Rocco Nacino, Melissa Gohing show off their Jiu-Jitsu skills

Rocco Nacino is back to his Jiu-Jitsu practice, and his new sparring partner is none other than his girlfriend Melissa Gohing.

Photos shared on Rocco’s Instagram showed the "Descendants of the Sun" actor and the star volleyball player having fun while doing some drills.

 

 

 

 

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Back at it with @illestph ! I missed doing drills and getting a good sweat! Glad to announce that Illest Philippines has their line of Jiujitsu Gis for BJJ enthusiasts! Extra happy that I have a new training partner to practice drills on! Swipe left to find out! ? @dougkramer Game na let's do some drills with your kiddos! ???????? Thank you brother @jayveeadvincula !! #illestphilippines #JiuJitsu

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Sep 15, 2020 at 8:13pm PDT

Rocco and Melissa were also rocking matching Gis, the traditional training attire for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Rocco Nacino just wrapped up filming for the award-winning Kapuso drama “Descendants of the Sun” where starred alongside top actors Dingdong Dantes, Jennylyn Mercado and Jasmine Curtis-Smith.

On top of being an actor, TV host, Navy reservist, and business owner, Rocco is also Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner who has won a gold medal at the Manila International Open 2017: IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship.

His girlfriend, Melissa Gohing, is also quite the athlete having won four UAAP championships as a DLSU Lady Spiker and was hailed as UAAP Season 71 Rookie of the Year in both indoor and beach volleyball. —Margaret Claire Layug/JCB, GMA News