Checkmat Australia’s Kit Dale: “Next Up Is The Worlds. I Go There To Go One Better & Win The Gold.”
May 09, 2013BJJEE
Kit Dale is a perfect combination of a badass BJJ player with serious credentials and real life joker. In this interview with BJJ Eastern Europe he talks about his background, his performance at AD...
ADCC Slovenia on 15/06/13
May 09, 2013BJJEE
ADCC SLOVENIA OPEN I. 15.06.2013 – Leskoskova 7 – Ljubljana – Slovenia – standard ADCC categories – standard ADCC rules (categories and rules info:...
A Complete Study On Leandro Lo’s Highly Effective Guard Passing Game
May 09, 2013BJJEE
Leandro has a deadly combination of great guard and great guard passing. This has made him into the most successful BJJ player on the competition scene in recent times. BJJ scout did a great Study on...
Rafael Lovato After Winning Brasileiros: “I Have Big Goals. Win The Worlds & Beat Galvao In Metamoris II.”
May 08, 2013BJJEE
Source: Tatame.com.br (translated from Portuguese) Beating a Jiu-Jitsu black belt in Brazil is not easy, especially if you are not a Brazilian. Only two foreigners managed this feat, and Rafael...
Baltic BJJ Open 2013 in Kaunas, Lithuania, on 26 May
May 08, 2013BJJEE
You are welcome to compete in Baltic BJJ Open 2013 in Lithuania,Kaunas on 26 May. All Info on the Poster
GFTeam Rising Star, Jaime Canuto: “There Is No Other Place In The World With The Level Of Training Of GFTeam.”
May 08, 2013BJJEE
GFTEAM’s Jaime Canuto made a big name for himself in 2013 when he won his brown belt middleweight division at the Pans and beating UFC champ Benson Henderson on the way. In this...
Leonardo Neves Seminar In Belgrade, Serbia 7-9 June, 2013
May 08, 2013BJJEE
Leonardo Neves, BJJ Black belt and leader of Leo Neves BJJ- Checkmat will be holding a BJJ seminar in Belgrade, Serbia from the 7th to 9th of June, 2013. The seminar is open to all, even those that...
Exclusive Interview With Andre Borges, The Man Behind BJJHeroes.com (The BJJ Encyclopedia)
May 07, 2013BJJEE
If there is one website that really sticks out as great source of information about the history Jiu-Jitsu it is BJJheroes.com which can really be considered as a BJJ encyclopedia. The man behind this...
Mendes Bros: “We Teach Lots Of Basic Techniques, But ‘Details’ Is What Make The Techniques Smart.”
May 07, 2013BJJEE
The Mendes Brothers have for over a year been running a successful BJJ school: The Art Of Jiu-Jitsu Academy. In this interview with Pantarei.fr, they shared their approach to teaching and their key...
Prof. Jorge Pereira (Rickson Gracie Black Belt) Back In Bulgaria & Macedonia: “Jiu-Jitsu Is For Life!”
May 07, 2013BJJEE
Master Jorge Pereira is a student of Rickson Gracie and the leader of Roots BJJ. You can read our interview with him here. Before his seminars in Sofia, Bulgaria (May 11) and Skopje, Macedonia (Maj...
Leo Vieira: “IBJJF Needs To Involve Representatives Of All BJJ Teams More, To Make The Sport Evolve…”
May 06, 2013BJJEE
BJJ legend Leonardo Vieira is the co-founder of important teams such as Brasa and Checkmat, and coach of BJJ’s most prominent athletes such as Lucas Leite, João Assis and many others. He is also...
2013 Brasileiro Champ Murilo Santana: “I Put A Hold On My MMA Career, I Missed Jiu-Jitsu Too Much…”
May 06, 2013BJJEE
Murilo Santana is a BJJ Black belt under the famous UFC referee Mario Yamasaki, who fights for the Sao Paulo based team, Barbosa Jiu Jitsu. Santana is considered one of the top fighters in the...
BJJEE Training Report: Jungle BJJ in Prague, Czech Republic
May 06, 2013BJJEE
Continuing my usual habit of visiting BJJ academies wherever I travel, I had to visit Jungle BJJ while on my little vacation in Prague, Czech Republic last week. It was actually a little road trip...
BJJ Eastern Europe Rising Stars: Serbia’s Luka Radulovic
May 06, 2013BJJEE
Luka Radulovic is a rising star in the Eastern European BJJ scene. This 21 year old has been on a tear in the past 18 months competing and medalling in every local tournament and generally dedicating...
Rodolfo, Xande and Leandro Lo Shine @ Copa Podio
May 06, 2013BJJEE
This Sunday, Rio De Janeiro was host to the Copa Podio. The star of the show was Rodolfo Vieira. In addition to helping GFTeam beat Alliance in the challenge between teams, the black belt overcame...
Never Too Late To Start BJJ: The Great Helvecio Pena Started BJJ In His Early 30’s & Received His Black Belt @ 42 yrs Of Age…
May 05, 2013BJJEE
Helvecio Penna is a De La Riva black belt with a unique story; he is over 50 and still competes in the adult division against some of the best black belts in the world. What else? He also works full...
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...
