8x World Juvenile Champs Ruotolo Twins on Future Plans, Training w/ Mendes Bros at AOJ
Apr 05, 2015BJJEE
Twin brother Kade and Tye Ruotolo represent a new generation of BJJ players. They are 12 years old and have been training since the age of 3 and accumulate over 200 gold medals...
Conor McGregor on Why He Won’t Compete in the IBJJF No Gi Europeans & How He Feels about His Jiu-Jitsu vs Aldo
Apr 01, 2015BJJEE
Last January, UFC number one contender to Jose Aldo’s belt, Conor McGregor announced that he would competing at the IBJJF No Gi Europeans which will be held in Rome on April 11th,...
World Champion Training Session: Mendes Bros, Buchecha & Kelly Slater
Mar 31, 2015BJJEE
Can you imagine the exclusive training session that happened at the Art of Jiu-Jitsu Academy in California: Rafael and Guilherme Mendes opened the door to Marcus Buchecha and surf world...
Rokas Naruševičius on the Growth of BJJ in Lithuania & the Baltic Countries
Mar 20, 2015BJJEE
Have you ever wondered what the BJJ scene is like in the Baltic countries (Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia) ? BJJ Eastern Europe met Lithuanian BJJ association president Rokas...
World Champ Janni Larsson on Japanese Ju Jitsu vs BJJ, Med School & Competing against Men
Mar 17, 2015BJJEE
Janni Larsson is the 2014 IBJJF world black belt champion and is also a 27 year old med-student living in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is Swedish, but moved to Denmark about five years ago...
2015 Pan: Bernardo Double Gold, Submits Lo; Gabi Garcia Dominates; More Results
Mar 16, 2015BJJEE
The 2015 Pan came to an end this Sunday in California. Bernardo Faria made histrory by winning the black belt open weight for the second time . The black belt from Alliance managed to...
Renzo Gracie: ‘Sakuraba Breaking My Arm Was The Worst Pain I’ve Ever Felt in my Life’
Mar 09, 2015BJJEE
Considered by some to be the most complete mixed martial artist the legendary Gracie family ever produced, Renzo Gracie defeated five UFC champions during a career which straddled the...
Polish Beast Maksmilyan Wisniewski to Compete in Next Copa Podio
Feb 22, 2015BJJEE
Maksmilyan Wisniewski is from the city of Mosina in Poland. He is 27 and earned his black belt under Robert Drysdale. On Sunday, the Zenith Team fighter faced his countryman Mieszko...
Marcello C. Monteiro on Growth of BJJ in US, His 50+ Affiliates & the Old Days in Brazil
Feb 22, 2015BJJEE
Marcello C. Monteiro is a 4th degree black belt that has been established in the US for many years. He has a vast network of academies with over 50 affiliates in North America! In this...
Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral Ends Retirement, Returns to MMA on April 11 in Switzerland
Feb 17, 2015BJJEE
Nearly two years after announcing his retirement, the legendary Renato Babalu is back to MMA. The light-heavyweight will face Volkan Oezdemir in the main event of Strength and Honor...
World No Gi Champ Philippe Pomaski from Switzerland: ‘I Want To Make my Name in Jiu-Jitsu’
Feb 17, 2015BJJEE
Philippe Pomaski is one of the biggest European talents on the world Jiu-Jitsu scene. This 24 year old Swiss purple belt is picking up medals in Brazil, US and all over Europe. He has...
Ian Matuszak on How Jiu-Jitsu Changed his Life & Competing in The First Ever Tournament for Grapplers w/ Disabilities
Feb 16, 2015BJJEE
Like for many of us, Ian Matuszak’s life changed when he started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He became hooked to all the benefits it brought him. Ian is physically disabled...
Bosnian-American Black Belt Adem Redzovic Shows 2 High Percentage Sweeps
Feb 11, 2015BJJEE
Adem Redzovic from Team Redzovic in Chicago shows two us simple and effective, high percentage sweeps that can make a difference in your game. Read more about Adem Redzovic here. Adem...
European No Gi Champ Olga Lyashevska on Mixing Judo & BJJ & Growth of BJJ in Eastern Europe
Feb 01, 2015BJJEE
1/2 Russian 1/2 Ukrainian BJJ brown belt, Olga Lyashevska is one of the top female BJJ athletes in Europe. She grew up in Crimea (used to be Ukraine, now Russia) and in 2005 moved to...
Conor McGregor to Compete at IBJJF No Gi Europeans Before Aldo Title Fight
Jan 31, 2015BJJEE
UFC number one contender to Jose Aldo’s belt, Conor McGregor has just announced that he will competing at the IBJJF No Gi Europeans which will be held in Rome on April 11th, 2015....
2015 Europeans Revelation: Isaac Doederlein, The Brown Belt Featherweight Giant Killer
Jan 28, 2015BJJEE
Featherweight Isaac Doederlein impressed last weekend at the IBJJF European. He berimboloed his way to a gold in his division and a silver in the Open Weight brown belt, beating some much...
2015 IBJJF European Championship 2x Gold Winners: Gabi Changes Strategy , Galvao Dominates
Jan 27, 2015BJJEE
The 2015 European Jiu-Jitsu championship which was held in Lisbon, Portugal – crowned many champions, but 2 stole the show. One was André Galvão and for the women’s: Gabi...
Gabriel Kitober on Teaching BJJ to Israeli Judo Team & Training Under Helio Gracie
Jan 14, 2015BJJEE
Gabriel Kitober has been training BJJ for 20 years, before this he did Judo. In this time he has trained under so of BJJ’s biggest masters: Rickson Gracie, Helio Gracie, Osvaldo Alves, Royler...
Interview w/ Mihail Kunchev & Dimitrios Tsitos of ‘BJJ No-Mad’ – BJJ Documentary Travel Series
Jan 05, 2015BJJEE
“BJJ NO-MAD” is a documentary series about two martial artists – a cinematographer and a traveller, who are searching for the way of the warrior around the world starring BJJ...
Interview w/ Leo Leite, 2x BJJ World Champ & Silver Medalist at Judo World Cup
Dec 22, 2014BJJEE
Leonardo Leite is what you might call a grappling phenomenon. in Jiu Jitsu he is a 2x IBJJF black belt world champion and was the first person to defeat José Mário Sperry at black...
How Long Will It Take For Professional BJJ Athletes To Make A Good Living?
Nov 25, 2014BJJEE
Written by: Guillaume Huni Saturday the 8th of December 2012 should be remembered in years to come as the first step made towards professional BJJ. The fact that the International...
Luca Anacoreta on Toukon Challenge Superfight: ‘Both Me & Teta Rios Will Give 100%’
Nov 09, 2014BJJEE
Luca Anacoreta is one of the top black belts in Europe. He is a multiple European champion and has also participated at Copa Podio. He will be facing Eduardo Teta Rios from Frontline Academy...
Zak Maxwell on Metamoris Match Vs Gary Tonon: ‘Conservative Strategy is How I Fight’
Nov 04, 2014BJJEE
Metamoris veterans Zak Maxwell and Gary Tonon will meet November 22, 2014 for Metamoris 5 Maxwell intends to play a conservative game vs the unpredictable and acrobatic Tonon. From his...
Gui Mendes: ‘Rafa is Better in Jiu-Jitsu but I’m the Better Looking Brother (laughs)’
Nov 01, 2014BJJEE
Guilherme Mendes talked to Chinese website mp.weixin.qq.com and discussed many topics such as his guard passing style, how they started AOJ academy and which brother is better in...
