BJJEE Reviews: Atama New Light Kimono
May 27, 2013BJJEE
Translated from our friends from the French Gi Review website GiTaste.fr Atama ! THE brand that sets the standard for BJJ kimonos … they have been around for a long time and their Mundial line...
Slovakia’s Michal Sobolič On Training In Abu Dhabi, BJJ In Slovakia & His Academy Gracie Barra Pitbull Nitra
May 20, 2013BJJEE
One of the nicest and coolest guys and in the Eastern European BJJ community, Michal Sobolič from Slovakia, sat down with BJJ Eastern Europe to talk about his Brazilian teachers, His team...
BJJ Eastern Europe Rising Stars: Serbia’s Luka Radulovic
May 06, 2013BJJEE
Luka Radulovic is a rising star in the Eastern European BJJ scene. This 21 year old has been on a tear in the past 18 months competing and medalling in every local tournament and generally dedicating...
2013 Croatian Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship: Preview & Predictions
Apr 24, 2013BJJEE
2013 Croatian Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship is one of the best tournaments in the region. Tournament date Saturday: 27/4/2013 Competitor registrations Until: 23/4/2013 23:59 (absolutely no registration...
Interview With The Big European BJJ Hope Charlotte Von Baumgarten
Apr 03, 2013BJJEE
Charlotte Von Baumgarten is a big up and comer In European BJJ. At the 2013 Europeans, after winning the purple belt lightweight division, the 25 year old German athlete from Alliance Berlin also...
BJJ Open Belgium,18.05, Over 1000 Euros Prize Money
Mar 21, 2013BJJEE
You can see all major competitions on the BJJEE Competition calendar. LOCATION Centre sportif de la Woluwé Avenue Emmanuel Mounier 87, 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Brussels For more...
Four Reasons Why You Might Be Gassing Out In Jiu-Jitsu
Mar 05, 2013BJJEE
Source: Grapplerarts.com Here Are 4 Reasons You Might be Getting Tired During A Jiu-Jitsu Roll: 1) NOT being as efficient as possible. Josh Russell, head instructor of my BJJ academy teaches nearly...
Camil Moldoveanu & Remus Corbei of Romania Take Gold in World Japanese Jiu-Jitsu Championships in Vienna
Dec 04, 2012BJJEE
Two Romanian BJJ competitors from Absoluto BJJ , Camil Moldoveanu (IBJJF Europeans winner at white, blue and purple and World pro winner) & Remus Corbei ( 3 times IBJJ european gold medalist,...
Lloyd Irvin Introduces a BJJ Reality TV Show: “The Next World Champion”
Nov 20, 2012BJJEE
Lloyd Irvin is changing the BJJ World as we know it. He is creating a reality TV show called: “The Next World Champion” where the best brown belt competitors from all around the world...
Slovakia’s Lubomir Repasky On His Beginnings In London & Fighting To Grow BJJ In Slovakia
Nov 15, 2012BJJEE
1.Hi Lubo, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe My name is Lubomir Repasky. I come from Slovakia where I live, train and teach . I am currently a brown belt under...
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...
World Champion Gabriel Marangoni On His Time Spent In Greece, Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria & UK
Oct 19, 2012BJJEE
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,...
Are Olympic Lifts Appropriate For BJJ?
Oct 01, 2012BJJEE
Seeing Roger Gracie doing Olympic lifts during his preparation for his Metamoris superfight with Marcus Buchecha, make s us wonder what are the benefit of Olympic lifts for BJJ. Powering through...
Robert Drysdale On His MMA ambitions, The Mir-Nog Rivalry, & Why he thinks Jacare Would Beat Roger Gracie in MMA
Sep 05, 2012BJJEE
By Guilherme Cruz for Tatame magazine (Translated from Portuguese) “Robert Drysdale has a big collection of Jiu-Jitsu and Submission titles, like a golden medal at 2007th ADCC. But now he has...
Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros on His Recent Retirement, and The Use of Steroids in BJJ
Jul 27, 2012BJJEE
The Excellent Kid Peligro recently got together with BJJ legend Comprido Medeiros and did a two part interview him. Here are the best part of the interview: “KP- You retired at the last Worlds,...
Romania’s Marius Varlan on his 8 years spent training & competing in BJJ in Japan
Jul 13, 2012BJJEE
1. Hi Marcus can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe? My name is Marius Varlan ( Mario ). Im 35 years old, 1.81cm and 93kg. I have been certified by Watanabe...
Portuguese expressions and slangs for Jiu-Jitsu part1
Jul 03, 2012BJJEE
I you have had the pleasure of training in Brazil or had a Brazilian instructor, chances are that you may have heard many of these expressions and phrases. Even if you didn’t, Portuguese is...
Pan Am 2012 champion Yuri Simoes : “Nobody is invincible, everybody can be defeated”
Jun 25, 2012BJJEE
Our friends from grapplerinfo.pl recently had a interview with Yuri Simoes. Be sure to also check out our interview with Yuri where he talks about his past and BJJ journey. 1. Hi Yuri, can you...
2012 Worlds Team Preview: Checkmat
May 31, 2012BJJEE
Source: T.P. Grant for http://www.bloodyelbow.com/“The 2012 IBJJF Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champions are just around the corner and we are going to be breakdowns of the major teams and their...
European & Worldwide aces to watch out for at the IBJJF Worlds next week
May 25, 2012BJJEE
It’s that time of year again, where the world’s best BJJ players meet up in California and decide who is the best.There will be a large contingent of European players this year....
BJJ Eastern Europe Training Report: Cercle Tissier, Europe’s oldest BJJ academy
May 23, 2012BJJEE
Finishing my tour of French BJJ academies, I couldn’t leave Paris without training in France’s and probably Europe’s first BJJ academy: Le Cercle Tissier. It was here that BJJ...
Cauliflower ears in Jiu-Jitsu. What causes them, how to prevent and treat them
May 23, 2012BJJEE
This article was sourced from a few articles notably from http://www.grapplearts.com/index.php and a few forum posts on sherdog. I also added my story as I’m also a cauliflower guy 🙂...
Paris, training report: Gracie Barra 75 (Paris)
May 10, 2012BJJEE
Last friday night, after a long day of shopping in Paris, I went training at Gracie Barra Paris. The academy was created in 2005, and is lead by black belts Rattinho Eliaquim and Julien...
Paris, France training report: Jeremy Idels BJJ (Drysdale)
May 03, 2012BJJEE
I happen to be back home in Paris for the next 10 days where I’m visiting family and friends.Whilst here, I will be visiting 5 BJJ academies. My BJJ journey started in Paris 11 years ago the...
