BJJEE Rising Stars: France’s Damien Migai
Jun 05, 2013BJJEE
France’s Damien Migai is a rising star in the the European BJJ scene. This 18 year old is 100% commited to making it in the sport of Jiu-Jitsu. Damien spoke to BJJ Eastern Europe about his...
Gabi Garcia: “I have to get used to others being jealous because they haven’t been able to achieve what I’ve achieved.”
May 26, 2013BJJEE
Gabi Garcia has been dominating every major BJJ and grappling event since 2010. Nobody has come close to beating her. She will be compating at the 2013 worlds next week and plans to make history as...
Slovakia’s Michal Sobolič On Training In Abu Dhabi, BJJ In Slovakia & His Academy Gracie Barra Pitbull Nitra
May 20, 2013BJJEE
One of the nicest and coolest guys and in the Eastern European BJJ community, Michal Sobolič from Slovakia, sat down with BJJ Eastern Europe to talk about his Brazilian teachers, His team...
Leo Vieira: “Lack Of Organization & Offshoot Teams Like Atos Separating from Us, Is What Has Kept Checkmat From Being The N.1 Overall Team.”
May 20, 2013BJJEE
Checkmat team leader Leo Vieira told ADCombat why he felt that Checkmat still hasn’t dethroned Alliance as the overall team. He also discussed the success of Checkmat which features such beasts...
Gui Mendes: “I Have A More Versatile Game Than My Rivals. 90% Of Lightweights Only Fight From The Bottom.”
May 17, 2013BJJEE
Guilhereme Mendes talked in a recent interview with Kid Peligro of ADcombat, and discussed why he is so successful, and the training at Art of Jiu -Jitsu academy in preparation for the Worlds which...
Andre Galvao: “I Am The Only Person That Is At The Same Time A Head Of Team (Atos) & A Top Competitor.”
May 15, 2013BJJEE
Multiple world and ADCC champion Andre Galvao talked to ADcombat about his preparations for the IBJJF Worlds. He talked about his position as a team leader at Atos and a world class competitor:...
André Galvão Trains With BJJ Black Belt Sheikh Tahnoon In Abu Dhabi
Apr 23, 2013BJJEE
The week after he won the gold medal at weight at the World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship held in Abu Dhabi, André Galvão received a special invitation: training with Sheikh Tahnoon Bin...
World Pro Champ After DQ of Keenan & Miyao, Kaue Damasceno: “My Victory Is 50% Mine & 50% For My Teachers.”
Apr 19, 2013BJJEE
With the disqualification of Paulo Miyao andl Keenan Cornelius for lack of combativeness in the absolute brown belt final, Kaue Damasceno ended up with the belt and the title. “When you do...
Tournament Review: 2013 ADCC Bulgaria
Apr 01, 2013BJJEE
Written by: Ivan Miroslavov Dimitrov for BJJ Eastern Europe The ADCC Submission Fighting World Federation is as we all know, the top of the top of all no-gi tournaments. The rules make it a far more...
ADCC Bulgaria in Sofia on The 24th Of March
Mar 21, 2013BJJEE
You can see all major competitions on the BJJEE Competition calendar. On March 24th Sofia will be a host of the ADCC submission grappling competition. The weigh in starts at 9:00 a.m. This will be...
Israeli MMA/BJJ champion Ido Pariente: “BJJ In Israel Is Growing.”
Mar 12, 2013BJJEE
Ido Pariente is the top BJJ and MMA fighter in Israel. The 2nd degree black belt talks to BJJ Eastern Europe about the local scene there and about his Jiu-Jitsu story: 1. Hi Ido, can you please...
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...
Renzo Gracie On Dealing with The IOC To Bring BJJ To The Olympics: “You have to pass all control to them…The next thing you see, they own the sport..”
Mar 02, 2013BJJEE
Source: MMAFIGHTING Despite the grand commercial success jiu-jitsu has enjoyed in North America and worldwide over the last 30 years, the sport will likely never achieve the recognition and...
BJJ East European Open Results & Review
Feb 25, 2013BJJEE
It is safe to say that the first edition of the BJJ East European Open held in Zagreb, Croatia last saturday (February 23) at the West Gate shopping Mall was a smashing success. With over 230...
World Class BJJ Brown Belt/ Div 1 Wrestler, Bret Perchaluk on Wrestling for BJJ, Roberto Traven & His Ukrainian Roots
Feb 17, 2013BJJEE
1. Hi Bret, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ Community of Eastern Europe? My name is Bret Perchaluk, I’m 28 years old, I’m a Brown Belt in BJJ/ Black Belt in judo, I’m originally...
BJJ Black Belt Florent Luccionni On The BJJ Scene In France, And What He Learned From Training in Brazil.
Dec 13, 2012BJJEE
Florent Luccioni is a important member of the French Jiu-Jitsu coomunity. Him and his twin brother Jean Claude are both BJJ Black belts under Francisco Nonato and run Arte Suave Jiu-Jitsu academy in...
Andre Galvao On IBJJF Pro League: “I Will Be 100% Ready To Compete Against All The Top Fighters Today.”
Dec 03, 2012BJJEE
Source: http://www.adcombat.com Current ADCC world Weight and Absolute Champion was recently confirmed in the IBJJF Pro-league event that goes down this December 8, 2012 at the Long Beach Pyramid....
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...
7th Degree Coral Belt Master Luiz Palhares On Training With Rickson, Teaching US Navy Seals & BJJ In Albania
Nov 06, 2012BJJEE
Master Luiz Palhares will hold a seminar in Tirana Albania and in Sofia, Bulgaria at the end of November/ beg of December 1. Hi Master Luiz, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of...
Rickson Gracie Training At De La Riva’s Talks About His New Plans For MMA
Nov 01, 2012BJJEE
Source: Gracie Mag Red-and-black belt Rickson Gracie was at Equipe 1, a gym in Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana neighborhood, this Monday for the launch of his MMA event, Mestre do Combate, of which the...
Roy Dean on Training Judo, Aikido, Wrestling and Applying Them to BJJ
Oct 11, 2012BJJEE
Source: Grapple arts For the people who have never met you or don’t know anything about you, why don’t you take us a little bit through your martial arts history? I know you didn’t start in...
Training Report From The United Arab Emirates. Up to 50 Black Belts On The Mat!
Oct 10, 2012BJJEE
My friend Carl Fisher, head instructor at Combat Base Bolton, UK has recently moved to the UAE to train and teach and has been writting his impressions on his blog. There are a huge amount of black...
Survey Results: BJJ and the Culture of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs): A Review of Online Survey Data
Sep 24, 2012BJJEE
BJJ Legends Magazine published a very interesting about PEDs in BJJ surveying close to 700 BJJ players worldwide. Author:Matthew Corley,RPh Here is a summary of the findings: “Some numbers to...
Split BJJ Open 2012, Results
Sep 23, 2012BJJEE
The beautiful city of Split, Croatia was host on Saturday September 22 to The Split Open. Here are the results: SPLIT OPEN BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU 2012 RESULTS JUNIOR 60-70 1. LOVRE JURIN ZADAR...
