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...
Royce Gracie Threatens Eddie Bravo After Metamoris, Bravo Confirms Incident On Radio Show
Mar 31, 2014BJJEE
Last night at Metamoris 3, Eddie Bravo and Royler Gracie put on a riveting 20-minute sport jiu-jitsu match that was a rematch of their famous 2003 match at ADCC. Although the fight...
French Black Belt Samir ‘The Sandman’ Bensaid On His Choke Specialties & The French BJJ Scene
Mar 20, 2014BJJEE
BJJ Eastern Europe caught up with French black belt and choke specialist Samir Bensaid. He is the inventor of the famous ‘Muay Thai choke‘ or the ‘Zidane guard pass‘....
President Of Croatian BJJ Federation Bojan Mirkovic On Competitions In The Region & His Upcoming Seminar In Skopje
Mar 14, 2014BJJEE
The president of the BJJ federation of Bojan Mirkovic, talks to BJJEE about his background, his relationship with Fabricio Werdum, the BJJ Eastern Europe tournament and his upcoming...
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...
Rafael Mendes: “Cris Cyborg’s Ground Game Is Superior To Ronda Rousey’s.”
Mar 06, 2014BJJEE
The Women’s MMA DREAM MATCH would be to see UFC champion Ronda Rousey vs Cris Cyborg , champion of Invicta FC. With Cyborg saying that she’ll drop to 135 pounds to face...
Marcelo Alonso On The Old Days With Carlson Gracie, His Academy In Seattle & His Upcoming BJJ Camp In Greece
Feb 26, 2014BJJEE
Master Marcelo Alonso is one of the most respected BJJ instructors in America. This old school student of Carlson Gracie moved to America in 1997 and is settled in Seattle. In this interview with BJJ...
Is Breast Size An Issue In Women’s BJJ?
Feb 22, 2014BJJEE
I was reading an article from ESPN The Magazine’s ‘The Body Issue’ and the subject was women athletes and how they deal with having breasts in competition. The article...
Interview With Gustavo Galvao, Andre’s Brother, On His Atos Academy In Barcelona
Feb 12, 2014BJJEE
Gustavo Galvao, Andre’s brother, talks to BJJ Eastern Europe about his new Atos academy in Barcelona, Spain. His trainings with Atos back in Brazil and the Jiu-Jitsu scene in Spain: Can you...
Learn How To Develop Superior Grip Strength for BJJ From Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro
Feb 06, 2014BJJEE
Establishing good grips in BJJ and Judo is so important as very often when you dominate the grip battle and establish your dominant grips you can control and dominate your opponent. I personally work...
(Video) Battle Of The Titans @Copa Podio: Rodolfo Vieira vs Travis Stevens
Feb 03, 2014BJJEE
Check out the semi final of the 2014 Copa Podio heavyweight GP between Rodolfo Vieira and Olympic Judoka and BJJ black belt Travis Stevens:
Learn A Takedown For BJJ: The Sasae Foot Sweep With BJ Penn
Feb 03, 2014BJJEE
UFC legend and BJJ World Champion, BJ Penn, shows you the sasae tsurikomi ashi judo throw that is very simple and effective in competition.
BJJEE Rising Stars: Maryanne Mullahy, IBJJF Number 1 Ranked Female Brown Belt No Gi
Jan 15, 2014BJJEE
Maryanne Mullahy trains and teaches out of Absolute MMA/Maromba in Melbourne, Australia. This world class brown belt won the Worlds as a blue belt in California in 2008, came second in purple...
Great Video: ‘Sambo Is Larger Than Life; 2013 Highlights’
Jan 14, 2014BJJEE
Sambo is a Russian martial art and combat sport. The word “SAMBO” is an acronym for SAMozashchita Bez Oruzhiya, which literally translates as “self-defense without...
Seminar Report: Rickson Gracie ‘Invisible Jiu-Jitsu’ Seminar At The Gracie Academy
Dec 31, 2013BJJEE
“little” Tony Pacenski (http://www.soulfight.net/) attended the Rickson Gracie “Invisible Jiu-Jitsu’ seminar at the Gracie academy in Los Angeles and wrote this seminar report...
Clark Gracie: “My Father Carley Was The First Gracie In The US & Came Up With The Name ‘Gracie Jiu-Jitsu’
Dec 20, 2013BJJEE
Clark Gracie in an in depth interview with Grapplearts.com covered a wide range of topics from his father Carley Gracie being the first Gracie to come to the US, he also talked about how he...
Rio Grappling Club Armenia, First BJJ Club in Armenia
Dec 11, 2013BJJEE
BJJ in the Caucasus is growing clubs in Azerbaijan and Chechnya popping up. Armenia is a country with a strong wrestling and judo culture so it’s only normal that BJJ would grtow there....
What’s in Your BJJ Gym Bag? Travis Stevens
Dec 08, 2013BJJEE
Between weight training, BJJ and Judo, Team Fuji Athlete Travis Stevens keeps busy! Have you ever wondered what the top athletes keep with them in their gear bag? Today Travis shows you all of...
Gene LeBell vs Milo Savage 1963
Dec 08, 2013bjjee
Gene LeBell, one of the pioneers of modern grappling and mma, had a defining fight back in 1963 where he fought a challenge match vs boxer Milo Savage. Gene had trained in boxing, catch wrestling and...
World Class Brown Belt Sebastian Brosche: “If you are into BJJ for the long run, then Yoga is your greatest tool to stay healthy and nimble, no matter how old you get.”
Nov 29, 2013BJJEE
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 in Oslo...
Paulo Filho Is Back, Healthy & Will Fight At Welterweight
Nov 27, 2013BJJEE
A BJJ black belt under Carlson Gracie , Paulo Filho was once considered the world’s number one fighter at middle weight after reaching the final of the Pride Grand Prix and winning the...
Rising Star Edwin Najmi On His Training Under Romulo Barral & His Armenian Roots
Nov 23, 2013BJJEE
Edwin Najmi is a world class purple belt active competitor who trains under BJJ legend Romilo Barral. He also runs agreat FB page and website Best Of BJJ. Check out what this rising star has...
