Master Royler Gracie: “When You Train Jiu-Jitsu, It’s The Only Time That You Forget Your Bills, Your Problems At Home etc…”
May 05, 2013BJJEE
Royler Gracie needs little introduction. The son of Gracie jiu-jitsu co-founder Helio Gracie Royler has always been an avid competitor, winning the World Championships, PanAmericans and the...
AJ Agazarm On Facing Paulo Miyao In The Final Of Brasileiros: “Miyao’s Strength Is His Mental Toughness…”
May 05, 2013BJJEE
AJ Agazarm is one of the top brown belts from Gracie Barra. Many people first heard of him when he was featured on the BJJ kumite where he took third place. This year he has medalled at the Europeans...
The Top 5 Five Stretches For BJJ
May 05, 2013BJJEE
Five great stretches to open up the hips and thoracic spine to prep for BJJ practice, by BJJ black belt Dewey Nielson:
Demian Maia Named Top BJJ Fighter In MMA
May 05, 2013BJJEE
bleacherreport.com made a list of the best MMA fighters by each component of MMA (Striking, Wrestling, Jiu-Jitsu) and Damian Maia was listed as the top Jiu-Jitsu fighter in MMA: “Sure, Demian...
Rio Grappling Club 2013 Summer Camps In Italy & Poland
Apr 28, 2013BJJEE
Roberto Atalla‘s Rio Grappling Club association will run a series of BJJ summer camps starting from June 2013: From The Rio Grappling Website: The European Summer is just around the corner, and...
Keenan Cornelius: “I Do Strength Training Mostly. Basic, Meat Head Type Lifting Is Actually Really Good For BJJ.”
Apr 28, 2013BJJEE
Keenan Cornelius recently did a in depth interview with Stephen Kesting of Grapple arts. This is what he had to say about his strength training, and the differences in training styles between Team...
5 Ways To Prevent Injury In Jiu-Jitsu
Apr 28, 2013BJJEE
There is no 100% guarantee not to get injured when you train Jiu-Jitsu, however if you take the necessary precautions you will lower your chances: Source: Gameness Do the warm up and stretch...
Pan Champ Yuri Simoes On His New Life In Australia & His Preparation For The 2013 Worlds
Apr 26, 2013BJJEE
Yuri Simoes from Checkmat won everything at the lower belts and made a big splash last year at black, taking the gold at the Pan (closing the bracket with teamate Lucas Leite). He recently moved to...
Felipe Costa: “I Regularly Organize ‘Lighweights Only’ Training Sessions.”
Apr 25, 2013BJJEE
BJJ World Champion, Felipe Costa recently talked about lightweights only training sessions in an interview with BJJ Pix.com “BJJPix – Do you think training with heavier opponents is...
BJJEE Gi Review: Mata Leon Kimonos “Rudeboy” Gi
Apr 24, 2013BJJEE
Mata Leon Kimonos really made a breakthrough this year with their great TV BJJ commercial which was a worldwide hit with over 314,000 views on youtube. We had previously reviewed their first Gi...
Azerbaijan’s Ramil Mammadov On Spreading BJJ In The Caucasus & The Warrior Mentality.
Apr 24, 2013BJJEE
Ramil Mammadov is working hard to spread Jiu-Jitsu in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus Region. He spoke with BJJ Eastern Europe about his work, his trainings in Europe and his meeting with his BJJ...
Claudio Calasans, Winner of 88kgs Div. @ ADCC Brazil Trials: “I Came Lighter This Time, But Got The Result.”
Apr 24, 2013BJJEE
After a disappointing campaign at Abu Dhabi World Pro, where he took third place, Claudio Calasans arrived at the Brazilian ADCC trials as one of the favorites. This year’s ADCC will take place...
2013 Croatian Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship: Preview & Predictions
Apr 24, 2013BJJEE
2013 Croatian Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship is one of the best tournaments in the region. Tournament date Saturday: 27/4/2013 Competitor registrations Until: 23/4/2013 23:59 (absolutely no registration...
Carlos Santos The Man Who Developed BJJ in The UAE, On Why He Left Abu Dhabi…
Apr 23, 2013BJJEE
For the past 5 years Abu Dhabi has been producing the World Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship which actually pays big cash prizes to athletes and organizes worlwide trials. One man, helped make Abu Dhabi...
Destroying the legs – Dean Lister’s straight ankle lock & counter
Apr 23, 2013BJJEE
Dean Lister showing how to tear apart your opponents legs with a nasty leglock and heelhook.
Felipe Cavalcante On BJJ’s Massive Growth In The UAE & Teaching The Presidential Guards
Apr 23, 2013BJJEE
Jiu-Jitsu is playing a bit part in the way the United Arab Emirates is developing. Not only is Jiu-Jitsu being taught to all school children in a governement backed program, the armed...
2 Very Common BJJ Conditioning Mistakes & How To Avoid Them
Apr 23, 2013BJJEE
Great video from Jason from BJJ workouts Jason says: “Do you make these 2 BJJ Conditioning mistakes ? They’re very common, not only in BJJ Strength and Conditioning but also Brazilian...
André Galvão Trains With BJJ Black Belt Sheikh Tahnoon In Abu Dhabi
Apr 23, 2013BJJEE
The week after he won the gold medal at weight at the World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship held in Abu Dhabi, André Galvão received a special invitation: training with Sheikh Tahnoon Bin...
ADCC 2013, Brazil Qualifier: Miyao, Calasans & Cavaca Shine
Apr 22, 2013BJJEE
Congratulations go to the winners of ADCC Brazil 2013 qualifier. The event winners get an automatic berth in ADCC 2013. The highlights of the day: Claudio Calasans (Atos), After a dissapointing third...
Braulio Estima On His Metamoris Fight Vs Rodolfo Vieira: “I’m Happy To Be Fighting Rodolfo, He Is Such A classy Guy.”
Apr 22, 2013BJJEE
Braulio Estima will be a very busy man in 2013 with 3 big superfights scheduled: Copa Podio vs Xande Ribeiro, Metamoris vs Rodolfo vieira and ADCC vs Andre Galvao. in This interview with Gracie Barra...
Clark Gracie: “After The Copa Podio, I Intend To Win The Worlds.”
Apr 22, 2013BJJEE
Clark Gracie will be competing at the Copa Podio Lighweught GP in Brazil next month. At this year’s Pans, he won the gold medal putting Marcelo Lapela to sleep in the final seconds in the...
Registration Now Open For Grapplers Quest Amsterdam
Apr 20, 2013BJJEE
Grapplers Quest comes to Europe in partnership with Grab&Pull We are extremely proud to announce that Grab&Pull and Grapplers Quest have joined forces to bring Grapplers Quest tournaments to...
World Pro Champ After DQ of Keenan & Miyao, Kaue Damasceno: “My Victory Is 50% Mine & 50% For My Teachers.”
Apr 19, 2013BJJEE
With the disqualification of Paulo Miyao andl Keenan Cornelius for lack of combativeness in the absolute brown belt final, Kaue Damasceno ended up with the belt and the title. “When you do...
Copa Podio Lightweight GP: A Strikeforce Fighter & A Alliance Prodigy Added To The Card
Apr 19, 2013BJJEE
The ten contestants for the title of the second season of the lightweight GP Copa Podio are already defined. The organization has recruited the last two names missing: representing Alliance...
