BJJ Competitor Emilia’s Ideal Training Session
Aug 05, 2015BJJEE
Written by Emilia Tuukkanen, BJJ Brown belt, BJJ&Nogi European Champion from Finland, living and training in southern Spain. In this now weekly blog post, she will detail her...
Scandinavians Sebastian Brosche and Alexander Trans Set to Compete in Copa Podio
Jul 28, 2015BJJEE
Sebastian Brosche is one of the biggest European BJJ hopes. He is a brown belt in BJJ and second degree black belt in judo. He was raised in Northern Sweden and is currently living in...
Buchecha on New World Pro Title: ‘Not the Same Without Rodolfo’
Apr 24, 2015BJJEE
Marcus Buchecha and Rodolfo Vieira are way above the rest of the BJJ competitors and always meet in the finals of the absolute, and many were anticipating that these two would once...
2015 Pan Champ Brandon Tucker on ‘Big Man Jiu-Jitsu’, Swimming as S&C & More…
Apr 21, 2015BJJEE
Brandon D. Tucker (Right on the picture) is this year’s Pan ultra heavyweight purple belt adult champion. At 5’9, 280 lbs, he is a very imposing BJJ player but is...
World Champion Training Session: Mendes Bros, Buchecha & Kelly Slater
Mar 31, 2015BJJEE
Can you imagine the exclusive training session that happened at the Art of Jiu-Jitsu Academy in California: Rafael and Guilherme Mendes opened the door to Marcus Buchecha and surf world...
World No Gi Champ Philippe Pomaski from Switzerland: ‘I Want To Make my Name in Jiu-Jitsu’
Feb 17, 2015BJJEE
Philippe Pomaski is one of the biggest European talents on the world Jiu-Jitsu scene. This 24 year old Swiss purple belt is picking up medals in Brazil, US and all over Europe. He has...
2015 Europeans Revelation: Isaac Doederlein, The Brown Belt Featherweight Giant Killer
Jan 28, 2015BJJEE
Featherweight Isaac Doederlein impressed last weekend at the IBJJF European. He berimboloed his way to a gold in his division and a silver in the Open Weight brown belt, beating some much...
Review: Saulo & Xande Ribeiro’s BJJ Library, Online Training Program
Nov 04, 2014BJJEE
By Guillaume “Gile” Huni When it comes to supplementing my game with online or video instruction, I’m very picky about what I will look at. Youtube seems to...
Atos Leader Ramon Lemos: “Sonnen Will Do Nothing But Defend Vs Galvao”
Aug 03, 2014BJJEE
The much expected match between Andre Galvao and Chael Sonnen is drawing mixed reactions from BJJ fans. The match will take place at Metamoris 4, on 9th August in California. Galvão,...
Brian McLaughlin: “BJJ Needs Rules Change To Increase Fight Relevancy”
Jul 29, 2014BJJEE
Brian McLaughlin is the head instructor at Precision MMA. He holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Rob Kahn (the first person to receive a black belt under the legendary Royce...
Interview w/ Norbert Novak, Braulio Estima’s Right Hand Man: From Cleaning The Mats To Head Instructor @Gracie Barra Birmingham
Jul 02, 2014BJJEE
Poland’s Norbert Novak is an example of humility and hard work. Black belt under Braulio Estima, head instructor at Gracie Barra Birmingham, Norbert talked to BJJ Eastern Europe...
BTT’s Omar Sabha On Competing @ Black Belt, Cauliflower Ears & The Return Of BTT
Jun 22, 2014BJJEE
BTT USA’s Omar Sabha is a very active competitor having medaled at all belt levels in all the major IBJJF competitions around the world. In this interview with BJJ Eastern Europe,...
Andre Galvao On What Changes Should Be Made To IBJJF Rules
Jun 07, 2014BJJEE
Andre Galvao took second place at the worlds this year, losing to Felipe Preguica in the Heavyweight finals. He recently posted on his Facebook the following statement on IBJJF rules....
Leandro Lo: ‘I’m Moving Up To Medium Heavy’
Jun 06, 2014BJJEE
After winning the Worlds in 2011 and 2012 at lightweight, Leandro won it in 2014 at middle weight, beating Otavio Sousa in the final on points. He equals the feat of Vitor Shaolin...
PLAY BY PLAY: 2014 IBJJF Worlds + Results (Sunday June1st)
Jun 01, 2014BJJEE
The 2014 IBJJF World championships take place at the Long Beach pyramid in California. The Worlds is the biggest and most prestigious tournament of the year. You can follow it by live streaming...
PLAY BY PLAY: 2014 IBJJF Worlds + Results (Saturday May 31st)
May 31, 2014BJJEE
CLICK HERE FOR SUNDAY’S PLAY BY PLAY The 2014 IBJJF World championships take place at the Long Beach pyramid in California. The Worlds is the biggest and most prestigious tournament of the...
2014 Copa Podio Lightweight GP: Leandro Lo Retains Title For 3rd Straight Year
May 11, 2014BJJEE
The semifinals of the Copa Podio lightweight GP was made up of Leandro Lo, Gregor Gracie (Green group) and Gilbert Durinho and Victor Silverio (group yellow). In the first semi...
How Buchecha Counters The Deadly ‘Rodolfo Vieira Style’ Crossface Pass
Apr 23, 2014BJJEE
After the study on Rodolfo Vieira’s crossface passing system, BJJ scout came up with another great video showing the best counter to the crossface type pass. A...
2014 Pan Champ Andrea Emmel Encarnacion On Her BJJ Story & Comparing The Female BJJ Scenes In USA & Brazil
Apr 03, 2014BJJEE
Andrea Emmel Encarnacion is the 2014 Pan champion at light feather. She hails from Rio de Janeiro and has developed a great teaching style that she developed on the way to winning four...
2014 Pan: Atos Best Team, Andre Galvao Double Gold
Mar 17, 2014BJJEE
The 2014 Pan American double gold Champion is André Galvão . The Atos fighter won weight and absolute, on Sunday in Irvine, California and left the mats, showing a shirt that read:...
The Champ Is Back: The Return Of Fernando Terere
Feb 05, 2014BJJEE
By Xandão Barros (BJJ black belt owner of Spartan Floripa BJJ Team in Florianópolis Island, South Brazil) The Champ is back!! Wooop Tererê!!! The Rooster crows. It’s six in the...
Rafael Mendes: ‘In 2014 I’m Preparing Metamoris, The Growth Of My Team & The Birth Of My Son.”
Feb 01, 2014BJJEE
3x BJJ world champion, Rafael Mendes added another title to his collection. Last weekend, the Atos black belt won for the third time the Europeans, held in Lisbon, Portugal. In the final, Rafa faced...
(Video) Andre Galvao Rolling With Keenan Cornelius
Jan 23, 2014BJJEE
This is whats Andre Galvao had to say about his training with Keenan in an interview a few months ago: “I think that he is a very smart fighter and is creative. He is a great guy, who knows...
Submission strategy with Stephen Whittier
Dec 18, 2013
So we asked Stephen Whittier about submission strategy, especially involving stronger guys. How does your body want to move First things first, in order to submit something you need to have...
