"One second I was with Keegan, and the next I couldn't breathe; everything went black, and the only thing I could hear was the sound of water rushing into me and around me. I couldn't tell if I was moving backwards or in circles or not at all.  My arms and legs flailed, but there was nothing to grab on to, and it only disoriented me more. I was powerless. 

As my chest tightened with my last few sips of air, that unacknowledged belief of, "Those things only happen to other people..." came to stare me in the face and, without words, declare, 'Wrong.'"

Magid Hage visits the Kekoa Collective family and shares his deep-rooted history with the brand, dating back to his teen years as his first jiu-jitsu sponsor.

I'm Vitor Oliveira . I was born on the 28 of April, 1986 in Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro–Brazil. I started training jiu jitsu when I was 8 years old at the famous Pitbull academy lead by Adilson "BITTA" Lima; influenced by my father who already practiced the martial art and had his Black Belt -  4th degree.