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Author Archive: BJJEE

Kron Gracie Negotiating His MMA Debut In Japan For August : ‘I’m Here To Show That Jiu-Jitsu Is Still The Best Martial Art In MMA.’

Kron Gracie last year after winnning ADCC, had expressed his desire to leave the competitive Jiu-Jitsu to “venture” in MMA . And little by little, his dream is becoming a reality. He is...

Ludus Team Training Camp in Moscow, Russia with Alexandre Paiva 18 & 19.01.14

  BJJ holiday / training camp in Moscow, Russia: Ludus team Russia are organizing a training camp on the 18 and 19th of January in Lopotovo, Russia with Alexandre Paiva and Alexandre Deda Faria....

Slovakia’s Stefan Hupka: “The Future Of BJJ In My Country Looks Really Promising.”

Stefan Hupka is oone of the pioneers of BJJ in Slovakia. During his BJJ journey he trained in Ireland where he was living. Upon returning home to Slovakia, he formed his BJJ team sTC BJJ Team. In...

How To Use ‘Modern’ Jiu-Jitsu For The Streets

  Good comedy video about how to use some Jiu-Jitsu moves to avoid a mugging 🙂

UFC Fighter Alan Belcher To Compete In Copa Podio Heavyweight GP

  BJJ black belt Alan Belcher is the third North American on the Heavyweight GP card. Along with Travis Stevens and brown belt Tim Spriggs, Belcher will form the North American trio that...

Rolles Gracie On His Father, The Legendary Rolls Gracie: ‘He Formed A Generation.’

  Who lived in Rio de Janeiro in the 60’s and 70’s point to Rolls Gracie as being one of the best BJJ fighters of all time. To some, in fact, he was the most technical Gracie. The...

BJJEE Gi Review: Doguera’s ‘Elementar’ Gi

DOGUERA is a up and coming BJJ lifestyle brand that produces great quality and cool designed BJJ gis. The symbol of Dogera is the baboon. The words and images that come to my mind when I think of a...

Travis Stevens Chooses To Compete At Copa Podio Heavyweight GP Instead Of Paris Judo Grand Slam

  BJJ black belt, Team USA Judo member and 2 times Olympian Travis Stevens is really enjoying competing at both the highest level in BJJ and Judo. He has chosen to compete at Feb 1rst Copa Podio...

Watch Rolles & Daniel Gracie Fight Sakuraba In Japanese Pro Wrestling

  After a mediocre MMA career so far, Rolles and Daniel Gracie have tried out Japanese pro wrestling (Puroresu). Both Gracies have had an up and down MMA career, Rolles fought once in the UFC...

BJJ Coach To The Stars Marcus Vinicius: “I Trained LL Cool J, Guy Ritchie, Jason Statham, Vin Diesel etc…”

  Owner of Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu club, Marcus Vinicius Di Lucia spoke to Tatame about his famous BJJ students. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Vinicius Di Lucia landed in America in 1995, but...

Max Carvalho BJJ Workshop, Belgrade, Serbia, 22th & 23th of February

Gracie Barra Serbia and BJJSHOP, the 22th and 23th of February at the GB Serbia, are organizing  a two-day BJJ Workshop which will be lead by Black Belt GB and longtime competitor of the highest...

The Estima Bros: ‘We Are Are Organizing A European Camp Focused On Competition Strategy.’

  The Estima brothers Braulio and Victor are both world BJJ champions.  To start 2014 on the right foot, the brothers will lead the European Training Camp 2014, an incredible opportunity to be...

IBJJF Munich Winter Open Confirmed for March 1rst, 2014

  IBJJF has just confirmed the Munich Winter Open 2014 and registration is already open!! After the very successful 2013 Munich Open (November), IBJJF is coming back. Location: ESV München...

Murilo Bustamante Against Online Belt Promotions: “Compare A Black Belt From A Real Teacher & A Online Black Belt…”

  The controversy over the belt system in Jiu-Jitsu continues. And now it is the turn of Murilo Bustamente to show all his discontent with the issue. The leader of Brazilian Top Team chose a...

BJJEE Rising Stars: Drysdale BJJ’s Kristian Woodmansee

Walk into Drysdale Jiu Jitsu in Las Vegas, Nevada on any given day and you will see a team made up of some of the worlds best athletes.  Among these fighters you will find Kristian Woodmansee, a...

Watch Ilke Bulut’s Berimbolo to Calf Slicer Variation

  World class brown belt Ilke Bulut and Jordan Baddi (Anderson Pereira/Icon JJ Team Switzerland) show a berimbolo variation to submit the opponent with a calf slicer.

Seminar Report: Rickson Gracie ‘Invisible Jiu-Jitsu’ Seminar At The Gracie Academy

“little” Tony Pacenski (http://www.soulfight.net/) attended the Rickson Gracie “Invisible Jiu-Jitsu’ seminar at the Gracie academy in Los Angeles and wrote this seminar report...

Trieste BJJ Challenge, 15.02.14, Italy

  TRIESTE BJJ CHALLENGE 2014 “We are pleased to announce the launch of the first edition of Trieste Challenge, a tournament of Brasilian jiu-jitsu open to male and female, white, blue,...

BJJEE Gi Review: Valor ‘Carioca’ Gi

Valor is a British company with a great selection of BJJ Gis at truly excellent prices. They sent us their newest Gi, the “Carioca” to try out. I already own the Valor Victory Gi and it ranks...

Gilbert ‘Durinho’ Burns: “I Plan Combine MMA & The Big Jiu-Jitsu Competitions In 2014.”

    Multiple BJJ world champion Gilbert Durinho Burns had an unforgettable year. He won the No Gi Worlds by beating Leandro Lo, he also maintained his unbeaten record in MMA and gained national...

BJJ vs Judo: Renzo Gracie vs Olympic Judo Medalist Ben Spijkers

  1995 Classic grudge Vale tudo match between the legendary Renzo Gracie and world class Judo Ben Spijkers. Ben Spijkers represented the Netherlands in Judo at three consecutive Summer Olympics...

Watch A Young Kron Gracie Compete As An Orange Belt

  Watch young Kron Gracie compete at the April 28, 2002 Cleber Jiu-Jitsu Tournament in Los Angeles, California, coached by his father, Rickson Gracie.

‘Tanquinho’ Needed Just 36 Secs To Win His MMA Debut By Submission

  The 2013 adult black belt featherweight world champion, Augusto “Tanquinho” Mendes, made his victorious MMA debut last Saturday, in Mesa, Arizona. Mendes has been training MMA since 2012,...

Clark Gracie: “My Father Carley Was The First Gracie In The US & Came Up With The Name ‘Gracie Jiu-Jitsu’

Clark Gracie in an in depth interview with Grapplearts.com covered a wide range of topics from his father Carley Gracie being the first Gracie to come to the US, he also talked about how he...