Pablo Carela has been training various martial arts since an early age, focusing mainly in Judo until meeting and befriending Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master Ailson Brites who sparked his interest in this discipline. Fully shifting his attention to BJJ and being guided by one of the sports best coaches in Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro, Pabs has become a three sport (Judo/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/Submission grappling) competitor and coach himself; competing, placing, and coaching in local, and abroad tournaments alike. He is an assistant coach at the Bronx Jiu-Jitsu academy headed by his long time friend and coach Juan "Junior" Ortega, Pabs is also the lead coach of the academy's Judo club, and is a volunteer coach for the A.S.C.E.N.D. social project which is a public school grassroots BJJ initiative directed by his dear friend and training partner BJJ brown belt Fernando Restrepo. If you are interested in an organic and intellectual approach to grappling that will motivate and challenge you, and are seeking a more eclectic and holistic method in martial arts be it for general health, self-defense, or sport, Pabs can help guide you in this endeavor.