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BJJ SUMMER CAMP – ZADAR/ Croatia with BJJ legend Leo Vieira!
Mar 19, 2012BJJEEComments Off on BJJ SUMMER CAMP – ZADAR/ Croatia with BJJ legend Leo Vieira!
August 15 at 9:00am until August 21 at 11:00am Welcome to Zadar Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Summer Camp – Join us for One Intense Week of training – with Leonardo Vieira, Leonardo Neves and guests....Crazy berimbolos, back takes and leg drags, meet the new aces of BJJ: The Miyao brothers!
Joao (black gi) and Paulo (blue gi) Miyao They’re twins born on May 11, 1992. They started training in Andirá, Brazil with Professor Adriano Carvalho of Norte Sul Jiu-Jitsu academy. About a year...Christos Markez of Gracie Barra Greece speaks of the growth of BJJ in Greece
Mar 16, 2012BJJEEComments Off on Christos Markez of Gracie Barra Greece speaks of the growth of BJJ in Greece
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, 2012BJJEEComments Off on Exclusive interview with Vale Tudo and Jiu-Jitsu legend Jorge Pereira (Rickson Gracie black belt)
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 ....Gameness Elite Gi review
The words and images that come to my mind when I think of Gameness gis are: the famous Gameness pitbull logo, good quality, thick collar, heavy duty pants.. . All positive things. My first Gameness...BJJ Eastern Europe techniques: “The Filipino Headcutter” a very unusual but effective submission
Mar 07, 2012BJJEEComments Off on BJJ Eastern Europe techniques: “The Filipino Headcutter” a very unusual but effective submission
I learned this choke from John Baylon (BJJ black belt and 6th degree black belt in Judo and 2x Olympian). The technique is pretty unusual in BJJ and is very powerful and effective as you are using...Turkey’s Ertan Balaban talks us about why he’s putting his promising MMA career on hold and refocusing on BJJ
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...Ricardo “Franjinha” Miller visits Copacobana BJJ academy in Poland
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...BJJ Eastern Europe techniques: “The Serbian Foot lock”
Mar 03, 2012BJJEEComments Off on BJJ Eastern Europe techniques: “The Serbian Foot lock”
We are going to be featuring regular techniques from various BJJ practitioners from the region. Here is the first one: “The Serbian foot lock”. I’m demonstrating the move that my...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, 2012BJJEEComments Off on Who was the first European to win a gold medal at the BJJ Worlds in the black belt division? Laurence Cousin Fouillat of France!
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, 2012BJJEEComments Off on Review of last weekend’s Saint Petersburg BJJ Open in Russia
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...Rio Grappling Club Poland’s Mariusz Koziej talks about the BJJ scene in Poland, running his academies and the growth of the RGC network
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, 2012BJJEEComments Off on Head coach of 2012 European Juvenile team champions, Željko Vuković talks about how he built his successful youth program from the ground up
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 Gear review: Koral MKM Competition
In my time In Bjj and other martial arts I have used several Kimonos. From Budo Nord to Gameness and other brands but when I got my first Koral gi afew years ago I was sold. I have at the moment two...BJJ’s main man in the Czech republic, Jungle BJJ’s Fernando Araujo talks about how he spread the “Jiu-Jitsu gospel”
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...Clark Gracie talks about making his mark in the black belt, his childhood, his academy and also about the problem of steroids in BJJ
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!”
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, 2012BJJEEComments Off on Gracie Barra Hungary’s Max Carvalho: “I’m working to make BJJ more popular in this part of Europe”
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...The man to dethrone Rafael Mendes? Exclusive interview with Augusto Tanquinho about his return to competition, his strategy, and his future plans in the US.
Feb 20, 2012BJJEEComments Off on The man to dethrone Rafael Mendes? Exclusive interview with Augusto Tanquinho about his return to competition, his strategy, and his future plans in the US.
Tanquinho beating Rafael Mended at World Pro 2011 Augusto Mendes, also known as Tanquinho within the Jiu Jitsu community, is a Black belt under the legendary Master of BJJ, Mr Francisco Mansur....World BJJ Champion Alexander Trans: “I want to win all the main titles at black belt, then make it to the UFC”
Feb 17, 2012BJJEEComments Off on World BJJ Champion Alexander Trans: “I want to win all the main titles at black belt, then make it to the UFC”
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...