Clinton Hollett was open earlier in January on how bjj helped him reform his life.

The acceptance of the Jiu-Jitsu community has been overwhelming for Hollett who said it’s been an uphill battle since being granted parole.

“Most people just want the bad,” Hollett said. “I just keep doing good,” Hollett said. “I keep my head out of trouble. This is a case where the system worked.”

How BJJ Helped Convicted Killer Clinton Hollett Reform His Life

But the interview he did attracted attention and he was picked up on a Canada wide warrant.

Chronicle Herald reported that he could be in violation of the terms of his release by working in a martial arts gym in Calgary despite being ordered by the Parole Board of Canada to not participate in any fighting events.

However the daughter of his victim wasn’t impressed:

“CSC called me last Wednesday to let me know he was arrested for a breach of parole and put in a provincial institution,” Michelle Gillie said in a phone interview with the Chronicle Herald.

“We never even received notification he was working in a gym. We found out in the paper. The last thing we heard from the board was he was pushing his limits in a volunteer capacity. It was a shock to us to find out this was his career.”

Hollett was convicted for the death of Richard Gillie in April of 1998 – reportedly Gillie was hog-tied with wire, bound, gagged and bones in his face and ribs were broken.

Still the victim’s daughter isn’t convinced of his redemption:

“These people talked about how he had turned his life around. No one called me. No one asked me what I thought about it,” she said.

“I’m all for rehabilitation, but the parole board said one thing and a different thing was happening. He murdered someone with his hands and tortured him,” she said.

Hollett insisted that doing bjj is not a violation of his parole:

“It’s not a violation of my parole because I’m not fighting. It’s not a boxing event,” said Hollett. “I’m allowed to be doing this. I don’t need special permission from my parole officer.”

The board may have felt differently.

“Following the issuance of a Canada Wide Warrant, Clinton Hollett was taken into police custody on January 20, 2017,” Kelly Dae Dash, spokeswoman for the Prairie Regional Headquarters of the parole board, wrote in an email.

still she insists:

“It’s a combat sport. It involves grappling, chokeholds and applying pressure to dislocate limbs. If he found a loophole in his conditions, we were never made aware,” she said.

“I’m sure there are other career paths for him. You’re either allowed to do these types of things or you aren’t. And to me, the parole board seemed to say he couldn’t.”