Christos Markez of Gracie Barra Greece speaks of the growth of BJJ in Greece
Mar 16, 2012BJJEE
1. Hi Cristos, can you please introduce yourself to our readers? Hello my name is Christos K. Markez, i started training martial arts with Kung Fu at the age of 12 in total i trained around 8 years,...
Exclusive interview with Vale Tudo and Jiu-Jitsu legend Jorge Pereira (Rickson Gracie black belt)
Mar 14, 2012BJJEE
1. Jorge, can you tell the Eastern European BJJ community about yourself and your journey in bjj and Vale Tudo/MMA? I’m Jorge Pereira , 48 years old , from Rio de Janeiro – Brasil ....
Carlos Maia of Gracie Barra Slovenia, on training with the greats at GB Rio, getting his law degree and his black belt in the same year, and his schools in Slovenia & Macedonia
Mar 12, 2012BJJEE
Carlos with Master Carlos Gracie Jr 1. Hi Carlos, can you please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us about your journey in Jiu-Jitsu? My name is Carlos Maia, I am a 2nd degree black belt,...
Guilherme & Rafael Mendes give us an insight about their goals for 2012, their training & conditioning regimen, nutrition, and their opponents
Mar 08, 2012BJJEE
Guilherme (left) and Rafael Mendes (right) 1. Hi Rafael and Guilherme, it’s a great honor for us at bjjeasteurope.com to have you on our humble website. You have many fans in Eastern Europe!...
Turkey’s Ertan Balaban talks us about why he’s putting his promising MMA career on hold and refocusing on BJJ
Mar 05, 2012BJJEE
Ertan Balaban (Center) Ertan can you please introduce yourself to our readers? Hello, my name is Ertan Balaban I am 29 years old and I am from İstanbul, Turkey. I started to train martial arts...
Croatian BJJ league! 13 airplane tickets to European Open in Lisbon as prizes!
Mar 05, 2012BJJEE
Our friends at SUBOS (Alliance BJJ Zagreb) have organized a new BJJ league: MOJ-BANKAR.HR Jiu-Jitsu League which will be comprised of 4 separate events (rounds) in 2012.The first event is Saturday...
Ricardo “Franjinha” Miller visits Copacobana BJJ academy in Poland
Mar 04, 2012BJJEE
Our friends at grapplerinfo.pl recently had an interview with Ricardo “Franjinha” Miller during his seminar at the Copacobana academy in Warsaw. Franjinha is one of the best Brazilian Jiu Jitsu...
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...
Croatian No Gi BJJ Open on April 7, 2012. Cash prizes!
Feb 29, 2012BJJEE
Make sure to check out this event and all other regional competitions on the competition calendar: http://www.bjjeasteurope.com/p/competition-calendar.html 2nd Croatian BJJ No-Gi Open 2012 HBJJS...
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...
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...
Clark Gracie talks about making his mark in the black belt, his childhood, his academy and also about the problem of steroids in BJJ
Feb 23, 2012BJJEE
Clark Gracie is a Jiu Jitsu black belt under his father, Carley Gracie. Clark is also the grandson to Gracie Jiu-Jitsu founder Carlos Gracie. In keeping with the family trade, Clark Gracie became a...
Asian champion, silver medalist at Brasileiro, Worlds & Europeans, the Philippine’s Ralph Go: “I want to win the Worlds in 2012!”
Feb 22, 2012BJJEE
Ralph spends a lot of this training in Brazil and the US with the Mendes bros. 1. Ralph, can you please introduce yourself to the Eastern European BJJ community? Hi guys, my name is Ralph Go. I am...
Gracie Barra Hungary’s Max Carvalho: “I’m working to make BJJ more popular in this part of Europe”
Feb 21, 2012BJJEE
Max (in the center) with Ratinho (GB Paris) and Carlos Maia (Blue gi, GB Slovenia) 1. Hi Max, can you please introduce yourself to our readers? My name is Max Carvalho and I’m a 1st degreeblack...
Estonian BJJ black belt Martin Aedma takes gold at Abu Dhabi World Pro Jiu Jitsu Cup Trials in Helsinki, Finland
Feb 19, 2012BJJEE
This weekend, Estonia’s Martin Aedma competed in the -83 kg black/brown division of Abu Dhabi World Pro Cup Jiu Jitsu Trials held in Helsinki, Finland.Martin fought 2 matches and took home the...
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...
BJJ Black Belt Leonardo Neves, talks to us about his academies in Sweden, Turkey, Croatia and Serbia.
Feb 15, 2012BJJEE
1. Hi Leo, can you please introduce yourself to our readers? First I want to thank you for the invitation of the interview and for this initiative in creating a site for the eastern part of Europe....
Why Eastern Europeans have all the physical attributes to dominate BJJ and Grappling.
Feb 15, 2012BJJEE
Russia’s Aleksandr Karelin Have you ever wondered why the Eastern European countries dominated the Olympics in wrestling and weightlifting? Also why international strongmen competitions have...
The smile of BJJ, world champion, Mackenzie Dern: “To get appreciated in jiu-jitsu, girls have to prove themselves even more”
Feb 14, 2012BJJEE
1.Hi Mackenzie, can you introduce yourself to the bjj community of Eastern Europe? My name is Mackenzie Dern and I am a Brazilian jiu-jitsu brown belt for Gracie Humaita. I am 18 years old and I have...
Results of Bucharest trials of Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu Jitsu Championship
Feb 13, 2012BJJEE
Congratulations to the following competitors who have all won a travel a full expense paid trip and qualification to compete at The 4th edition of World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup, will be held in...
Vienna BJJ Open 2012 results and review
Feb 13, 2012BJJEE
This Saturday February 11 Vienna, Austria was host to the first edition of the Vienna Open. The competition brought together all clubs from the region, from Macedonia to Hungary all the way to...
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...
20 plane tickets for the BJJ Worlds 2012 up for grabs at the Finnish Open, April 14 to 15!
Feb 11, 2012BJJEE
The Finnish Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation are organizing The BJJ Finnish Open 2012 in Helsinki, Finland, from April 14th to 15th.They are offering 20 plane tickets for BJJ World Championships 2012...
A Brazilian who brought BJJ to Albania, Paulo Rigon: “You tap countless times, get frustrated a thousand times but you never give up.”
Feb 10, 2012BJJEE
Paulo Rigon with his daughter Julia 1.Paulo, you are Brazilian, lived in the states, and now live in Albania where you teach BJJ. How on earth did that happen? My wife is Albanian and she always...
