Female Grappling Legend Hannette Staack: “If you specialize in some techniques, practice them so that people will not be able to defend them”
Sep 27, 2012BJJEE
Hannette Staack is arguably the best female jiu jitsu black belt in history. She is a black belt from Andre Negao. Hannette Staack is a 6 times world championship as wella as 3 time ADCC champion....
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...
Roger Gracie Black Belt, Nicholas Brooks On His Academy Mill Hill BJJ, The Growth Of BJJ In The UK, And His Academy in Slovakia
Sep 19, 2012BJJEE
1.Hi Nich, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe Nicholas Brooks, London UK, Black Belt, Roger Gracie Academy, Mill Hill BJJ (my academy) Europeans 4X, World...
Michele Nicolini “Girls Are More Technical Than Guys Because We Can’t Rely On Strength.”
Sep 17, 2012BJJEE
Michelle Nicolini is a 6x jiu jitsu world champion, European open weight champion and World Pro Cup Champion, Michelle Nicolini is also a black belt under ADCC 2007 absolute champion Robert Drysdale...
Kyra Gracie Wants to Face Ronda Rousey In A No Gi Submission Match
Sep 10, 2012BJJEE
Source: Tatame This would be a grappling dream match: “Ronda Rousey has been impressing the world with her MMA career. The six-win streak via armbar submissions have impressed even the...
Robert Drysdale On His MMA ambitions, The Mir-Nog Rivalry, & Why he thinks Jacare Would Beat Roger Gracie in MMA
Sep 05, 2012BJJEE
By Guilherme Cruz for Tatame magazine (Translated from Portuguese) “Robert Drysdale has a big collection of Jiu-Jitsu and Submission titles, like a golden medal at 2007th ADCC. But now he has...
Swedish BJJ Champion Arben Latifi On His BJJ Journey, His Kosovo Albanian roots & His Social Program for Youths
Aug 24, 2012BJJEE
1.Hi Arben, can you please intro yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe Arben Latifi 37 years old, my parents are Albanians from Kosova. I was born in Sweden. I am a black belt from...
Hungarian Black Belt Gabor Fodor on Carlson Gracie Mentality and BJJ in Hungary
Jul 25, 2012BJJEE
1.Please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe Gabor with a student My name is Gabor Fodor, I am 36 years old, from Budapest, Hungary. I am a BJJ black belt under Mihály...
Mixed Capoeira / BJJ competitor, Tereza de Souza on BJJ in Hungary and using Capoeira in BJJ
Jul 23, 2012BJJEE
1. Hi Tereza can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe? Hi! My name is Tereza Crisley Cordeiro de Souza , I am from Brazil but I live in Budapest, Hungary for the...
Romania’s Marius Varlan on his 8 years spent training & competing in BJJ in Japan
Jul 13, 2012BJJEE
1. Hi Marcus can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe? My name is Marius Varlan ( Mario ). Im 35 years old, 1.81cm and 93kg. I have been certified by Watanabe...
Demian Maia: “My plan was to grapple, and submit Dong Hyun Kim”
Jul 10, 2012BJJEE
Source: Tatame “Demian Maia’s welterweight debut in the UFC, this Saturday, at UFC 148, was a big one. The Brazilian defeated South Korean Dong Hyun Kim, via TKO, as he took his opponent...
Montenegro’s Boris Zunjic on why he moved to New York to train at Renzo Gracie’s academy
Jun 26, 2012BJJEE
1. Boris Hi can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe? My name is Boris Zunjic, I’m from Montenegro and am 35 years old. I am a member of the club Equipe...
Robert Drysdale: “Gi is my favorite. The possibilities are endless. Gi is like an Xbox 360, No Gi is an Atari..”
Jun 11, 2012BJJEE
Some questions in this interview were taken from Robert’s interview with Cagepotato Robert Drysdale is an 1/2 American 1/2 Brazilian Grappler, a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion and ADCC open...
2012 IBJJF Worlds Team Preview: Gracie Humaita
Jun 01, 2012BJJEE
Source TP Grant for bloodyelbow “The 2012 IBJJF Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champions are just around the corner and we are going to be delivering breakdowns of the major teams and their athletes...
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...
2012 Worlds Team Preview: Checkmat
May 31, 2012BJJEE
Source: T.P. Grant for http://www.bloodyelbow.com/“The 2012 IBJJF Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champions are just around the corner and we are going to be breakdowns of the major teams and their...
IBJJF Worlds 2012, Analysis & Predictions
May 28, 2012BJJEE
Source: The excellent J SHO for EFN This is the 17th Mundials of the modern era (1996 – ) and despite the absence of a number of Elite players due to injury, MMA or retirement (not least...
Mendes Brothers talk leg locks, competing in the absolute, and who is better between the two brothers in the gym
May 15, 2012BJJEE
Source: http://www.mendesbros.com/ You are both pretty young and you have already achieved great success in jiu-jitsu both with the gi and without the gi. You medaled in the most prestigious...
Rodolfo Vieira talks his preparation for the Worlds and his judo training
May 07, 2012BJJEE
Weight and Absolute Champion in 2011, Rodolfo Vieira comes ready for the Worlds this year, since the athlete from GFTeam shined in Abu Dhabi Pro, beating Roberto Tossa in the final of weight and by...
Why BJJ will never be in the Olympics
Apr 25, 2012BJJEE
Article written by JSHo on the MMA.tv forum As an Olympic year, the pipedream of BJJ or NoGi making it onto the programme is resurrected, I realised the article i wrote for On The Mat isnt accessible...
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....
Zeljko Drinovac, a Croatian brown belt living in New York, talks about training with Marcelo Garcia
Apr 23, 2012BJJEE
1. Hi Zeljko can you introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe? My name is Zeljko Drinovac, coming from Zagreb , Croatia. I’m a bjj brown belt and training at Marcelo Garcia...
Interview with Vedran Ikic from Croatia, World combat Ju-Jitsu and European BJJ champion
Apr 18, 2012BJJEE
1. Hi Vedran can you introduce yourself to the BJJ community of Eastern Europe? Hello my name is Vedran Ikic from Croatia, Zadar. I’m representing team Neves/Checkmat in Croatia through club...
Exclusive interview with WPJJC gold & silver medalist and Russian cop, Lena Zenkevitch
Apr 17, 2012BJJEE
Lena with Michelle Nicolini 1.Hi Lena can you please introduce yourself to our readers? Konichiwa everybody! My name is Lena “Kimatsu” Zenkevitch. I live and train in Vologda, Russia, together...
