Archives for March 2016

This past weekend, Yemaso BJJ took a small group of competitors to the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation's Pan American Championship in Irvine, CA.  This tournament is the largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament held in the greater American continent.  It is not uncommon for a martial artist's division to have over one-hundred competitors all vying for the gold medal and opportunity to earn the distinction of Panamerican champion. We brought six medals back to Sacramento, and three of …

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Our head instructor, Marcos "Yemaso" Torregrosa traveled to New York City to compete in the NYC ADCC Trials, a satellite tournament, to win an all expense paid trip to the United Arab Emirates for a chance to compete in the World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup.  The ADCC Trials, is a tournament that you have to win in order to get a ticket to compete in another much larger and more prestigious tournament. The World Jiu-Jitsu Pro is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the grappling …

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