Mendes Brothers talk leg locks, competing in the absolute, and who is better between the two brothers in the gym
May 15, 2012BJJEE
Source: http://www.mendesbros.com/ You are both pretty young and you have already achieved great success in jiu-jitsu both with the gi and without the gi. You medaled in the most prestigious...
Rodolfo Vieira talks his preparation for the Worlds and his judo training
May 07, 2012BJJEE
Weight and Absolute Champion in 2011, Rodolfo Vieira comes ready for the Worlds this year, since the athlete from GFTeam shined in Abu Dhabi Pro, beating Roberto Tossa in the final of weight and by...
Why BJJ will never be in the Olympics
Apr 25, 2012BJJEE
Article written by JSHo on the MMA.tv forum As an Olympic year, the pipedream of BJJ or NoGi making it onto the programme is resurrected, I realised the article i wrote for On The Mat isnt accessible...
Andre Galvao aiming for gold at weight & absolute at the Worlds 2012
Apr 25, 2012BJJEE
Story by Erik Engelhart at Tatame Current absolute and weight champion at ADCC, Andre Galvao had a good start this year and earned one of the few titles he lacked on his collection: Abu Dhabi Pro....
Zeljko Drinovac, a Croatian brown belt living in New York, talks about training with Marcelo Garcia
Apr 23, 2012BJJEE
1. Hi Zeljko can you introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe? My name is Zeljko Drinovac, coming from Zagreb , Croatia. I’m a bjj brown belt and training at Marcelo Garcia...
Interview with Vedran Ikic from Croatia, World combat Ju-Jitsu and European BJJ champion
Apr 18, 2012BJJEE
1. Hi Vedran can you introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe? Hello my name is Vedran Ikic from Croatia, Zadar. I’m representing team Neves/Checkmat in Croatia through club...
Exclusive interview with WPJJC gold & silver medalist and Russian cop, Lena Zenkevitch
Apr 17, 2012BJJEE
Lena with Michelle Nicolini 1.Hi Lena can you please introduce yourself to our readers? Konichiwa everybody! My name is Lena “Kimatsu” Zenkevitch. I live and train in Vologda, Russia, together...
Braulio Estima: “Nick Diaz’s Jiu-Jitsu is very good. He doesn’t focus on points but on submissions. This is going to be a great fight!”
Apr 13, 2012BJJEE
Triple world champion of Jiu-Jitsu, Braulio Estima won the ADCC championship last year, beating Ronaldo Jacare in the superfight of the event, which was held in England. The current focus of...
Interview with Carlos “Carlao” Santos the man who developed Jiu-Jitsu to make it a state sport in the Emirates
Apr 12, 2012BJJEE
“Carlao” is a 3-time World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu heavyweight champion. Carlos’s Jiu-Jitsu career started in 1993 at the famous Carlson Gracie Academy in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro,...
Nick Diaz to meet Braulio Estima in a BJJ superfight on May 12
Apr 11, 2012BJJEE
Braulio Estima, one of the best Jiu-Jitsu players in the world, will welcome Nick Diaz back to the world of BJJ. The Diaz vs. Estima BJJ superfight, which will be contested at 180 pounds, will take...
Andre Galvao seminar in Poland!
Apr 06, 2012BJJEE
Be sure not to miss this rare opportunity! On behalf of WroXgym Wrocław, we would like to invite everyone to the first Andre Galvao (Multiple world BJJ, ADCC world champion) seminar in...
Exclusive interview with Polish BJJ ace, Piotr “Bagi” Baginski
Apr 06, 2012BJJEE
1. Hello Piotr, can you tell the Eastern European BJJ community about yourself and your journey in bjj? My name is Piotr Baginski and I live In Szczecin – Poland. At present I work as a full...
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...
IBJJF Pan Ams 2012, Preview and Predictions
Mar 28, 2012BJJEE
Being the real BJJ nerd that I am, I’ll be watching the event live this weekend on Budovideos for 20 dollars for both saturday and sunday. Here is a preview of the black belt divisions and some...
Edson Ricardo Alemao talks about BJJ in Montenegro
Mar 22, 2012BJJEE
1.Hi Edson, can you present yourself to the Eastern Europe BJJ community? Hi, my name is Edson Rodriguez Ricardo Alemao, coach of Equipe Fabricio in Podgorica, Montenegro, BJJ second degree black...
Xande is back! Xande Ribeiro talks about his competition goals in 2012, his new school,and shares some wisdom about Jiu-Jitsu
Mar 21, 2012BJJEE
1. Xande, first of all congratulations on winning the San Diego trials. What can we expect from you competition wise in 2012? Xande and Saulo Ribeiro training in Hawaii After couple years strugling...
Who was the first European to win a gold medal at the BJJ Worlds in the black belt division? Laurence Cousin Fouillat of France!
Mar 02, 2012BJJEE
Thanks to my friends at BJJ Heroes and IKUSA.FR for the original article Worlds 2007 The French Laurence Cousin Fouillat is regarded as the first European female black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu...
Head coach of 2012 European Juvenile team champions, Željko Vuković talks about how he built his successful youth program from the ground up
Feb 26, 2012BJJEE
1. Hi Zeljko, can you please introduce yourself to our readers? BJJ club Triangle (Rio Grappling Club Croatia) Hi guys, I’m from Đakovo, Croatia. I started training training traditional...
Video interview with 4x world BJJ champion Michelle Nicolini
Feb 24, 2012BJJEE
Our friends at mma-connection (http://mma-connection.com/) had a video interview with 4x world BJJ champion Michele Nicolini where she talked about her wins at the Europeans, and her focus on her MMA...
Exclusive interview with Braulio Estima: “Polish BJJ is top 3 in Europe”
Feb 20, 2012BJJEE
Great video interview of World BJJ and ADCC champion Braulio Estima made by my friends at http://www.grapplerinfo.pl/ Braulio was recently in Poland at Copacabana Academy in Warsaw where he conducted...
Braulio Estima seminar at Copacobana Team, Warsaw: 3 new black belts, 7 new brown belts and other promotions
Feb 19, 2012BJJEE
Last thursday, world BJJ and ADCC champion Braulio Estima had a seminar at the Copacabana Team academy in Warsaw, Poland. Copacabana is one of the top BJJ academies in Poland with a huge facility and...
World BJJ Champion Alexander Trans: “I want to win all the main titles at black belt, then make it to the UFC”
Feb 17, 2012BJJEE
We were very lucky to get a exclusive interview of one of the top European grapplers in recent history, the Dane Alexander Trans, from the Checkmat academy in Copenhagen (Arte Suave). Alexander made...
Exclusive interview with Leonid Gatovskiy, Russia’s first BJJ black belt: “BJJ in Russia is expanding”
Feb 12, 2012BJJEE
Leonid Gatovskiy with Renzo Gracie and Georges St Pierre 1. Hello Leonid, Please introduce yourself to the Eastern Europe BJJ community? Hi! My name is Leonid Gatovskiy. I’m 31 years old and I’ve...
BJJ in Turkey, Burak Değer Biçer: “My goal is to make my students better than me”
Feb 09, 2012BJJEE
1.Hi Burak, can you introduce yourself to the Eastern European bjj community? First of all I think that it’s great that you are creating a website that unites this region. We really needed it. I...
