Born in Belgium to a German mother and Turkish father (hence the odd name - Can is pronounced 'Jun'), we moved to the UK three months later. I was educated in England, hence my incongruous posh British accent.

I'm a martial arts guy, in that I enjoy training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (I am a black belt, having first started grappling in 2003). I spend way too much time babbling about BJJ over on my site, slideyfoot.com, though that's gotten quieter since I started running my own BJJ club (2014 onwards). I also run regular charity events connected to that, all covered on GrappleThon.org.

I'm keen on art too: a good gallery tends to be the main attraction for me on any holiday, especially if it covers the Northern Renaissance or Mannerism. History is another favourite interest of mine (I can highly recommend Malta for fellow history fans).

I founded Artemis Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in January 2014, which has since become my full time job.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

What I love most about Couchsurfing is that you get to experience a place through the eyes of a local, as well as make new friends around the world. I've surfed in Dallas once, again in Leicester, once in Italy, also in France, then twice in Belgium. Brilliant experience every time! In addition to that, I've done something similar via other online networks, based around jiu jitsu.

It would be nice to be able to host people myself at some point, so hopefully I can convince the person I live with. ;)

兴趣

• writing
• tattoos
• comics
• anime
• reading
• music
• martial arts
• art history
• history
• languages
• travel
• art
• bjj
• brazilian jiu jitsu
• music history

音乐、电影和书籍

All on Flixster, last.fm and Library Thing: just search for 'slideyfoot' and you'll find me.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Probably that round the world trip in 2004. 12 countries in three months, starting from Hong Kong. In terms of total countries (not that travel is about mere quantity, but it's fun to keep track), at the moment up to about 40 (though I might be forgetting some).

教，学，和分享

BJJ, naturally, which I teach here in Bristol at Artemis BJJ. I've taught poetry (in an analytical sense) at a university level in the past. Other than that, my German is ok, my Turkish is pretty bad and I'm in the process of learning Spanish.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Language chats, martial arts fun and an ear that's always keen to listen and learn.

我游览过的国家

Albania, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Cambodia, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, India, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Malta, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State, Wales

我居住过的国家

Belgium, Canada, United Kingdom

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