Copa Podio: Felipe ‘Preguica’ Wins Middleweight GP, Clark Gracie Clarkoplatas His Way To Victory, Leandro Lo Beats Calansans.
Sep 09, 2013BJJEE
Felipe “Preguica” Pena was crowned champion of the Copa Podio middleweight event held on Sunday, September 8th, 2013 at the Tijuca Tennis Club in Rio de Janeiro. The Gracie Barra BH...
Interview With Czech-American BJJ Black Belt: Karel “Silver Fox” Pravec
Jun 12, 2013BJJEE
Czech-American Karel “Siver Fox” Pravec has 20 years of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu experience (since 1993). During his training at the Renzo Gracie Academy, Karel has trained with and studied...
Training Report: Gracie Humaita In Israel With Moshe Kaitz
Jun 07, 2013BJJEE
written by Raphael Levy for Jits.fr (original article in French) I went to visit my brother in Israel on the occasion of the birth of my nephew. He and his family live in a small town in the north...
BJJ Black Belt Andre ‘Tim’ Monteiro On His Upcoming Tour Focused on Central-Eastern Europe
May 30, 2013BJJEE
Andre Monteiro, AKA “Tim”, is a Brasileiro and Pan champion from the Carlson Gracie lineage, who runs his own school in Texas. In this interview with BJJ Eastern Europe, Tim talks about how...
Gold Medal Winner @World Pro, Sweden’s Sebastian Brosche: “I’m Looking Forward To Facing Keenan & Miyaos At The Worlds.”
Apr 18, 2013BJJEE
Sebastian Brosche is one of the biggest BJJ hopes for Europe. The Swedish fighter commented on his performance at the World Pro when he sat with Grapplingbloggen (I translated this interview from...
GFTeam UK’s Gabriel Rainho On GFTeam’s International Growth & Future Plans
Apr 05, 2013BJJEE
GFTeam UK’s Gabriel Rainho sat down with BJJ Eastern and went over his Jiu-Jitsu story since childhood, training under GFTeam in Rio, opening new academies in Europe and future plans: 1. Hi...
Relson Gracie All Set To Receive His Red Belt This Weekend In Hawaii
Apr 03, 2013BJJEE
Source: www.midweek.com This week Relson Gracie receives his Red Belt, the highest achievement in jiu jitsu. Having brought his family’s style of self-defense to Hawaii in 1988 when it was...
Ireland’s Darragh O Conaill on Lloyd Irvin’s Kumite & BJJ in Ireland
Dec 28, 2012BJJEE
Darragh O Conaill is one of the most exiting brown belts in the world. In this interview with BJJEE.COM Darragh talks about his experience at LLoyd Irvin’s brown belt Kumite, the BJJ scene in...
Top Gun Jiu-Jitsu: BJJ Popular At US Air Force’s Aviano Air Base in Italy!
Dec 13, 2012BJJEE
Aviano Air Base is a NATO Air Base under U.S. Air Force administration in northeastern Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. It is located in Aviano municipality, at the foot of the Carnic...
Fritz Rodriguez On Pioneering BJJ In The Philippines,Training In Brazil & Running His Academy In California
Nov 27, 2012BJJEE
1. Hi Fritz, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ Community of Eastern Europe? Hi BJJ Eastern Europe! Its such an honor for me to be on your site. My name is Fritz Rodriguez, 35 years old...
Sweden’s Sebastian Brosche On His Multiple World Titles, Yoga & How To Improve Your Guard Passing
Nov 05, 2012BJJEE
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...
Preview: 2012 No Gi Worlds
Nov 02, 2012BJJEE
My good friend Kris Novell made this very detailed review for his website Pulling The Line. Lots of good articles there. Brown Belt Male Rooster Lower weights are usually pretty low in number of...
The Rapid Growth Of BJJ & MMA in Singapore
Oct 12, 2012BJJEE
Singapore, the small City State in South East Asia now counts among the richest countries in the world. Jiu-Jitsu and MMA have grown there at the same pace as this tiger economy. Here is a training...
Roy Dean on Training Judo, Aikido, Wrestling and Applying Them to BJJ
Oct 11, 2012BJJEE
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...
The Czech Republic’s Robert Keno On His Recent Double Gold at the Rio Masters & Seniors and The Right Strength Training Regimen For BJJ
Aug 20, 2012BJJEE
1.Hi Robert, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe Hi everyone, my name is Robert Keno, I’m 36 years old, I was born in Kyjov now living in Sobeslav, small town...
2012 Worlds Team Preview: Alliance
May 31, 2012BJJEE
Source Ben Tharpa for Bloodyelbow Bloodyelbow did a great team preview for the 2012 Worlds. Here are the best parts: “As the 2012 Mundials kick off tomorrow in Long Beach, California, we bring...
BJJ pioneer in Sweden: Marcelo “Yogui” Santiago: “Sweden is one of the powerhouses of European BJJ”
May 30, 2012BJJEE
Source: grapplerinfo.pl 1 -Could you tell us how your adventure with BJJ started? How did you get involved in BJJ? First thank you guys for the oportunity to share a litle of my life. The first...
Interview with BJJ globetrotter, BJJ black belt Dimitris Tsitos from Greece who has competed/trained/lived in 6 continents. Part 1
Mar 28, 2012BJJEE
Dimitris in Bali, Indonesia 1. Dimitris can you please introduce yourself to our readers? Hi, my name is Dimitrios Tsitos and I am 32 years old. I was born and raised in Athens, Greece, were I also...
Crazy berimbolos, back takes and leg drags, meet the new aces of BJJ: The Miyao brothers!
Mar 19, 2012BJJEE
Joao (black gi) and Paulo (blue gi) Miyao 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...
Rio Grappling Club Poland’s Mariusz Koziej talks about the BJJ scene in Poland, running his academies and the growth of the RGC network
Feb 28, 2012BJJEE
Mariusz (left) with Nenad Latincic (blue gi) and Robeto Atalla 1. Mariusz, can you tell the Eastern European BJJ community about yourself and your journey in bjj? Hi My name is Mariusz Koziej I’m...
