From Euroleague & The NBA To BJJ: Serbian Basketball Legend Igor Rakocevic & His Love For Jiu-Jitsu
Nov 27, 2013BJJEE
Igor Rakočević is a Serbian professional basketball player who has played for major basketball teams including Red Star Belgrade, Real Madrid and for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA. He also...
Paulo Filho Is Back, Healthy & Will Fight At Welterweight
Nov 27, 2013BJJEE
A BJJ black belt under Carlson Gracie , Paulo Filho was once considered the world’s number one fighter at middle weight after reaching the final of the Pride Grand Prix and winning the...
Seminar Report: Serbian BJJ Community Humanitarian Seminar For Philippines Typhoon Victims
Nov 25, 2013BJJEE
On Sunday November 24, in Belgrade, Serbia a humanitarian seminar for the victims of typhoon Haiyan was held. This seminar was attended by members of the Serbian BJJ/grappling community from all the...
Kazeka Muniz: “Judo & Jiu-Jitsu Back In The Day Was A Fight. Now It´s A Sport, It´s Useless.”
Nov 21, 2013BJJEE
Our friends from grapplersparadise.de published a really interesting interview with Kazeka Muniz, the Venezuelan-American BJJ black belt that’s been around since the early 90’s....
Loic Jaillat On His Recent Bicycle Tour Of France Visiting All BJJ Academies
Nov 19, 2013BJJEE
Loic Jaillat is a brown belt from Lille, France who has just completed a tour of France on bicycle visiting all BJJ academies. In this interview with BJJ Eastern Europe he tells us more about his...
#3 Ranked Middleweight In World, Vitor Oliveira: “I Learned My Effective Takedown Game From BJJ. Not From Judo.”
Nov 18, 2013BJJEE
Vitor Oliveira, also known as “Vitinho” is one of the top competitors in GFTeam. He is making waves this year in the IBJJF circuit medalling left and right beating top competitors like Dj...
Interview With BJJ Pioneer In Romania, Tudor Mihaita
Nov 14, 2013BJJEE
1. Hi Tudor, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ Community of Eastern Europe? My name is Tudor Mihaita and I’m the head coach of the Durex sponsored team: Absoluto BJJ Because...
Watch The Battle Between Romania’s Tudor Mihaita & Turkey’s Burak Değer Biçer @IBJJF Munich Open
Nov 14, 2013BJJEE
Two Eastern Europe black belts meet at IBJJF Munich Open (senior 1 black belt) : Romania’s Tudor Mihaita and Turkey’s Burak Değer Biçer.
UFC Fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov Wrestling A Bear In His Youth
Nov 14, 2013BJJEE
Khabib Nurmagomedov is an undefeated mixed martial artist, a multiple Combat Sambo World Champion and a Judo black belt who is currently fighting in the lightweight division for the Ultimate...
BJJ Fundraising Seminar For The Victims Of Typhoon ‘Haiyan’ In The Philippines
Nov 13, 2013BJJEE
The Serbian Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu community is organizing a fundraising seminar for victims of Typhoon ‘Haiyan’ in the Philippines, with all Serbian BJJ black belts. Each professor...
Lucas Figueiredo On The Growth Of Alliance Jiu-Jitsu In Russia
Nov 13, 2013BJJEE
Lucas Figueiredo is a BJJ brown belt from Alliance Rio De Janeiro who is spending time in Russia to develop Alliance Russia. He is the nephew/ son of BJJ legend Alexandre Paiva. In this...
(Video) Gilbert ‘Durinho’ Burns Defeats Leandro Lo In Worlds No Gi
Nov 10, 2013BJJEE
Focused on MMA , Gilbert ‘Durinho’ Burns showed that he still has the Jiu-Jitsu to win the World No Gi championship, last weekend in California, United States. To reach the final...
Rodolfo Vieira Lists His Top 5 Toughest Opponents So Far
Nov 07, 2013BJJEE
In any major tournament, Rodolfo Vieira is a favorite to reach the finals and fight for the title. The GFTeam athlete is used to face great odds and have historical and dramatic finals. In an...
2013 Worlds No GI Full Results & Review
Nov 04, 2013BJJEE
The 2013 World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championship is done and dusted. The weekend was long and jam packed full of action at the Long Beach Walter Pyramid. At black belt adult, a number of big names were...
Kron Gracie Training MMA With Diaz Brothers @Cesar Gracie Academy
Nov 01, 2013BJJEE
The Gracie family is going through a rough patch in MMA at the moment. With the impressive knockout suffered by Rolles and the firing of Roger from the UFC , the legacy of the family which...
Dean Lister vs Rousimar “Toquinho” Palhares Super Fight Hype Video
Nov 01, 2013BJJEE
This is the Grappling match everyone has wanted to see! The 2 best Leg Lock Artists in the game today finally meet at this years World BJJ Expo in Long Beach California, convention center on...
5 Reasons to Grapple in a Streetfight
Oct 31, 2013BJJEE
BJJ black belt Stephen Kesting shows us five reasons that grappling might be the right thing to do in a streetfight. Get more grappling and self defence tips...
Karel “Silver Fox” Pravec Demonstrates BJJ Water Drills For Injuries & Flow Improvement
Oct 31, 2013BJJEE
Renzo Gracie BJJ 2nd Degree Black Belt Karel “Silver Fox” Pravec demonstrates Low Impact BJJ / MMA training when dealing with injuries or working out to improve flowing and/or...
Lagarto & Poland’s Maciej Kozak Take Double Gold @World Pro Warsaw Trials
Oct 28, 2013BJJEE
Last weekend Warsaw was host to the AD World Pro Warsaw trials. The big winner of the event was Lucio Lagarto . He won his division as well as the absolute black belt. The Brazilian is one of...
Rodrigo Medeiros Wins Double Gold @IBJJF Asian Open After 6 Year Break From Competition
Oct 28, 2013BJJEE
Big congrats to Rodrigo Medeiros (BJJ revolution Team) for returning to the competition mats after a 6 year hiatus in the IBJJF’s Asian Open Championship. Rodrigo won 2 golds in the...
Jake Shields Is Confirmed In No Gi Superfight In Jiu-Jitsu Expo In November
Oct 25, 2013BJJEE
After defeating Demian Maia at UFC Barueri, in October, Jake Shields will be present in a major Jiu-Jitsu event. He will participate in the World Jiu-Jitsu Expo, to be held the 9th and 10th of...
BJJ Training Report: Dublin, Ireland With Darragh O Conaill.
Oct 24, 2013BJJEE
Written by Raphael Levy for the excellent French BJJ website Jits.fr Ireland, land of Leprechauns, pots of gold, four leaf clovers and Guinness beer. Although it may be difficult to come...
Braulio Estima On His Defeat To Galvao: “That’s What Happens When You Are Not 110%.”
Oct 22, 2013BJJEE
The first day of competition of the ADCC , which was held in Beijing, China, marked the superfight between Braulio Estima , winner of the last edition’s superfight and Andre Galvao...
Braulio Estima: “ADCC Is Like Our Olympics. I Intend To Defend My Title And Stay Even Longer.”
Oct 17, 2013BJJEE
ADCC champion in 2011 , Braulio Estima will once again participate in the largest grappling tournament in the world , which will be held this weekend in China. ‘Carcará’ will have...
