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Category Archive: Featured, Interview

Sweden’s Sebastian Brosche On His Multiple World Titles, Yoga & How To Improve Your Guard Passing

1.Hi Sebastian, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe? My name is Sebastian Brosche, i am 28 yearsold and have a brown belt in BJJ and second degree black belt in...

Rickson Gracie Training At De La Riva’s Talks About His New Plans For MMA

Source: Gracie Mag Red-and-black belt Rickson Gracie was at Equipe 1, a gym in Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana neighborhood, this Monday for the launch of his MMA event, Mestre do Combate, of which the...

Ecuadorian Ace “Sinistro” Iturralde: “God is going to give me the strength to become a black belt world champ.”

Francisco “Sinistro” Iturralde is one of the most exiting BJJ stars who recently was promoted to black belt. He fights out of Alliance NY. Last weekend he won the No Gi Pan Am at black belt...

Keenan Cornelius On Training With BJ Penn & Developing A Winning Mentality

Source: pullingguardzine How did you start training and what was your journey to Team Lloyd Irvin? I started training in California when I was 14 and a half. I had some friends who were really into...

Half Guard Wizard Lucas Leite: “If you’ve never lost, you don’t know what it is to win.”

Multiple time World Champion Lucas Leite is famous for his half guard skills, and fights for the Checkmat BJJ Academy.  In 2007 Lucas Leite moved from his native Brazil to the United States where he...

Interview With Youtube Sensation Dan “Trumpet Dan” Lukehart

1.Hi Dan, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe. My name is Dan “TrumpetDan” Lukehart and I am from Orange County, California. I am a brown belt under...

Interview With Carley Gracie: “The Lion Of The Gracie Family.”

Meet Carley Gracie, 8th degree Black Belt and son of Gracie jiu-jitsu founder Carlos Gracie. Carley is the father of Clark Gracie.  Carley is the oldest member of the Gracie clan still donning a gi...

Robert Zeps,The Businessman behind Metamoris On Future Events.

Source: The Fightworks Podcast Robert Zeps is a successful businessman who has been practicing Jiu-Jitsu for the past 5 years. He came up with the idea for Metamoris and approached Ralek Gracie....

BJJ Black Belt Robert Naumoski on BJJ In Australia & His Academy Roots BJJ In Macedonia.

1.Hi Robert, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe? Name: Robert Naumoski, 38 years old and live in between Australia and Macedonia, I was born in Australia where...

Eddie Bravo: “I’m Considering Coming Out Of Retirement To Fight In Submission Only Events Like Metamoris.”

So it’s official ,Metamoris III will feature the eagerly awaited rematch between Royler Gracie and Eddie Bravo! Here is an interview with Eddie with Bjj Pix from a few months back (before he...

World Champion Gabriel Marangoni On His Time Spent In Greece, Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria & UK

1.Hi Gabriel, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe My name is Gabriel Marangoni de Oliveira, I’m 21 years old, and I come from a city called Mogi das Cruzes,...

Roberto Atalla On The State of BJJ in Europe, His Years in Poland etc

Roberto Atalla is one of the founders of the Rio Grappling Club, an academy that has been producing some of the best European grapplers for the passed few years. Quick Bio from BJJ Heroes:  In 1990...

Dean Lister: “I’m curious to see how Xande will try to tap me out”

Follow the Live Play by Play for Metamoris PRO right here on BJJ Eastern Europe tonight at 12pm (midnight) Paris/Warsaw/ Belgrade time Source: Gracie Mag Dean Lister’s nickname is the Boogeyman....

Xande Ribeiro: “Lister Has Never Been Tapped Out, I’m Going To End That Run”

Follow the live play for Metamoris right here on Sunday October 14 at 12pm Paris time Source: Gracie Mag Alexandre Ribeiro, a two-time winner of the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship absolute division,...

Roy Dean on Training Judo, Aikido, Wrestling and Applying Them to BJJ

Source: Grapple arts For the people who have never met you or don’t know anything about you, why don’t you take us a little bit through your martial arts history? I know you didn’t start in...

UFC Vet Lucio “Spartan” Linhares on BJJ in Finland & his BJJ & MMA Career

1.Hi Lucio, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe  Lucio Linhares, 38, born in Minas Gerais, live in Vitória. Bjj blak belt 3 degrees. 3rd in the worlds and in...

Exclusive interview with Italian & European Champion Luca Anacoreta

1.Hi Luca, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe? Hi everybody, I am Luca Anacoreta, I come from Rome, I am 23, I live in Rome, I am a brown belt (master Rogerio...

Spain’s Pablo Cabo On BJJ In Spain & His Master Roger Gracie.

Hi Pablo, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe? My name is Pablo Cabo, I´m 29 years old and I´m a black belt under Roger Gracie. I have been training and...

Braulio Estima: “I See Myself Being An Elite Athlete For 5 More Years.”

Source:  www.bloodyelbow.com Braulio Estima has been a busy man since his Titan FC debut on August 24, 2012 at Titan 24 against Chris Holland. A near-global tour for seminars and talks, a short...

Kron Gracie: “Sport Jiu-Jitsu is on the decline, it’s getting worse. With Metamoris, I want people to see the real Jiu-Jitsu.”

  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...

Female Grappling Legend Hannette Staack: “If you specialize in some techniques, practice them so that people will not be able to defend them”

Hannette Staack is arguably the best female jiu jitsu black belt in history. She is a black belt from Andre Negao. Hannette Staack is a 6 times world championship as wella as 3 time ADCC champion....

Rickson Gracie’s Representative in Hungary, Remy VdrHoot On His Academy In Pecs & Training With Rickson & Fedor

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”

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...

Roger Gracie Black Belt, Nicholas Brooks On His Academy Mill Hill BJJ, The Growth Of BJJ In The UK, And His Academy in Slovakia

1.Hi Nich, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe  Nicholas Brooks, London UK, Black Belt, Roger Gracie Academy, Mill Hill BJJ (my academy) Europeans 4X, World...