Shawn Cox and Billy English both fought hard and earned a bronze medal at the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation's 2015 NoGi World Championships. A lot of work goes into preparing for a tournament. More so than we can adequately describe. So, congratulations to both of them! If you are wondering what "NoGi" means, here's an explanation: … [Read more...] about Yemaso BJJ Produces Two NoGi World Medalists
Yemaso BJJ Produces Four World Medalists
Yemaso Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is proud to share that we have four martial artists who became world medalists after the 2015 World Master International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships this last weekend. The team went to Las Vegas to compete for some of the highest honors. In addition, we have one undisputed WORLD CHAMPION! … [Read more...] about Yemaso BJJ Produces Four World Medalists
Yemaso BJJ 3rd Quarter Update
New Classes Added to the Schedule As we get ready to head into the final quarter of the year, we are very excited to announce we are opening two new time slots for classes. Starting Thursday, September 24th we are adding a class time to Tuesdays and Thursdays during the lunch hour. The classes will be from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. We encourage everyone who can make the lunch hour training to participate, as it is a perfect time to break up your day and feel refreshed to get back to work. … [Read more...] about Yemaso BJJ 3rd Quarter Update
American Nationals
Team Yemaso went out and represented the team very well at the American Nationals IBJJF tournament. A photo posted by Yemaso Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (@sacramentobjj) on Jul 13, 2015 at 5:16pm PDT Professor Torregrosa had the following to say about the experience: … [Read more...] about American Nationals
Discounted Memberships for Service Men & Women
We would like to officially announce an update and revision to our membership pricing structure. At this point, we are not raising any prices for our membership options; we are quite happy about being able to keep our prices stable while adding more square footage to our facilities, a dedicated changing room, better mats, and moving to a new location. Today we are ecstatic to announce a permanent update to our pricing structure as it relates to police officers and service men/women. … [Read more...] about Discounted Memberships for Service Men & Women
Yemaso BJJ Hosts Gianni Grippo
This past Saturday, June 6th, Yemaso Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy had the distinct pleasure of hosting multiple time world champion Gianni Grippo. Gianni has traveled the world and, much like instructor Marcos "Yemaso" Torregrosa, has learned from the best on his way to becoming one of the best. Gianni Grippo's accomplishments: 4 Time International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation World Champion 2008 Juvenile Blue Belt Featherweight 2009 Blue Belt Light-Featherweight 2011 Purple … [Read more...] about Yemaso BJJ Hosts Gianni Grippo