UFC 2 Vet Remco Pardoel On Pioneering BJJ In Europe, Fighting In The First Mundials In The Black Belt Division & His Flourishing DJ Career
Mar 20, 2013BJJEE
In this exclusive interview with BJJ Eastern Europe, UFC 2 vet Remco Pardoel talks about how he discovered BJJ in 1993, fighting at the first mundials in 1996 as black belt (although he was a bjj...
BJJ Transfers: Brown Belt World Champ Gianni Grippo Joins Alliance NYC
Mar 12, 2013BJJEE
More BJJ Transfers: Brown belt world champ Gianni Grippo joins Alliance NYC under Marcelo Garcia. He spent his whole career at Renzo’s until now. His statement regarding the move: “I’ve...
Boston Open Results: Keenan Cornelius and DJ Jackson Take Double Gold…For Different Teams
Mar 04, 2013BJJEE
The 2013 Boston Winter Open was held on March 3 in Boston, Mass. and was a huge success: Source Graciemag: “The team trophies were distributed at the very end of the night with Gracie Barra...
Icelandic MMA/BJJ Star Gunnar Nelson: A BJJ black belt ‘doesn’t mean anything’
Feb 16, 2013BJJEE
Gunnar Nelson is a professional Jiu Jitsu and MMA fighter from Iceland. One of the strongest competitors in the European scene, Gunnar became a household name in the grappling circuit after he placed...
BJJ Interview With Ottavia Bourdain (Wife of Famous TV Chef Anthony Bourdain)
Jan 23, 2013BJJEE
Source: our friends at GiFreak.com , check them out they’re great BJJ blue belt Ottavia Bourdain has been making a name for herself in the East Coast grappling circuit. Her husband is Anthony...
BJJ Stars To Look Out For at the 2013 Europeans
Jan 18, 2013BJJEE
From the 24th to the 27th of January at the Casal Vistoso municipal sports complex, the Europeans will kick off the 2013 Ibjjf season. Watch out for Fernando Terere to make his comeback to big...
Mexico’s Wero Salazar On The Growth of BJJ In Mexico
Jan 09, 2013BJJEE
1. Hi Wero, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ Community of Eastern Europe? My name is Eduardo Salazar but people know me as Wero. I’m 27 years Old & I’m from Hermosillo city...
Victor Genovesi Paiva: Like Father Like Son
Dec 26, 2012BJJEE
Source: translated from Polish from grapplerinfo.pl Son of the famous Alexandre Paiva, one of the three leaders of Alliance (Romero Jacare, Fabio Gurgel and Alexandre “Gigi” Paiva) Victor...
Roger Gracie On His MMA Career, His View on BJJ Today & Kyra Gracie Venturing Into MMA
Dec 21, 2012BJJEE
Source: (translated from Portuguese from sportv.com). Roger Gracie . At 31, he is already a 10 times Jiu-Jitsu World Champion but he has been searching for new challenges, starting in 2006, in a...
New Academies list
Nov 17, 2012bjjee
Here we keep the old list Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Georgia Greece Hungary Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Poland...
Preview: 2012 No Gi Worlds
Nov 02, 2012BJJEE
My good friend Kris Novell made this very detailed review for his website Pulling The Line. Lots of good articles there. Brown Belt Male Rooster Lower weights are usually pretty low in number of...
TV Star Anthony Bourdain’s Jiu-Jitsu Wife Ottavia Competes in Rio
Oct 26, 2012BJJEE
Anthony Bourdain is an American chef, author and television personality. He is the host of Travel Channel’s culinary and cultural adventure programs Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations ....
Roberto Atalla On The State of BJJ in Europe, His Years in Poland etc
Oct 18, 2012BJJEE
Roberto Atalla is one of the founders of the Rio Grappling Club, an academy that has been producing some of the best European grapplers for the passed few years. Quick Bio from BJJ Heroes: In 1990...
The Rapid Growth Of BJJ & MMA in Singapore
Oct 12, 2012BJJEE
Singapore, the small City State in South East Asia now counts among the richest countries in the world. Jiu-Jitsu and MMA have grown there at the same pace as this tiger economy. Here is a training...
Gameness XT Gi Review
Oct 10, 2012BJJEE
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...
Spain’s Pablo Cabo On BJJ In Spain & His Master Roger Gracie.
Oct 04, 2012BJJEE
Hi Pablo, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe? My name is Pablo Cabo, I´m 29 years old and I´m a black belt under Roger Gracie. I have been training and...
2012 Pan No-Gi Results, Pablo Popovitch Absolute Champion
Oct 01, 2012BJJEE
Source Gracie Mag The 2012 Pan Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi was held in New York on saturday. Pablo Popovitch was the adult black belt absolute champion, defeating Alliance’s Lucas Lepri in the final...
Rickson Gracie’s Representative in Hungary, Remy VdrHoot On His Academy In Pecs & Training With Rickson & Fedor
Sep 24, 2012BJJEE
1.Hi Remy, pleaseintroduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe: Hi All! My name is Remy VdrHoort. I’m 38 years old. I was born in a little village near Amsterdam (Holland) and now...
Austria’s BJJ Master Orlando Neto: “My Biggest Victory Is Watching My Students Improve.”
Sep 13, 2012BJJEE
1.Hi Orlando, please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe? I´m Orlando Machado Neto (O.NetoBJJ), from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and I live in Vienna , Austria where I teach at...
2012 Worlds Team Preview: Alliance
May 31, 2012BJJEE
Source Ben Tharpa for Bloodyelbow Bloodyelbow did a great team preview for the 2012 Worlds. Here are the best parts: “As the 2012 Mundials kick off tomorrow in Long Beach, California, we bring...
BJJ pioneer in Sweden: Marcelo “Yogui” Santiago: “Sweden is one of the powerhouses of European BJJ”
May 30, 2012BJJEE
Source: grapplerinfo.pl 1 -Could you tell us how your adventure with BJJ started? How did you get involved in BJJ? First thank you guys for the oportunity to share a litle of my life. The first...
European & Worldwide aces to watch out for at the IBJJF Worlds next week
May 25, 2012BJJEE
It’s that time of year again, where the world’s best BJJ players meet up in California and decide who is the best.There will be a large contingent of European players this year....
All superfights at World BJJ expo right here!
May 13, 2012BJJEE
Some really good matches. Enjoy the BJJ feast! Jeff Glover vs Caio Terra Lucas Leite vs Rafael Lovato Jr World Jiu Jitsu Expo Kron Gracie vs Vitor Estima World Jiu Jitsu Expo Bill Cooper vs Nino...
Andre Galvao aiming for gold at weight & absolute at the Worlds 2012
Apr 25, 2012BJJEE
Story by Erik Engelhart at Tatame Current absolute and weight champion at ADCC, Andre Galvao had a good start this year and earned one of the few titles he lacked on his collection: Abu Dhabi Pro....
