Official IBJJF World Rankings, See Who Are The Top 100 BJJ Players Of The Moment
Sep 27, 2012BJJEE
The IBJJF has just released its black belt ranking. The organization has divided 150 athletes into two groups: the male top 100 and female top 50. The ranking takes into account the points...
Kron Gracie: “Sport Jiu-Jitsu is on the decline, it’s getting worse. With Metamoris, I want people to see the real Jiu-Jitsu.”
Sep 27, 2012BJJEE
Source: Graciemag Kron Gracie had some harsh words for Sport Jiu-Jitsu in a recent interview with Graciemag. He will be facing Otavio Sousa in a superfight at Metamoris on October 14th and plans...
Are Submission Only Tournaments Really Possible?
Sep 26, 2012BJJEE
The concept of submission only BJJ tournaments is not something new. The Gracies would hold challenge matches without time limits back in the day in Brazil. Helio Gracie once fought for 3 hours. The...
Analyzing Leandro Lo’s Super Effective BJJ Game
Sep 26, 2012BJJEE
Leandro Lo is one of the most exiting fighters on the circuit. A black belt under Cicero Costha, Leandro made a big boom on the BJJ world when he beat the then unbeatable Michael Langhi in...
Romulo Barral In Poland
Sep 25, 2012BJJEE
Romulo Barral was recently in Warsaw, Poland where he held some seminars at Copacabana academy. Here is a great interview made from our friends at Grapplerinfo.pl where Rominho shares his thoughts on...
Nova Uniao black belt Bruno Bastos training in Bulgaria (23 sept-6 oct) with the UFC fighter Stanislav Nedkov
Sep 25, 2012BJJEE
Jiu-Jitsu black belt, Burno Bastos will arrive in Bulgaria at the end of september. He will be guest-instructor in club Real Pain from 23th September to 7th October. Alongside with the UFC fighter,...
Nicholas Brooks Seminar In Split, Croatia At Roger Gracie Split
Sep 25, 2012BJJEE
Roger Gracie Black Belt, Nicholas Brooks (see his interview) is currently spending a few days in the beautiful city of Split, on the Croatian coast. While there he attended the Split BJJ Open. He...
What Makes The Miyao Brothers So Good?
Sep 24, 2012BJJEE
They’re twins born on May 11, 1992. They started training in Andirá, Brazil with Professor Adriano Carvalho of Norte Sul Jiu-Jitsu academy. About a year ago they came to São Paulo because they...
Rickson Gracie’s Representative in Hungary, Remy VdrHoot On His Academy In Pecs & Training With Rickson & Fedor
Sep 24, 2012BJJEE
1.Hi Remy, pleaseintroduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe: Hi All! My name is Remy VdrHoort. I’m 38 years old. I was born in a little village near Amsterdam (Holland) and now...
Roger Gracie on Metamoris Pro: “I’ll Go 100% For The Submisson”
Sep 23, 2012BJJEE
Source: Tatame (Translated from Portuguese): Ten times world champion of Jiu-Jitsu, Roger Gracie is one of the greatest names in the history of the gentle art in competition. He has missed the last...
Michele Nicolini “Girls Are More Technical Than Guys Because We Can’t Rely On Strength.”
Sep 17, 2012BJJEE
Michelle Nicolini is a 6x jiu jitsu world champion, European open weight champion and World Pro Cup Champion, Michelle Nicolini is also a black belt under ADCC 2007 absolute champion Robert Drysdale...
4 Rivers BJJ Championship, Karlovac, Croatia On October 6, 2012
Sep 11, 2012BJJEE
This is a very well organised tournament which last year had participants from Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Serbia, France, Switzerland, Denmark. For the first time in this region you...
Romulo Barral: “The Double Guard Pull Should be Banned From Jiu-Jitsu.”
Jul 07, 2012BJJEE
Controversial positions in Jiu-Jitsu: 50-50 and double guard pull bring about diverging views among BJJ practitioners and even among professional athletes. To know what pros think about...
Setting Up The Guillotine Choke Without Losing Position & Compromising Yourself
Jan 17, 0203BJJEE
The Guillotine Choke is a very powerful submission, one that gets all of the attention from everyone when performed correctly! However, if you don’t set it up properly, it can be defended...
