Jiu-Jitsu superstar, Marcos Buchecha Almeida; “I’m focusing on the Worlds”
Apr 17, 2012BJJEE
Buchecha’s biography from BJJ Heroes Marcus Almeida “Buchecha” is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Rodrigo Cavaca with an impressive resume. Before completing his twentieth birthday...
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...
Interview with Carlos “Carlao” Santos the man who developed Jiu-Jitsu to make it a state sport in the Emirates
Apr 12, 2012BJJEE
“Carlao” is a 3-time World Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu heavyweight champion. Carlos’s Jiu-Jitsu career started in 1993 at the famous Carlson Gracie Academy in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro,...
Bosnian BJJ black belt, Slaven Planinic, talks to us about his journey in BJJ and his love for Filipino Martial arts
Apr 11, 2012BJJEE
1. Hi Slaven can you please introduce yourself to our readers? My name is Slaven Planinic 39 years old,from Mostar,Bosnia and Hercegovina,owner and head coach at Inosanto Mixed Martial Arts –...
Watch out black belts! Pan Am 2012 revelation, brown belt weight & absolute champion Renato Cardoso from Check Mat
Apr 06, 2012BJJEE
Original article by Junior Samurai in GracieMag He got the tapout in all nine of the matches he was in at the 2012 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Irvine, California, snapping up gold in the...
PAN AMS 2012 PLAY BY PLAY! Saturday March 31
Mar 30, 2012BJJEE
Tune in here at 9am California time or 6pm Paris or Belgrade time on Saturday and Sunday (March 31 April 1rst) for the live play by play right here on BJJ EASTERN EUROPE!To go to Sunday April...
BJJ Eastern Europe Techniques: Reverse De La Riva to back take to Bow & arrow choke
Mar 29, 2012BJJEE
Elliott Bayev (Russian roots) , head BJJ instructor at Open Mat MMA http://openmat.ca/ in Toronto Canada shows us some nice nice options from the reverse DLR guard
Interview with BJJ globetrotter, BJJ black belt Dimitris Tsitos from Greece who has competed/trained/lived in 6 continents. Part 1
Mar 28, 2012BJJEE
Dimitris in Bali, Indonesia 1. Dimitris can you please introduce yourself to our readers? Hi, my name is Dimitrios Tsitos and I am 32 years old. I was born and raised in Athens, Greece, were I also...
Xande is back! Xande Ribeiro talks about his competition goals in 2012, his new school,and shares some wisdom about Jiu-Jitsu
Mar 21, 2012BJJEE
1. Xande, first of all congratulations on winning the San Diego trials. What can we expect from you competition wise in 2012? Xande and Saulo Ribeiro training in Hawaii After couple years strugling...
BJJ Eastern Europe training reports: Rio Grappling Club Serbia
Mar 20, 2012BJJEE
This is a first edition in a series of training reports that I will be conducting in my travels around the world in the future. In May, I will be spending 2 weeks in Paris and will be training at the...
Christos Markez of Gracie Barra Greece speaks of the growth of BJJ in Greece
Mar 16, 2012BJJEE
1. Hi Cristos, can you please introduce yourself to our readers? Hello my name is Christos K. Markez, i started training martial arts with Kung Fu at the age of 12 in total i trained around 8 years,...
Exclusive interview with Vale Tudo and Jiu-Jitsu legend Jorge Pereira (Rickson Gracie black belt)
Mar 14, 2012BJJEE
1. Jorge, can you tell the Eastern European BJJ community about yourself and your journey in bjj and Vale Tudo/MMA? I’m Jorge Pereira , 48 years old , from Rio de Janeiro – Brasil ....
Gameness Elite Gi review
Mar 10, 2012BJJEE
The words and images that come to my mind when I think of Gameness gis are: the famous Gameness pitbull logo, good quality, thick collar, heavy duty pants.. . All positive things. My first Gameness...
Guilherme & Rafael Mendes give us an insight about their goals for 2012, their training & conditioning regimen, nutrition, and their opponents
Mar 08, 2012BJJEE
Guilherme (left) and Rafael Mendes (right) 1. Hi Rafael and Guilherme, it’s a great honor for us at bjjeasteurope.com to have you on our humble website. You have many fans in Eastern Europe!...
Turkey’s Ertan Balaban talks us about why he’s putting his promising MMA career on hold and refocusing on BJJ
Mar 05, 2012BJJEE
Ertan Balaban (Center) Ertan can you please introduce yourself to our readers? Hello, my name is Ertan Balaban I am 29 years old and I am from İstanbul, Turkey. I started to train martial arts...
Who was the first European to win a gold medal at the BJJ Worlds in the black belt division? Laurence Cousin Fouillat of France!
Mar 02, 2012BJJEE
Thanks to my friends at BJJ Heroes and IKUSA.FR for the original article Worlds 2007 The French Laurence Cousin Fouillat is regarded as the first European female black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu...
BJJ’s main man in the Czech republic, Jungle BJJ’s Fernando Araujo talks about how he spread the “Jiu-Jitsu gospel”
Feb 24, 2012BJJEE
We had the pleasure to talk with Fernando Araujo who leads the Jungle BJJ (http://junglebjj.com/), the first BJJ academy in the Czech Republic. Fernando is a 2 time State Champion, National Circuit...
How to find your ideal weight for BJJ training and competition
Feb 18, 2012BJJEE
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a very demanding sport. You’re grabbing, pulling, pushing, getting thrown, and generally exerting a huge amount of energy. It is such a great workout that it is one of the...
World BJJ Champion Alexander Trans: “I want to win all the main titles at black belt, then make it to the UFC”
Feb 17, 2012BJJEE
We were very lucky to get a exclusive interview of one of the top European grapplers in recent history, the Dane Alexander Trans, from the Checkmat academy in Copenhagen (Arte Suave). Alexander made...
A Brazilian who brought BJJ to Albania, Paulo Rigon: “You tap countless times, get frustrated a thousand times but you never give up.”
Feb 10, 2012BJJEE
Paulo Rigon with his daughter Julia 1.Paulo, you are Brazilian, lived in the states, and now live in Albania where you teach BJJ. How on earth did that happen? My wife is Albanian and she always...
