During the first six months of my original long term stay in Rio de Janeiro, while living at OTM’s apartment in Barra da Tijuca, is where it all began. Scotty Nelson with his busy schedule was traveling back and forth between Brazil and the US covering events and while out of the country began leaving me in charge of OTM apartment. It was in this same year, 2003 that both Scotty and Danny “do nothing” encouraged me to venture out and start a guest house of my own in Rio to help gringos come and train in Brazil.