Hungary’s Big Hope: Kristof Szucs, 2014 Blue Belt World & European Champ
Jul 25, 2014BJJEE
Hungary’s Kristof Szucs is one of the rising stars of the European competition scene. In 2014, he won the gold medal at the IBJJF worlds at blue belt open weight and bronze in his...
Part 2: Exclusive Interview With Dr. Rhadi Ferguson, Judo Olympian & BJJ Black Belt
Jul 08, 2014BJJEE
Check out part 1 of this interview Dr. Rhadi Bullard Ferguson is a Bahamian-American mixed martial arts trainer, strength and conditioning coach, motivational speaker, and black belt in judo and...
Exclusive Interview With Dr. Rhadi Ferguson, Judo Olympian & BJJ Black Belt Part 1
Jul 08, 2014BJJEE
Dr. Rhadi Bullard Ferguson is a Bahamian-American mixed martial arts trainer, strength and conditioning coach, motivational speaker, and black belt in judo and Brazilian...
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...
Before Metamoris 4, Chael Sonnen Fails 2nd Test; Positive For HGH, EPO
Jun 29, 2014BJJEE
Chael Sonnen’s problems with PEDs are nowhere near finished. After the NSAC revealed that Chael Sonnen for banned substances on May 24th, he announced his retirement from...
Serbia’s Aleksandar Rajacic Talks Seminars For Flood Victims & Growth Of BJJ In Serbia
Jun 19, 2014BJJEE
Serbian BJJ black belt Aleksandar Rajacic talks to BJJ Eastern Europe about his BJJ journey, the humanitarian seminars he has organised for victims of the recent Balkan floods, his upcoming...
Alexander Trans: ‘It’ll Take A Long Time For Europeans To Catch Up With Brazilians’
Jun 17, 2014BJJEE
The IBJJF Worlds moved to the USA in in 2007, most of the major champions are teaching in the US or abroad and Brazilians are still dominating all the weight classes at least at black...
Josh Barnett: “I See BJJ As Taking Place In The Gi.”
Jun 11, 2014BJJEE
Josh Barnett is a catch wrestler (type of submission wrestling) and has a controversial relationship with BJJ. Barnett competed at the World Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championships in...
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....
Three-Peat Champion Buchecha On Roger Gracie’s Return: ‘It Will Be Interesting”
Jun 03, 2014BJJEE
Marcus Buchecha made history last Sunday taking the absolute final of the World Jiu-Jitsu Championships for the third time in a row. The Checkmat athlete surpassed his nemesis...
Demian Maia On Breaking Two Fight Losing Streak & Facing Dangerous Russian Fighter Alexander Yakovlev
May 29, 2014BJJEE
For the first time in his career, Demian Maia will go into a UFC cage coming off two straight losses. The São Paulo native, lost to Jake Shields and Rory MacDonald recently, had never...
Rollin’ In Dakar: The Rise of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in West Africa (full film)
May 24, 2014BJJEE
BJJ seminars, MMA exhibitions, traditional Laamb wrestling, and a beach tournament in West Africa. “Rollin’ in Dakar” is the prequel to a film which will go into production early...
Carlson Gracie UK’s Wilson Junior on The Old Days in Rio, His Journey To Europe & Carlson Gracie Mentality.
May 11, 2014BJJEE
Wilson Junior, head instructor of Carlson Gracie UK and the star of the popular videos ‘Wilson rants‘ talks to BJJ Eastern Europe about his amazing Jiu-Jitsu and life story: 1. Hi...
IPPON Cup 3, June 6th, Czech Republic
May 09, 2014BJJEE
GENERAL REGULATION Date: Saturday 7. 6. 2014 Place: hall ZŠ Pionýrů 400, Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic Promoter: GB Draculino, web: www.gbdraculino.cz Mgr. Robin Javorek, mobil:...
Khabib Nurmagomedov Vs Bear Part 2; This Time As An Adult
May 07, 2014BJJEE
A few months ago, a video went viral on youtube. It featured 2 young boys wrestling a bear cub. One of the boys was rumored to have been UFC lightweight prospect Khabib Nurmagomedov. Khabib has...
Brandon Hetzler, Rickson Gracie Black Belt, On Training With Rickson & Marcelo & Bringing Back The Samurai Spirit
May 06, 2014BJJEE
Hi Brandon, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ Community of Eastern Europe? First, thank you for doing this interview, I am truly honored. My name is Brandon Hetzler and I’m...
BJJEE Rising Stars: Erno Elgland On Why Finland Is So Good At BJJ, Preparing For The Worlds & Ice Cream Addiction
Apr 29, 2014BJJEE
Erno Elgland is one of the best brown belts in Europe. This Finnish brown belt from the famous Hilti academy, talks to BJJ Eastern Europe about his Jiu-Jitsu journey, his Judo and Greco...
Mexico’s Dan Schon On Winning The Worlds At Every Belt Except Black & The BJJ Scene In Mexico
Apr 23, 2014BJJEE
Dan Schon is a BJJ black belt under Rodrigo Medeiros (BJJ Revolution Team) and a Freestyle Wrestling champion. He has achieved the amazing feat of having won the IBJJF worlds at every...
BJJEE Rising Stars: Taylor ‘The Terror’ Guerra
Apr 12, 2014BJJEE
Taylor Guerra is the #1 ranked Naga Illinois Nogi Girl for 17 & under with a current record 109w 17L 92 SUBMISSIONS Naga 27* Champion, and all this at the young age of 13 years old!...
Two Unique Setups To Score The Single Leg Takedown
Mar 25, 2014
Much like Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as a whole, the art of the takedown is ever-evolving and is becoming a major focal point for grapplers everywhere. When I first started training, I...
UFC’s ‘Russian’ Fighters: ‘We Lived In Tents With Soldiers Shooting At Us. In The Cage, It’s Just A Man. There’s Some Perspective’
Mar 14, 2014BJJEE
The Russian invasion of the UFC is happening. For Many of these tough fighters, fighting in the UFC is not that hard compared to what they’ve lived through back home. MMAJunkie...
Sambo Champion Vladislav Koulikov: ‘Sambo Is The Best Compliment To BJJ’
Mar 10, 2014BJJEE
Vladislav Koulikov has been training in the Russian martial art of Sambo from a very young age in Moscow. Since moving to the USA, he has trained and competed in submission grappling &...
Top 5 BJJ Competitions In South East Europe
Mar 10, 2014BJJEE
South East Europe is truly a region where Jiu-Jitsu is growing very fast. There are so many countries tightly connected and it is very easy to travel from country to country. It’s...
BJJEE Review: Odin IBJJF legal belt color rash guard
Mar 02, 2014bjjee
By Marcus Buur Today a package arrived from Odin Fightwear. Inside was the new Odin IBJJF compliant, belt coloured rashguard. I decided to try it out down at the new Malmö Bjj-club Art of Roll....
