Loyd Bateman was born was born in 1977 in Norwich, England and spent the first four years of his life between Nigeria and South Africa where his parents were working in hotel management. Loyd grew up in Canada making his way with his mother and three siblings from the East coast
cosmopolitan city of Toronto to the West coast city of Vancouver.
Loyd found himself drawn to the study of Capoeira, the Afro Brazilian martial art. His training and intensive study brought him to Brazil several times.