Miko started wrestling in Finland at four years old and stayed with it through his childhood — hundreds of matches, multiple state championships. It's where the discipline came from, long before jiu-jitsu.

His path wasn't a straight line.Miko has been open about it in interviews and podcasts — before BJJ, he went through a troubled past that included gang life. Leaving Finland for Spain was the reset, and jiu-jitsu is what caught him when he landed. He's said it plainly: BJJ saved his life.

He found BJJ in 2012, and from the start his focus was on more than his own game — teaching, guiding, and helping the people around him get better. He competed for years, all the way to purple belt, before making the call to put competition aside and teach full-time. Commitment, respect, and showing up for his students — that's been the constant through all of it.

Since 2016 he's trained and taught alongside Black Belt Santeri Lilius in Malaga, Spain, who awarded him his black belt in 2023.

These days, his focus is teaching.He stays a student himself, always chasing new techniques alongside the people he trains. The mat, to him, is a place to relax, push your limits, and have fun — and to become the best version of yourself, one day and one roll at a time. He's open to private lessons and seminars wherever they're wanted; recent trips have taken him to India, England, Latvia, Finland, and Serbia, working with national teams and running private sessions along the way.