Meet your coaches.
Our October 2025 camp is headlined by two outstanding black belt coaches. Read a full bio below for both of them! and remember, our camps are limited to only 50 spots, so make sure you get your spot booked to ensure you don’t miss out!
Meet Charles Negromonte.
The host of the first Algarve BJJ Camp Charles Negromonte is a highly decorated black belt athlete and coach, teaching the sport since the late 2000s and being an active competitor on the highest stage since 2012. Charles has a nearly 50% submission win record in over 100 grappling matches at black belt across multiple organisations, he now boasts notable titles such as the European No-Gi Championship, South American Championship among many others.
The ADCC veteran has been training under the banner of the Roger Gracie Association and new team Los Banditos both based in central London. His heavy top pressure wrestling based game intwined with his excellent leg lock game makes him the perfect instructor for you for this Algarve BJJ Camp no matter what level you are.
Only 50 spaces per camp to ensure you get the attention you deserve!
Seymour Yang began his training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2003. He was awarded his black belt in 2015 by Nick Brooks (black belt under Roger Gracie). Seymour loves to teach the basics and fundamentals of jiu-jitsu while developing a keen interest in defence, guard play, counterattack and leglocks for the smaller, older grappler. Seymour coaches at RGA South Herts Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Borehamwood, England and is a third degree black belt. He is also renowned for his Jiujitsu themed artwork under his artist name ‘Meerkatsu’.
Meet Seymour Yang.
About the Camp.
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The BJJ camp will run over 4 days from Thursday 9th October to Sunday 12th October 2025.
Attendees travelling from overseas are advised to arrive on Wednesday 8th October 2024 so that you are ready for the first session on the Thursday, though this is not essential. We understand people have other commitments too!
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There will be two training sessions per day on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and one session on Sunday morning.
Each session will be about 2 hours in length, and will usually be one in the morning and one either in the afternoon or evening. Outside of training, we want to leave you ample time to explore the Algarve and spend some downtime relaxing and resting.
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The camp will be limited to only 50 attendees. We will be focussing on quality over quantity.
Attendees must be over 18. There is no belt requirement, the camp is open to all but we recommend at least 6 months training to get the most of it.
If you’d are the parent or guardian of someone under 16 and would like to bring them too, we can accomodate this - but please get in touch with us first.
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For this camp, we have two incredible coaches lined up!
Charles Negromonte will be the lead instructor for this camp alongside coaches Seymour ‘Meerkastu’ Yang. In addition, there will be 5 other black belts based in the Algarve.
This camp will have both Gi and No-Gi sessions for all attendees.
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The camp with be held at Algarve Fight Academy in Villamoura - with excellent mat space and plenty of room for all participants to train.
In addition to the mat space, the gym had a range of other faciilties, including changing rooms, a boxing ring, ocatgon and cardio and weights equipment.
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You will get plenty of downtime to explore what the Algarve has to offer.