If we get 1,000 likes on our Facebook page, we will do a Pan Ams play by play (Saturday and Sunday) live here on BJJ Eastern Europe!
Mar 28, 2012BJJEE
If we get 1,000 likes on our Facebook page by saturday March 31 at 18:00 (Belgrade and Paris time) , we will do a live Play by Play of the Pan Ams 2012.We just need you to share our page with your...
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...
Romulo Barral promises to fight for victory at the Pan Ams
Mar 25, 2012BJJEE
Thanks to our friends from www.grapplerinfo.pl for providing us with the information. Romulo Barral, the Two-time BJJ world champion, at the recent San Diego trials for the World Pro took second...
ADCC Hungarian Open, Saturday, May 5, 2012
Mar 24, 2012BJJEE
Saturday May 5, 2012 in Budapest, Hungary. Registrations and all information will be up soon.You can check out for updated information http://graciebarra.hu/ the Facebook event: Facebook event and...
BJJ Eastern Europe Techniques: Triangle set up from the guard
Mar 22, 2012BJJEE
Max Carvalho of Gracie Barra Hungary shows a really nice sneaky set up for the triangle choke from the guard position. The reaction of his students when he shows the submission is pure gold 🙂...
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...
BJJ Eastern Europe training reports: Rio Grappling Club Serbia
Mar 20, 2012BJJEE
This is a first edition in a series of training reports that I will be conducting in my travels around the world in the future. In May, I will be spending 2 weeks in Paris and will be training at the...
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...
Review of last weekend’s Saint Petersburg BJJ Open in Russia
Mar 01, 2012BJJEE
Thanks to our friends at Jiu-Jitsu style magazine for the information and pictures. As you saw in our interview of Russia;s first BJJ black belt Leonid Gatoskiy...
Victor Estima seminar in Vienna!
Feb 29, 2012BJJEE
The world NO GI and Europeans 2012 champion is in Vienna. Learn his famous foot lock and inverted triangle! Saturday 24.03.2012: 11:00 – 14:30, 16:00 – 19:00 Limited Spaces !! Price: 70...
The meaning of “OSS” or “OSU”
Feb 29, 2012BJJEE
OSS Kanji When you train BJJ you will often hear the word “OSS” in various situations.The famous “OSS” has many origins. The first definition of “OSS” as an abbrevition for Onegai...
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...
BJJ’s main man in the Czech republic, Jungle BJJ’s Fernando Araujo talks about how he spread the “Jiu-Jitsu gospel”
Feb 24, 2012BJJEE
We had the pleasure to talk with Fernando Araujo who leads the Jungle BJJ (http://junglebjj.com/), the first BJJ academy in the Czech Republic. Fernando is a 2 time State Champion, National Circuit...
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...
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...
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...
BJJ Vienna Open 2012- Competition preview and predictions
Feb 09, 2012BJJEE
DATE: Saturday February 11, 2012ADDRESS:1090 Vienna, Spitalgasse 14 This year’s Vienna Open Marks a new breath in bjj competitions in Austria. There were Austrian Opens in 2011 and in 2010. I...
4 times world BJJ champion, Yuri Simoes: :”I’m going to be an icon in this sport”
Feb 06, 2012BJJEE
1. Hi Yuri, can you please introduce yourself to the Eastern European BJJ community? Hi guys, first of all thanks for the opportunity, I am a BJJ black belt and a BJJ Athlete, all i do in my life is...
Polish BJJ beast Maciej Polok in great fight against Nicolas Renier of France
Feb 06, 2012BJJEE
Ok guys this is a sick fight between two of the very best in Europe: Polish bjj black belt Maciej Polok (Gracie Barra Poland) vs Luta Livre black belt, Nicolas Renier of France (3 time ADCC veteran,...
