Craig Jones

They definitely didn't like that I was participating in a game that they probably trained their whole life for. And that amount of money they could win is very, very significant. And there's me in there. They're also pointing out Borat, Borat, thinking I was making Borat jokes, which again- Very traumatic memory for the people of Kazakhstan. Were you making Borat jokes?

No, but I guess it's the same type of humor. Sure. I guess I'm not pretending to be Kazakh. I'm just there being an idiot and enjoying the local culture. But we're over there in Kazakhstan. We did that. That was obviously a bit risky. Did they learn to love you? I think they learned to love me and then to hate me again.

No, but I guess it's the same type of humor. Sure. I guess I'm not pretending to be Kazakh. I'm just there being an idiot and enjoying the local culture. But we're over there in Kazakhstan. We did that. That was obviously a bit risky. Did they learn to love you? I think they learned to love me and then to hate me again.

No, but I guess it's the same type of humor. Sure. I guess I'm not pretending to be Kazakh. I'm just there being an idiot and enjoying the local culture. But we're over there in Kazakhstan. We did that. That was obviously a bit risky. Did they learn to love you? I think they learned to love me and then to hate me again.

So it was like a bit of an all-encompassing relationship for the Kazakh people. But we basically abandoned ship. It was proven too difficult to film some things, some sensitive subjects over there. And I said, where should we go next? And I just looked at the map and I was like, we're near Ukraine.

So it was like a bit of an all-encompassing relationship for the Kazakh people. But we basically abandoned ship. It was proven too difficult to film some things, some sensitive subjects over there. And I said, where should we go next? And I just looked at the map and I was like, we're near Ukraine.

So it was like a bit of an all-encompassing relationship for the Kazakh people. But we basically abandoned ship. It was proven too difficult to film some things, some sensitive subjects over there. And I said, where should we go next? And I just looked at the map and I was like, we're near Ukraine.

Ukraine was a place that I'd been offered to teach a jiu-jitsu seminar prior to, I guess, the war commencing, the full-scale war commencing. And we're looking for a bit of adventure, something interesting to film, something to follow in the news. Obviously, very controversial in the news. People have very strong opinions. And I was like, let's go over there. Let's throw a charity event.

Ukraine was a place that I'd been offered to teach a jiu-jitsu seminar prior to, I guess, the war commencing, the full-scale war commencing. And we're looking for a bit of adventure, something interesting to film, something to follow in the news. Obviously, very controversial in the news. People have very strong opinions. And I was like, let's go over there. Let's throw a charity event.

Ukraine was a place that I'd been offered to teach a jiu-jitsu seminar prior to, I guess, the war commencing, the full-scale war commencing. And we're looking for a bit of adventure, something interesting to film, something to follow in the news. Obviously, very controversial in the news. People have very strong opinions. And I was like, let's go over there. Let's throw a charity event.

Let's do something. Let's train with the people and really... Experience of ourselves.

Let's do something. Let's train with the people and really... Experience of ourselves.

Let's do something. Let's train with the people and really... Experience of ourselves.

So we set up the seminar turned out to be the biggest seminar for jiu-jitsu in Ukraine history Which is wild considering obviously they are at war but everyone came together to support it and One of the soldiers there one of my friends that good friend now who's on the front line He made a comment on there and he said hey like this is a seminar to donate profits to the soldiers But we're on the front line

So we set up the seminar turned out to be the biggest seminar for jiu-jitsu in Ukraine history Which is wild considering obviously they are at war but everyone came together to support it and One of the soldiers there one of my friends that good friend now who's on the front line He made a comment on there and he said hey like this is a seminar to donate profits to the soldiers But we're on the front line

So we set up the seminar turned out to be the biggest seminar for jiu-jitsu in Ukraine history Which is wild considering obviously they are at war but everyone came together to support it and One of the soldiers there one of my friends that good friend now who's on the front line He made a comment on there and he said hey like this is a seminar to donate profits to the soldiers But we're on the front line

And I was like, you know what? I'll come to you. And he's like, listen, I can't promise you'll survive, but I'll promise you'll have a good time. And I said, that's all I needed to hear. So we connected and my friend Roman, we went really, really close. I think we were at the closest point, seven kilometers from the front line.

And I was like, you know what? I'll come to you. And he's like, listen, I can't promise you'll survive, but I'll promise you'll have a good time. And I said, that's all I needed to hear. So we connected and my friend Roman, we went really, really close. I think we were at the closest point, seven kilometers from the front line.

And I was like, you know what? I'll come to you. And he's like, listen, I can't promise you'll survive, but I'll promise you'll have a good time. And I said, that's all I needed to hear. So we connected and my friend Roman, we went really, really close. I think we were at the closest point, seven kilometers from the front line.

Obviously very surreal experience to be over there, seeing basically how the battles fought with all drones. How long ago was this? I think it would have been March or April. So we went there, we went basically spent two nights up on the front line, went back to Kiev and that was it for that trip.