Ajaya Joshi
Ajaya Joshi brought a boxing background to BJJ, winning 2024 World Amateur gold at white-belt Master 3 while developing a coaching career.
Biography
Sources for this profile
B360, Nepal’s Ajaya Joshi wins gold at World Amateur Jiu-Jitsu Championship in UAE, November12,2024(opens in a new tab)
Ajaya Joshi is a Nepali combat-sports competitor and coach.
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He won the 2024 Abu Dhabi World Amateur Championship men’s gi white-belt Master 3 title at 69 kg.
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He represented Nepal and Rage Fitness at the event.
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Aarya Chand, Once a photojournalist, now a combat sports trainer, The Kathmandu Post, June30,2025(opens in a new tab)
He grew up in Lagankhel, Lalitpur, the eldest of three siblings.
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He studied management, earned a finance master’s and found office work unfulfilling.
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From 2007 he worked in photojournalism, covering politics and later working for WOW Magazine.
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Carrying equipment affected his fitness; he took up boxing at twenty-five to lose weight.
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Prakash Thapa Magar coached him; he won national boxing silver in 2007.
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He won national sambo and Rage Fitness MMA golds in 2012, then Srinath Muay Thai gold in 2015.
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A teammate’s invitation brought him into BJJ nine months before his November 2024 victory.
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Moving from striking to ground fighting demanded different movement and strategy.
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Work initially disrupted training; imagining opponents training helped him remain consistent.
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Defeats prompted him to identify weaknesses and work on them.
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Nepalis working in Abu Dhabi supported him and celebrated with gifts afterwards.
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Helping young trainees progress mattered to him; he hoped they would surpass him.
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By June 2025 he planned another Abu Dhabi appearance, in the blue-belt division.
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In 2025 he worked full-time as a senior trainer at Rage Fitness, after leaving journalism.
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His routine began with BJJ at six, private boxing lessons from seven to eleven, then evening teaching from four to nine.
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The Week Bureau, Kick, box, and sweat, Republica, February16,2018(opens in a new tab)
In a 2018 interview he advised newcomers to choose a training goal and try classes before committing.
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He described kickboxing classes built from short striking drills, with warm-ups and cool-downs.
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BJJEE, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Nepal: Appearance, Growth and Wins, January2,2025(opens in a new tab)
BJJEE identified Mauricio Gomez Oquendo as his coach for the 2024 campaign.
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