European & Brasileiro Champion Alexander Trans On His Preparation For The 2013 Season
Dec 21, 2012BJJEE
The top European Jiu-Jitsu player, the Dane Alexander Trans, from the Checkmat academy in Copenhagen (Arte Suave), made a name for himself in the lower ranks of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu by conquering...
Roger Gracie On His MMA Career, His View on BJJ Today & Kyra Gracie Venturing Into MMA
Dec 21, 2012BJJEE
Source: (translated from Portuguese from sportv.com). Roger Gracie . At 31, he is already a 10 times Jiu-Jitsu World Champion but he has been searching for new challenges, starting in 2006, in a...
BJJ World Champion Ary Farias’ Lifting Routine
Dec 21, 2012BJJEE
Ary Farias is probably the most exciting prospect in Jiu Jitsu’s Featherweight Division in recent years, the fighter has trained under some of the best teams in the World, such as ASLE, Checkmat...
How To Drill Like A Boss
Dec 21, 2012BJJEE
Dennis Asche of Connection Rio using his time wisely and drilling like a boss. A great warm up and fitness tool, drilling is an important part of a bjj competitors training regime.
Training At The Legendary Carlson Gracie Academy In Copacabana
Dec 20, 2012BJJEE
Source: http://www.connectionrio.com — The Carlson Gracie Academy is Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, is one of the oldest BJJ academies in the world. Founded by Carlson himself, it is a popular...
Polish BJJ Legend Piotr “Bagi” Baginski Organizes 5th BJJ&MMA Camp In Poland
Dec 20, 2012BJJEE
Polish BJJ Legend Piotr Bagi Baginski is organizing 5th BJJ&MMA sparring camp. There will such as great fighter like a KSW Champions (Michał Materla, Maciej Jewtuszko) or WFC Champion Piotr...
New BJJ Reality Show Organized By Abmar Barbosa
Dec 20, 2012BJJEE
Robert Drysdale black belt and owner of crazy guard game, Abmar Barbosa has a lot of new plans for 2013. After Lloyd Irvin’s brown belt Kumite Reality Show that was filmed, Abmar is planning...
Using BJJ Statistics To Determine Your BJJ Strategy
Dec 20, 2012BJJEE
Stats are amazing, you can use them to prove a point, justify an action, and even improve performance. In this case we are aiming for the latter. bishopbjj.com did the 2012 Worlds study so...
Top 4 Functional Conditioning Tools For BJJ
Dec 20, 2012BJJEE
If you want to get better at Jiu-Jitsu you should do more Jiu-Jitsu. As Caio Terra said, technique is the most important. The mistake that a lot of people do when doing strength and Conditioning is...
2X Brasileiro BJJ Champion Nivaldo Oliveira: “I Don’t Plan To Switch To MMA, I Love Jiu-Jitsu Too Much.”
Dec 19, 2012BJJEE
Nivaldo Oliveira of Checkmat team popularly known as “Nil” is considered one of the best black belts in BBJJ today. Owner of a extremely technical Jiu-Jitsu, the calm and effective Nil...
Jiu-Jitsu In Cantagalo (Rio De Janeiro Favela)
Dec 19, 2012BJJEE
Jiu-Jitsu in Cantagalo (one of Rio De Janeiro’s favelas). Very inspiring! I remember training with some teenagers from the favelas at Alexandre Paiva’s academy in Rio, and these kids were...
Does Weight Cutting Truly Give You An Advantage In Sports?
Dec 18, 2012BJJEE
I have written numerous articles about finding your right weight for Jiu-Jitsu and have been experimenting competing at 4 different weight classes such as Super Heavy (-100), Heavy (-94,3), Medium...
BJJ Fans Point To Rodolfo Vieira, Alexandre De Souza and Xande Ribeiro as Favorites For the Copa Podio 2013
Dec 18, 2012BJJEE
The Copa Podio will be held on January 13 in Rio de Janeiro, and promises to set the gentle art communjty on fire. The event will feature a heavyweight GP, with names like Rodolfo Vieira, Leo...
BJJ Legend Fernando “Margarida” Pontes Back In Action, Wins MMA Fight By KO
Dec 18, 2012BJJEE
BJJ Legend and multiple time world BJJ champion (Including 2001 double world champion at 21 years old) Fernando “Margarida” Pontes won his second official MMA fight at Fair Fight, an MMA event...
Interview with BJJ Black Belt, Pedro Barcellos, Owner Of Atama Europe
Dec 18, 2012BJJEE
1. Hi Pedro, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ Community of Eastern Europe? Hi guys, my name is Pedro Barcellos, I am 38 years old, from Rio de Janeiro, 2nd Degree Black Belt and I...
Bill “The Grill” Cooper: “Jiu-Jitsu Is Like Breathing.”
Dec 17, 2012BJJEE
Bill Cooper, also known as Bill “The Grill”, is an American grappler who earned the rank of black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu from Ricardo “Franjinha” Miller at the Paragon jiu jitsu academy....
World Pro Trials in Bucharest, Romania. Qualify and Win All Expense Paid Trip For The World Professional Championships 2013.
Dec 17, 2012BJJEE
Register now for the second edition of Bucharest UAEJJ championship on 23-24th of February 2013!!!! You can WIN AGAIN MONEY PRIZES at the light open division, like the first edition winners: 500 euro...
The Problem with Most BJJ Instructionals
Dec 16, 2012BJJEE
If you train BJJ, there is a big chance that you have a learned some techniques from a BJJ video instructional. Here’s a list of the top ten best...
What To Pack In Your Bag For Training In Brazil
Dec 16, 2012BJJEE
BJJ black belt, “little” Tony PacenskI from BJJ Revolution Team shows us what he packs when he goes on a training trip to Brazil. Good stuff.
BJJ Black Belt Florent Luccionni On The BJJ Scene In France, And What He Learned From Training in Brazil.
Dec 13, 2012BJJEE
Florent Luccioni is a important member of the French Jiu-Jitsu coomunity. Him and his twin brother Jean Claude are both BJJ Black belts under Francisco Nonato and run Arte Suave Jiu-Jitsu academy in...
Top Gun Jiu-Jitsu: BJJ Popular At US Air Force’s Aviano Air Base in Italy!
Dec 13, 2012BJJEE
Aviano Air Base is a NATO Air Base under U.S. Air Force administration in northeastern Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. It is located in Aviano municipality, at the foot of the Carnic...
Interview with BJJ Phenom João Miyao
Dec 12, 2012BJJEE
Translated from Portuguese from: jiujitsumylife.wordpress.com Joao Miyao, second half (with his brother Paulo)of the world famous tandem The Miyao Brothers, was recently promoted to brown belt....
Referee Seminar In Sofia, Bulgaria with Top IBJJF Referee Muzio De Angelis
Dec 12, 2012BJJEE
The Bulgarian Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (BBJJF) and International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federatioin (IBJJF) are planning a referee seminar for brazilian jiu-jitsu competitions in Sofia, Bulgaria....
The video you’ve been waiting for: The finals of the IBJJ Pro-League.
Dec 12, 2012BJJEE
The video you’ve been waiting for. The finals of the IBJJ Pro-League. Caio Terra x Laercio Fernandes; Leandro Lo x Lucas Lepre; Romulo Barral x Andre Galvao
