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Author Archive: BJJEE

Keenan Cornelius leaves Team Lloyd Irvin

Lloyd Irvin has confirmed on his facebook that Keenan Cornelius will be leaving Team Lloyd Irvin this week. Keenan just turned 21 a few days ago and is already one of the biggest BJJ stars of the...

Serbian BJJ Cup 2013, April 7th in Belgrade, Serbia

One of the best & most prestigious BJJ competitions in the region: The Serbian BJJ Cup is on April 7, In Belgrade, Serbia! Where & When: at Sportski Centar Sumice, one of the most prestigious...

Video of Rodolfo Vieira’s Seminar in Paris @ Bittan Academy

Rodolfo Vieira is currently the number 1 BJJ fighter in the world. He earned his rank by winning his weight division and the open weight division at both the Pan American and the World Jiu Jitsu...

Anderson Pereira on BJJ’s Fast Growth in Switzerland & Icon Jiu-Jitsu Team

Anderson Pereira is an European Jiu-Jitsu Champion and a Submission de Campos medallist (one of Brazil’s most prestigeous No Gi events). Anderson is also a Icon Jiu-Jitsu Team representative in...

Ricardo Demente Abreu Returns To The Mat To Face Rodolfo Vieira @ Next Copa Podio

Ricardo Demente an Rodolfo Vieira will face off in a formidable superfight on the 1st of May, again in Rio de Janeiro at Copa Podio. Ricardo Abreu (Also known as Ricardo Demente in BJJ) is a top Jiu...

BJJ East European Open Results & Review

It is safe to say that the first edition of the BJJ East European Open held in Zagreb, Croatia last saturday (February 23) at the West Gate shopping Mall was a smashing success. With over 230...

ADCC 2013 No Longer in Sao Paulo. Possibly Headed Towards China…

ADCC 2013 Update. Source: Adcombat.com “As many of you know ADCC will be holding another World Championship event this year. We were planning to return to one of our favorite venues. In 2001...

World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship UK Trials 2013 Review & Results

    The UK trials is one of the strongest trials in Europe. Many competitors from all over the world joined in the battle to qualify for the World Pro. Stars such as Jackson Souza, Maciej...

World Profesional Jiu-Jitsu Championship Bucharest Trial 2013 Review & Results

163 participants registered for the second edition of Bucharest UAEJJ Championship 2013, 63% more than last year! There were for the first time 28 kids participating from Romania, the rest were...

Mackenzie Dern: “PED Testing Won’t Change Much. Doping Doesn’t Work Miracles.”

Weight and absolute world champion in all belts befor black belt, the Brazilian-American Mackenzie Dern won her first major title in the black belt, at the European Championships this year. The next...

British BJJ Champion Jamie Hughes: “I Want To Face The Toughest Opposition Possible.”

1. Hi Jamie, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ Community of Eastern Europe?  Hey my name is Jamie Hughes, im 22 years old and i’m a purple belt under pedro bessa and ive been training...

MKimonos Palladium Gi Review

MKimonos Palladium gi  is the latest in MKimono’s line of premium Jiu Jitsu gis. From the very start when I started to train Jiu-Jitsu I had always been fascinated by this legendary brand coming...

The Top 6 Most Prestigious Tournaments in BJJ

Source: Gameness 6. Abu Dhabi World Pro After the great success that the classic no-gi Abu Dhabi had, it only made sense for the organization to create a yearly professional tournament for gi...

Join The Eastern European BJJ Community On Our New Forum!

Join the new BJJ Eastern Europe Forum and communicate with the community! Once you register, to upload a profile pic, go to www.gravatar.com and go to upload a profile picture. You can also register...

World Class BJJ Brown Belt/ Div 1 Wrestler, Bret Perchaluk on Wrestling for BJJ, Roberto Traven & His Ukrainian Roots

1. Hi Bret, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ Community of Eastern Europe? My name is Bret Perchaluk, I’m 28 years old, I’m a Brown Belt in BJJ/ Black Belt in judo, I’m originally...

Keith Owen: “Remember ladies, it ain’t easy but stick with it. Jiu-Jitsu is made for you!”

BJJ black belt under Master Pedro Sauer, Keith Owen shares his view on women training BJJ: Source: From The Ground Up “Make no mistake, I WANT women students in my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program....

French Black Belt, Redouane Ait Said: “We Have Great Jiu-Jitsu In The South Of France.”

Redouane Ait Said is one of the top competitive black belts in France. In this exclusive interview with BJJ Eastern Europe, he talks about his academy Gracie Barra Cote D’Azure which produces...

“Harlem Shake” Jiu-Jitsu, MMA, Crossfit Editions

The Harlem Shake is an Internet phenomenon based on viral videos that began to gain popularity in early February 2013, following the release of a video by the YouTube comedy vlogger Filthy Frank. The...

Icelandic MMA/BJJ Star Gunnar Nelson: A BJJ black belt ‘doesn’t mean anything’

Gunnar Nelson is a professional Jiu Jitsu and MMA fighter from Iceland. One of the strongest competitors in the European scene, Gunnar became a household name in the grappling circuit after he placed...

Highlights from Lucas Leite Seminar @ Arte Suave Academy in Denmark

BJJ World Champion Lucas Leite spent a few days teaching a seminar at Arte Suave in Copenhagen, Denamark, which is one of the most successful academies in Europe in terms of competition achievements...

The Life of Keiko Fukuda, Last Surviving Student of Judo Founder Jigoro Kano

Source: BlackBeltMag Keiko Fukuda was a Japanese-born American Judoka. She was the highest-ranked female judoka in history, holding the rank of 9th dan from the Kodokan and the United States Judo...

2 Day Seminar With Leo Vieira on March 2-3 in Sofia, Bulgaria

The legendary submission grappling and jiu-jitsu champion, Leo Vieira, will visit Sofia for a no-gi seminar with ADCC rules on March 2nd and 3rd. The seminar will begin on Saturday night (March 2nd)...

Atama Mundial 9 Gi Review

Atama has been present in BJJ since 1989, and is for sure one of the first and most traditional kimono brands. My first ever BJJ kimono was an Atama single weave which lasted 9 years! Source: our...

Analyzing Romulo Barral’s Spider/ Sitting Guard Game

A very good analysis of Romulo Barral’s game from A to Z. Many things to learn here: