old. Delighted with the practice, she made her first trip to the KPJAYI school in India (Mysore) in 2008 and six years later her teacher Sharath Jois granted her level 2 authorization. For eleven years she has taught in São Paulo, her home town, both in her own shala Ashtanga Pitanga , as well in several other local studios. She has been a guest professor in Portugal, France and Germany. In 2016 Helena moved from Brazil to London to run the Mysore program at Triyoga Chelsea, where she taught for 3 years. Seeking new perspectives, she traveled to Bali to study with Gregor Maehle. Finally, in 2019 she moved to Valencia, Spain, to welcome her baby and practice the seventh series by the sea. She now lives and teaches in Mallorca.
Helena continues to practice, teaching online Ashtanga workshops and classes and making music, her other passion. She believes in practice as a great teacher of relationships, both with ourselves, with time and with all other beings. She also enjoys conducting Kirtans - which she values as another practice. (Kirtan is the Sanskrit term for chanting, one of the traditional Indian yoga practices. In Kirtan Yoga, chanting is accompanied by musical instruments, while Sanskrit mantras are repeated using call and response, stilling the mind and opening the heart..)
IG @helena_rosenthal
Cameron Shayne
Born in 1971 in Charlotte NC, Budokon Founder & Director Cameron Shayne is considered the father of the Mixed Movement Arts culture. Cameron pioneered the phrase and concept of Budokon Mixed Movement Arts by combining the combat arts of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts together with Yoga, Crawling Patterns, Mobility, Calisthenics, and Cognitive Studies into a single black belt system known as Budokon (BU warrior, DO way, KON spirit). Based in Los Angeles, CA, during the 90's, at the time the mecca for yoga in the Western world, Cameron established himself as one of the pioneering voices and transmitters of contemporary yoga, martial arts and the movement culture. Known as a teacher of teachers, he is responsible for the creation the Budokon Yoga style, the Budokon Mobility style, the Budokon Mixed Movement Arts Black Belt System, Budokon University, BDK Academy, and for his provocative writings and podcast influencing the contemporary movement scene. His radically honest and transparent style of teaching through critical self analysis has established him as a guiding voice for modern yoga, martial arts and the movement culture world wide.
MOVEMENT BIOGRAPHY
Cameron received his black belt in Olympic Style Taekwondo under Masters Paul & Dan Harmon in 1992. He received his black belt in Yoshukai Japanese Karate-do under Shihan Jerry Blanck in 2003. He is currently completing his black belt in the Gracie lineage of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu under the tutelage of Professor’s Gui Arashiro, Xande Ribeiro, and Rafael Lovato Jr. He is the movement coach for the Bellator world champion Lovato Jr. fight team as well as artists & entertainers Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, Slash, Courtney Cox, Rene Russo, Meg Ryan and Jennifer Aniston as well as Olympians Kerrie Walsh-Jennings and Sugar Ray Leonard. Cameron has been studying and sharing yoga and mobility for over 25 years producing hundreds of teachers in the fields of yoga, martial arts and free form movement world wide. He currently lives and runs Budokon Big Sky Retreat Center with his wife Budokon University Director Melayne Shayne.
Melayne Shayne
Melayne Shayne is a Budokon Mixed Movement Athlete and founder of the Warrior Women Tribe. She is the VP of the Mixed Movement Arts System Budokon and Director of the Budokon Yoga Program and Teacher Training.
For Melayne, moving is more than creating forms and shapes with the body: it is a lifelong commitment to self reflection and personal development.
Before finding a fully-authentic expression through the empowering practice of martial arts in Budokon, Melayne sought to practice and learn from teachers around the globe within various lineages and styles as Shiva Rea’s Prana Flow, and ballet.
Melayne’s love for practicing and sharing mixed-movement and living her philosophy is reflected in her grounded teaching style, commitment to her Budokon black belt and most notably, in the passion she has for bringing women together through her Warrior Women events and global network. Always a student before a teacher, she seeks to be inspired and inspire others; challenge herself and challenge others.
Melayne’s Warrior Women events create and hold a space of empowerment, accountability and leadership for women who are on this journey as well. Her events, workshops and retreats create a unique opportunity for women to discover themselves and hold space for real, honest, yet connected and co-creative growth.
Lou Stokes
Born in London, currently living in Madrid, Lou is an experienced yoga and meditation teacher. In 2010 she trained with Evolation Yoga in 26 + 2 (bikram series) in New York, USA. She went on to study Ananda meditation in Sierra Nevada, California and trained with Jorge Cabellos in Vinyasa yoga. She later traveled through Asia where she experimented with many different modalities of yoga and meditation and lived for some time in a Buddhist monastery. She has lived, worked and trained in Australia, Asia, the US and Europe. She currently teaches yoga in Madrid and is a Style & Confidence Coach.
"Through the practice of yoga my life has changed, it has taught me to live from the heart and enjoy the journey. I feel stronger and happier and more comfortable in my own skin. Yoga is a powerful tool that shows us every day the strength and unlimited capacity that we possess, it helps to love ourselves and give us the confidence to be in the present and feel proud of who we are."
Jamie Ray
Jamie works as a full-time yoga teacher at some of London’s top studios and privately one-to-one. His teaching style is vinyāsa flow with an emphasis on the breath. Jamie’s instruction is very accessible and easy to follow, which is perfect for students new and experienced.
As well as yoga, he offers wellness coaching, both in-person and online. His great passion is to help people live an entirely happy and energized life. This is done by looking at their health as a whole; examining diet and nutrition, fitness and exercise, emotional well-being and implementing self-care regimes.
In 2019, he set up Jamie Ray Wellness, which encompasses all of his offerings under one roof. Since then, he has helped hundreds of receive the support and accountability they need to truly live the life they have always wanted.
Fiongal Greenlaw
Fiongal is a professional yoga teacher, Tarot reader and spiritual coach. He’s also the founder of The Wellness Foundry, a contemporary wellness brand offering intuitive readings, healings, astrology, spiritual guidance and teachings.
He received his yoga teacher training at the Sivananda ashram in Madurai, India in 2017. He blends vinyāsa, hatha and yin practices, to offer deeply nourishing and enriching experiences for his students. His yoga corporate clients include White Company, The Supper Club and Crabtree & Evelyn.
He provides psychic and Tarot readings for an international private client base, with customers from Australia, Russia, America, China and Europe.
In March 2021, Christian Dior employed him to give Tarot readings for their haute couture customers. Selfridges, Harvey Nichols and L’Oréal, are also amongst his list of recent clients.
As well as teaching yoga, Fiongal blends his intuitive and spiritual knowledge to offer informative and inspiring workshops on a host of subjects, including space clearing, Spirit Guides and how to work with crystals.
Jack Clover
- RYT 200 Yoga Alliance Teacher
- Brown belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- Mallorca BJJ & Yoga Festival Event Manager
- BJJ Globetrotters Camps Yoga Teacher
Adrian
Adrian always knew there is more to life than just work. He grew up on a farm and later became a scientist, which didn’t full fill him completely. So after gaining international experience in his field of study he decided to do a 500h yoga teacher training, which changed his life and principles by 180°. From there on he spent his time in highly energetic places in India and South America and his passion for spiritual work grew. Throughout the year Adrian works on yoga festivals and retreats in Germany and Switzerland, where he supports organizers, teaches asana classes and holds ecstatic dances. In his classes Adrian has a holistic approach and addresses our emotional body, brings the mind in a meditative state through breathing and also feeds the intellect with spiritual teachings from Yogananda, Osho and Aurobindo. His ecstatic dance sessions are creative and free, so people can get into their body, forget their ego and just dance. His dance journeys mix different styles of music, rhythm with deep and strong bass and nature sounds.
Website: www.sacredspace.es
Instagram: @sacredspace.es
Mirjam
Mirjam has been spiritual since early childhood. Her parents practiced different types of yoga and her father introduced her to the teaching of Paramahansa Yogananda. In her early 20s she decided to do a Bhakti Yoga Teacher Training. From that moment on she had the realization to express her inner voice through her performances. At the age of 9 she started singing at a professional choir in Germany. So in combination with her yoga practice she developed her vision to help and encourage others to reconnect with their inner being. By singing and devotion we are able to free ourselfs from mental and emotional structures and connect to our own wisdom within. In her sessions and workshops you are learning to reconnect to your own inner and outer voice. Further you are going to experience how you can let go of emotional blockages and old assumptions about yourself by the vibration of ancient mantras.
In the past years Mirjam has participated in many spiritual gatherings, festivals and Ashrams in Germany and India. For her it is not important to follow a specific lineage, it is important to experience your own guidance.
Apart from her performances, Mirjam is running a small business that supports conscious events in Germany, Switzerland and has recently settled in Mallorca for the european winter.
Website: www.sacredspace.es
Instagram: @sacredspace.es
Anne-Christin
As a trained Embodiment Coach, Anne-Christin uses body movement, posture, intuitive dancing, mindfulness, breathing, art and Reiki to facilitate positive change. To get you out of your head and drop into and connect with your body & heart.
Her group workshops and private coaching sessions help you listen to your body, tap into your intuition, unblock emotions and become aware and shift core beliefs and automated patterns that keep you from living your best life. This work is very transformative and will bring positive change and energy into your life.
Anne-Christin has been on the self-growth journey for 8 years now after she had repeatedly found herself in similar challenging situations in her professional and private life, despite different surroundings and people.
Already early on, she noticed that the key element to truly change your life with lasting results is to integrate movement and intuitive dancing into your practice. This allows you to connect on a body, mind & soul level and have a truly holistic approach to your wellbeing.
During her own journey, she found that her body had access to so much knowledge and answers that she had been disconnected from for far too long. And once mindfulness practices were actively added to this, Anne-Christin experienced long-lasting effects: Life unfolded beautifully, she was present in the here and now and she noticed how she deliberately was creating her daily experiences and life itself.
Anne-Christin understood quickly that this is how life was meant to be and feel like, however, she realized that the vast majority of society experienced life much differently. She therefore made it her mission to share these modalities with as many people as possible in order for them to experience this joy, ease and flow on a daily basis.
Living in Mallorca, Spain, she works as an Embodiment Coach with clients online or in person combining all the modalities she has learnt and helping people to live a life in balance.
If you like to find out more you can check out her website and Instagram: www.thebeautyofnow.net /
@the.beauty.of.now
BJJ Instructor List
Roger Gracie
Roger Gracie is a Brazilian retired mixed martial artist and former professional Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) competitor. The son of coral belt Mauricio Gomes and grandson of BJJ founder Carlos Gracie, Roger Gracie is one of jiu-jitsu's most decorated and accomplished athletes and is considered by many as the greatest competitor in jiu-jitsu history.
A member of both IBJJF Hall of Fame and ADCC Hall of Fame, Gracie won 10 IBJJF world championship titles across multiple weight classes, every year from 2004 to 2010, becoming the first competitor to win the open weight division 3 times. He is also a two-time European Champion, and a Pan Champion. Gracie is an ADCC Submission Fighting weight, absolute, and super fight champion, the only athlete to win gold in both his weight class and the open weight division with a 100% submission rate. Gracie retired in 2017 after defeating then BJJ world champion Marcus Buchecha, leaving jiu-jitsu without a single submission defeat in his record.
Competing concurrently in MMA, Gracie is the 2016 One World Cruiserweight Champion, a former Strikeforce and UFC middleweight contender, holding at the time of his retirement in 2017 a professional record of 8–2.
Mauricio Gomes
Mauricio began training in Jiu-Jitsu at just four years of age. His father, who was a brown belt, started his journey and took him to classes at João Alberto Barreto’s academy.
As a teenager, Mauricio began training with the legendary Rolls Gracie. Under Rolls' guidance, he became a highly successful competitor and won the absolute division of the Rio de Janeiro State Championships in 1981. Shortly after this victory Rolls would award Mauricio his black belt. Mauricio continued training with Rolls until his tragic death in 1982.
Through his close ties with the Gracie family, Mauricio met Reila Gracie, the daughter of Carlos Gracie Sr. The two married and, although their relationship didn't last, they had a son, Roger Gracie. Roger would go on to become a ten-time World Champion and is widely recognised as being the greatest Jiu-Jitsu competitor of all time
Lilo Asensi
Lilio is from Alicante, Spain and for 6 years has been living in Hamburg teaching BJJ at KB gym and Budu point She is also active on the competition scene as a referee. Lilo was the first woman in Spain to get the black belt in BJJ.
-2019 Bronze European Champion Black Belt
-2018 gold Naga European black belt with gi and 2nd Expert NoGi
-2015 silver Master world champion Black belt 2015 Pan American silver No gi
Ross Nicholls
ADCC European Trials Champion (2018)
Notable wins over the likes of Nathan Orchard and Gianni Grippo.
IBJJF British No-Gi National Champion (2017)
Welsh Invitational Champion (2017)
Grapple Nation Champion (2015)
Grapple 4 Glory Champion (2015)
IBJJF London Winter Open Champion (2017)
IBJJF British No-Gi Nationals 2nd Place (2016)
UAEJJF Grand Slam LDN 3rd Place (2016/2017)
Natalie Day
Natalie is from Oxford, England and is the first female in the UK to independently own & solo run her own jiu jitsu academy, GROW JIU JITSU, where she has been coaching for the last 10 years.
She also runs an innovative jiu jitsu events company, GROW EVENTS.
Natalie is investing in the future of UK jiu Jitsu by offering the UK’s first official apprenticeship programme for young people who are looking to make jiu jitsu their full time career.
Natalie is the first female black belt under Mauricio Gomes & is current European champion.
-2023 Gold European Champion Brown Belt Gi
-2019 Silver world champion purple belt NOGI
-2017 Bronze world champion blue belt GI
Growjiujitsu.com
Instagram @growjiujitsu
Instagram @growevents
Chris ‘Kit’ Macken
Chris is a brown belt from the UK and a very active competitor at the highest level having recently fought and won his Polaris debut match via leg lock. All of his classes will be centered around the legs. Setups, entries, counters, finishes, and for those that don´t want to learn that, you will want to know at least escapes. What better way to learn escapes than to back-engineer the system? Leg lock lab...
Other Instructors
OTHER ACTIVITES, SEMINARS, CEREMONIES, AND LECTURES.
Luke Wills - Wim Hof
Wim Hof Method - Oxygen Advantage - Art of Breath
Luke, raised in Mallora with British parents, search for self improvement led him to travel the world to train with some of the best trainers in their fields and has taken him on some amazing adventures, from diving in the depths of the Andaman Sea, to training Thai Boxing for a year in Thailand and climbing Mt. Sniezka in Poland in the middle of winter wearing nothing but a pair of shorts.
All of this experience and training has taught him that we are capable of much more than we think, and that to find true health and freedom we must master both mind and body. Through breathing, movement, meditation and above all re-connecting to our natural environment we can awaken our innate potential to be happy, strong and healthy.
Artur Paulins - Ice and Breath
Artur Paulins of Sweden and Wim Hof trained is working internationally to transform our access to daily calm through coaching, breathwork, with ice bath immersions. “An access to equanimity (calm, stillness, contentment) should be available to everyone.” Established as an expert in this revolutionary and upcoming sector that is breathwork, Artur has worked with the likes of the United Kingdom Special Forces, Norwegian Royalty, high profile celebrities and been featured in Men's Health, Esquire, GQ, The Russel Howard Hour, The BBC and regularly appears at major wellbeing events across the UK and globally. Artur also holds a brown belt in BJJ.
James Scallon - Wim Hof
I am from Bloomington Indiana USA. My first time doing the Wim Hof Method was at MBJJ and Yoga Fest 2019! After the breathing and icebath I experienced for the first time in my life the quieting in the critical constant nagging of the roommate in my mind. Up to that point I had been suffering from crippling anxiety, panic attacks, and depressive fugue states. The Wim Hof Method showed me functional ways to move beyond these survival patterns and how to lean into my power.
After the first session I attended guided by Luke I went to every single one I could. Luke brought up the idea of becoming an instructor, an idea of which I wasn’t sure. I asked the universe for a sign, on the last day our fearless organizer Joe Notebart grabbed me my my shoulders and told me that becoming and instructor was what I was meant do to. Since my teacher training in the freezing lakes in the Colorado, facilitating dozens of breathwork and icebathing sessions, and becoming verse in a wide range of therapeutic breathing techniques. I am ecstatic to being coming back to MBJJ fest this time as a guide and running a Saturday session. . I’m so happy to bring this full circle and bring the method that has given so much to me to all of you. This Festival showed me the unlimited potential that comes from doing what you love.
Freedive - Mallorca
Team Freedive Mallorca
(Group photo) Left to right, Ismael, Lara, and Mariano. Ismael Ismael Alejandro Feno Founder & Instructor
Originally from Argentina, Ismael discovered the world of freediving during a trip to Bali in 2013. It only took one simple phrase to change his life forever: “Dive to 20 meters on a single breath”. He was hooked! Ismael later went to the Apnea Total headquarters in Koh Tao, Thailand to complete his Master Freediver course and the Instructor training program. He decided to leave his desk job as an architect in Germany to devote himself fully to freediving and has been teaching around the world ever since, notably in Panama, Malta, Bali and Thailand. Wanting to expand his knowledge of freediving, Ismael has recently completed the course to become a Master Instructor with Apnea Total and has completed the crossover to become a Molchanov Instructor under the guidance of Adam Stern (8 x Australian Freediving Record Holder). Come meet Ismael and let him share with you his immense passion for freediving.
WHAT TO EXPECT Embarq on an unforgettable journey into the deep and discover your body’s underwater potential. What is freediving? Freediving is the practice of holding your breath when diving underwater without the use of breathing equipment, such as a scuba tank. Freediving is a way of life for some, a competitive sport for others, and a hobby for many. Discover Freediving Duration: 90 - 120 minutes Maximum depth: 10 meters Academic session + water session This course will allow you to know the base of this sport and descend to a maximum depth of 10 METERS on a SINGLE BREATH. It will increase your comfort and confidence under water. You will be able to spend more time underwater in a relaxed way. During the theoretical class, you will learn about the equipment used in freediving, how to move underwater in an effective and relaxed way, different compensation techniques and the breaths we use to stay longer underwater. During the water sessions you will learn how to move underwater efficiently. The instructor will always be with you during the dives to increase your confidence and give you advice, making progress quick, but also to ensure the safety of students, which is the most important.
Gongoro - Gong Bath
Gongoro is an Italian professional gong player. He lives between Mallorca and Tulum. He comes from Adinadd Art Gong School, based with Yogi Bhajan’s Teaching. With more of 300 hours he graduated as a sound therapist of gong in Tulum (Mexico) with the gong master Har Harí.
Gong is really powerful because Gong vibration (through neutral mind) comes from the universe and transmits regenerative energy to all the cells of the body.
By means of this universal vibration, we can remove old traumas and fears starting your own healing. Moreover we can get in touch with our higher self, awakening intuition and telepathy. You are invited to join the gong bath every day at 5pm
“Gong is always like sun” Yogi Bhajan
Petro Kohut - Lectures on hidden trauma
Petro has been working as manual therapist since 25 yrs. Initially as a Remedial Massage therapist in Australia, helping people with physical pains and issues, he quickly realised that the more satisfying path lay in helping people unwind the postural habits and tensions that exist as the foundations that create the symptoms that we suffer. This work, as rewarding as it was, and is, sometimes still remains inadequate, as for many of us, our pains and protective holdings/habits are deeply connected our past traumas. In the last 8 yrs guided by his desire to be more effective and helpful, Petró added Somatic Experiencing (SE)!to his toolbox. SE is a therapeutic, body-centered approach for releasing and reintegrating the energy of trauma that we hide in our body. This work has revolutionised his work and his life.
About the workshop.
In his session he will be going over the basics of how our nervous system functions, how the fight/flight/freeze reaction plays inside of us when we are challenged, how important and why our disciplines, practices, resources and communities are for our sense of safety, how and why trauma gets stuck or stored in the body, and the basics on what to do and what to keep our eyes on when potential traumas might be being created right infront of our faces.e.
Fiona - Cacao Ceremony
Fiona is an international cacao medicine guide and energy healer.
The spaces she creates offers you the safety to connect to the deep wisdom that resides within, to rediscover your true essence.
With the use of ceremonial cacao, a gentle yet potent plant medicine, she will invite and guide you to go on a journey of self discovery and inner healing, reconnecting you back to your empathy and emotions.
Each session provides a moment of stillness for yourself, to honour and listen to your heart and bodies wisdom.
Her sessions often combine meditation, intentional breathing, intuitive movement, introspection and deep gratitude.
Fiona continues to dedicate herself to learning from the mayan spiritual leaders to respect their traditions of this ancient medicine.
She is deeply honoured to have the permission to share this medicine of the heart, to help you find balance, and harmony within so that you can align into your truest expression of self.
Originally from Australia, she has lived in different countries around Europe for the past 5.5years, currently based in Barcelona, Spain.
You can follow her journey on Instagram @thrivingessence
Bruno Maroto - Divine Inspiration
Bruno, with Divine Inspiration (offering ancestral medicines) was born in Argentina, but had his first transformative experience as a teenager in Latacunga, Ecuador and had always been connected to the ancestral wisdom of nature. He's made contact with different cultures around the world, visiting nearly 100 places in over 25 countries.
He began to train with shamans in the conscious use of ancestral remedies. and accompanying people in their liberation processes for more than 10 years.
More than a job, this is where his heart expresses itself. Many would say he is an expert in the art of listening, when you expresses yourself he aims to capture the truth of what your Being is saying behind what ‘you say’; accompanied through music and other resources. He, along with his partner Carmen, will guide and inspire you to remember what your soul already knows.
Breathwork, Kundalini awakening, Coach and Personal consultant in holistic services towards Spiritual Transformation
Divine Inspiration will be having excursions throughout the festival at a nearby by private villa. Q&A sessions with Bruno and Carmen will take place at the festival but their sessions at the villa with transport provided.
Sessions are Bufo Alvarius and Kambo.
Carmen - Divine Inspiration
Carmen Jaguar was born in Spain with a strong connection to the spiritual world and a love for philosophy. After her graduation from conventional learning had a good job and future opportunities, but her life felt empty. She moved into the field of coaching and then found ancestral medicines and left her former life forever. For the last 5 years she, along with her partner Bruno, started to share these therapies, plants, and words from freedom and love of deeply comprehending who we are.
She specializes specifically in the dynamics for emotional liberation and reconnection with the natural flow of the body. Along her path she also discovered the power of ancestral resources used in subtle ways, facilitating the process of deepening and integration in life.
Her passion is to accompany through listening and pure gaze, developing the mastery to expand consciousness in a natural way.
Divine Inspiration will be having excursions throughout the festival at a nearby by private villa. Q&A sessions with Bruno and Carmen will take place at the festival but their sessions at the villa with transport provided.
Sessions are Bufo Alvarius and Kambo.
Salsa - Vladimir Semenčić and Daniela Trtinjak Semenčić
Vladimir Semenčić, a visionary with a deep love for dance, is a prominent figure in the salsa entertainment world. His unexpected journey alongside his wife, Daniela Trtinjak Semenčić, began during their university studies, where they met in a dance studio.
Their story took an exciting turn when they started teaching salsa in 2004 and launched the Croatian Summer Salsa Festival in 2005, now under their @SEASUNSALSA brand- This annual event attracts a global audience of 5,000 participants who enjoy dance lessons, beach social events, boat trips, live concerts, and evening parties.
Vladimir's 19-year dance journey began at a time when salsa wasn't as widespread. He and Daniela expanded their expertise by attending international salsa festivals, igniting their desire to bring salsa to Croatia and make it accessible to enthusiasts.
In 2012, they introduced the Summer Sensual Days, a unique bachata and kizomba event that draws attendees from over 80 countries. Their pioneering spirit shines through in these 14 days of dancing holidays, complementing the Croatian Summer Salsa Festival.
Beyond dance, Vladimir and Daniela explore Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Yoga, and movement, emphasizing personal development. They aspire to expand their dance events to other Croatian coastal cities, focusing on dance education.
In Vladimir's words, "Our work fulfills us personally and creates a community that brings happiness to others, connecting people from different cultures and places. Our lives are a perpetual dance, an exploration of movement and self-expression."
For more information, visit their Facebook pages:
Croatian Summer Salsa Festival: https://www.facebook.com/crosalsafestival
SEASUNSALSA: https://www.facebook.com/seasunsexy
You can also find them on Instagram:
Croatian Summer Salsa Festival: @croatiansummersalsafestival
Joe Notebaert - Organizer
Joe Notebaert is the founder of the Mallorca BJJ and Yoga Festival and is also the head instructor at Mallorca BJJ a school located in Palma and El Toro Mallorca. He is a black belt under Cesar Lima which was approved by Roger Gracie. He was a masters world champion in both Purple and Brown belts in 2013/17 and European NOGI purple 2013.
Originally from Phoenix Arizona, USA Joe was in the finance industry and moved to London in 2008 after the crash. Starting fresh he tried his hand working as a business travel agent and then moved on to creating his own business travel company. In 2016 he moved to Mallorca. With his travel agency background, love of BJJ and Yoga, and living on an island paradise it only made sense to bring these worlds together..
Along with making sure the festival goes as smooth as possible during festival week Joe also teaches an Intro to BJJ - a 100% complete beginner class. Designed for those that want to learn what BJJ is, what to expect on a first class, objectives and a few basic positions with Q&A.
DJ & Music Performers
(More To Be Confirmed)
Jack Clover