Interview With Paul Stolyar, Ukraine’s First BJJ Black Belt
Jul 15, 2013BJJEE
Ukraine finally has a BJJ black belt. Even though he lives in Australia, Paul (Pavel “Pasha’) Stolyar is proud to represent Ukraine. In this interview with BJJ Eastern Europe, Paul tells...
Marcus Buchecha Almeida Training & Teaching In Russia
Jul 11, 2013BJJEE
The current absolute world champion Marcus “Buchecha”, 23 years old, was recently touring the world teaching and of course training Jiu-Jitsu. Here he is in Russia during his 3 day...
Peter Lakatos, Strength Coach For Carlson Gracie Hungary, Gives Some Solid Strength Training Advice For BJJ Players
Jul 09, 2013BJJEE
Peter Lakatos is a StrongFirst Girya Master Instructor with Pavel Tsatsouline, Expert 2 Krav Maga instructor with Eyal Yanilov, blue belt Brazilian jiu jitsu practicioner with Carlson Gracie Jr., and...
BJJ In The French Foreign Legion: Interview With BJJ Black Belt Instructor, Legionnaire Leopoldo Dos Passos
Jul 03, 2013BJJEE
The French Foreign Legion (French: Légion étrangère, L.E.) is a military service wing of the French Army established in 1831, unique because it was exclusively created for foreign nationals...
Interview With Rodrigo Pagani (Saulo Ribeiro Black Belt) During His Seminar In Moscow, Russia
Jun 26, 2013BJJEE
1. Hi Rodrigo, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ Community of Eastern Europe? Hi Bjj Comunity of Eastern Europe, my name is Rodrigo Pagani, 3 degree black belt under Saulo Ribeiro...
Paulo & Joao Miyao Get Promoted To Black Belt: Set To Make Immediate Impact In New BB Division
Jun 25, 2013BJJEE
Yesterday, twin brothers Joao Miyao and Paulo Miyao were promoted to BJJ Black Belts by their Professor Cicero Costha in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The academy hosts other famous black belts such as Leandro...
Rodrigo Cavaca: “Buchecha Will Be The Best In Jiu-Jitsu History.”
Jun 19, 2013BJJEE
Two years after Having temporarily stopped his career due to knee surgery, 2013 will be a special year for Rodrigo Cavaca. After his great achievement – when he closed the category of ultra...
Interview With Chechen BJJ Black Belt, Arbi Muradov
Jun 15, 2013BJJEE
Arbi Muradov is a Chechen BJJ black belt under Felipe Costa. He has been at the top of the Belgian BJJ scene for several years now. Arbi has been teaching classes in Russia and has even single...
Interview with 2013 Purple Belt World BJJ Champ, The UK’s Vanessa English
Jun 14, 2013BJJEE
Vanessa English is a up in coming BJJ player from Nottingham, UK who took gold at this year’s World Championships at purple belt. In this interview with BJJ Eastern Europe, she talks about her...
What We Learned From Metamoris II
Jun 11, 2013BJJEE
Written by James Jayme A lot of people today are complaining about seeing high level competitors stay on double guard positions for the whole duration of the match, trying to rack up points than to...
Metamoris II Results & Review
Jun 10, 2013BJJEE
The evening started with Victor Estima vs JT Torres: This was a 20 mins footlock battle with reaping (since this wasn’t IBJJF rules). The whole fight pretty much consisted of leg...
Exclusive Interview With Tony Gonzalez, Marcus Buchecha’s Personal Trainer
Jun 06, 2013BJJEE
1. Hi Tony can you please introduce yourself to BJJ community of Eastern Europe? My name is Tony Gonzalez, 45 years olds, from San Diego California. Both my parents are from the Philippine Islands,...
Keenan Cornelius Replaces Bill Cooper, Set To Face Victor Estima @ Metamoris II
Jun 03, 2013BJJEE
This just in from Metamoris. Official statement: “Bill Cooper has been cut from the Metamoris Pro Jiu Jitsu Invitational II card for failing to complete pre-competition requirements and for...
Buchecha Reigns Supreme At 2013 Worlds, Big Upsets At Black Belts. Full Recap.
Jun 03, 2013BJJEE
The 2013 Worlds were very exciting. Big upsets happened at most belts: The Mendes brother who made a habit of winning everything didn’t take the gold this time, Caio Terra finally finally beat...
2013 IBJJF Worlds: All Set For A Buchecha vs Rodolfo Absolute Final On Sunday
Jun 02, 2013BJJEE
Rodolfo Vieira will step on the mat on Sunday (02) with a taste for revenge in the mouth, in the fight for the absolute gold of the black belts at the World Championship Jiu-Jitsu . The Carioca, who...
2013 IBJJF Worlds Preview & Predictions
May 29, 2013BJJEE
From May 30, 31, June 01 and 02 2013 at the Long Beach pyramid in California. The Worlds is the biggest and most prestigious tournament of the year. You can follow it by live streaming on IBJJF TV...
Caio Terra On His Rivalry With Malfacine, His Dangerous Opponent Igor Rodriguez & Not Being Surprised That Nobody Was Caught With PED Testing…
May 27, 2013BJJEE
World champion in 2008, Caio Terra has lost the title every year to his eternal rival Bruno Malfacine every year since then. However, the black belt wants to change things in 2013. He beat Malfacine...
Rodolfo Vieira To Those That Doubt That He Is Steroid Free: “I’ll Bet You My 2 Cars That I’m Clean.”
May 23, 2013BJJEE
Source: Tatame Weight and absolute champion in 2011 and heavyweight gold medallist the following year, Rodolfo Vieira will be back in California later this month to compete in the World Jiu-Jitsu...
Rafael Lovato Jr with Dan Faggella: “Let’s Change the Rules of BJJ.”
May 23, 2013BJJEE
Written by Dan Faggella (scienceofskill.com) for BJJ Eastern Europe As the USA’s most decorated Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor of all time, Rafael Lovato Jr. has spent a lot of time on the...
Japanese/Brazilian Champs Marcos & Satoshi Souza: “We Are Joining Team Atos.”
May 22, 2013BJJEE
The brothers Marcos and Roberto “Satoshi” Souza are multiple Asian, World pro, and European champions and are based in Japan under their own team Bonsai BJJ. They are half Japanese, half...
FILA (World Wrestling Federation) Drops Grappling & Amateur MMA
May 19, 2013BJJEE
With the election of the new FILA president, Nenad Lalovic of Serbia, comes a new decision that will affect the Jiu-Jitsu community: FILA have decided to drop Grappling and Amateur MMA:...
Xande Ribeiro: “My Brother Saulo & Me Are The Two Sides Of The Same Coin. We Complete Each Other.”
May 13, 2013BJJEE
Xande Ribeiro recently beat Braulio Estima in a Superfight at Copa Podio, in Rio de Janeiro. In an interview (In Portuguese) with tatame, Xande commented on the differences between entering a...
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...
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...
