Marcos Torregrosa

Jiu-Jitsu Seminar in Bay Area (Donation Based)

November 6, 2013 By Marcos Torregrosa Leave a Comment

I have been given a tremendous opportunity to support an important cause and I hope to help bring more participants to the seminar on the 19th. This is an event open to ALL. It does not matter the school or affiliation and I look forward to getting on the mats with all of you and sharing some of my ideas! Please find me on facebook if you have any questions at: http://www.facebook.com/yemaso If you do the twitter thing instead, I'm @marcosyemaso See you …

Jiu-Jitsu Tournament Season Update 2013

September 19, 2013 By Marcos Torregrosa Leave a Comment

In the last several weeks, I was blessed with the opportunity to compete two times back to back; first at the IBJJF Las Vegas Open and, most recently, at the IBJJF Chicago Open. Both were tremendous experiences filled with emotion and they were so close to each other that it felt like it was a extended dream! Las Vegas Vegas is always a great trip for me. Besides the obvious enjoyment of being in such an intoxicating city, I regularly compete here. The last couple editions of …

Marcos “Yemaso” Torregrosa Tours Puerto Rico to Teach Jiu-Jitsu

May 7, 2013 By Marcos Torregrosa Leave a Comment

I am very fortunate to have been able to return to Puerto Rico for the last two weeks to teach Jiu-Jitsu. Not only did the island bless me with heritage and culture, a constant influence in my youth, but also a wealth of new and existing Puerto Rican Jiu-Jitsu practitioners that look to me with a sense of pride. Every time I go I am received with the curiosity of puerto rican bjj aficionados, and the warmth of the hometown Puerto Rican crowd. I appeared in one of the biggest newspapers on …

What it was like to train with Marcelo Garcia

April 22, 2013 By Marcos Torregrosa Leave a Comment

Wow what a weekend! This marks the first time that Team Yemaso competes on two different coasts , with the American Cup on the west coast and the IBJJF New York Open on the east! This is historic in that we are still a relatively small team but have extended our influence in the competitive arena to a nationwide level. Team Yemaso did not disappoint bringing back a number of medals from the American Cup & the IBJJF New York Open. Coach and black belt Eliot Kelly also got in the mix and …

Marcos is an IBJJF Panamerican Black Belt Champion!

March 24, 2013 By Marcos Torregrosa Leave a Comment

Marcos realized a huge personal goal this last weekend. He attained his first IBJJF Pan American Gold medal. After a major campaign and lots of work, he had the following to say via facebook the next day: Good morning!!! As I wake up this morning the reality of a goal realized sinks in and I can reflect on both its merits and my next steps. I am humbled by my experience yesterday as I Was able to fight very well with men I studied and have come to esteem at a deep level. No one here …

San Francisco 2013 Open

March 3, 2013 By Marcos Torregrosa Leave a Comment

Team Yemaso Wins IBJJF Team Title at the IBJJF San Francisco 2013 Open Last weekend was busy for Team Yemaso! Saturday I met with fellow Team Yemaso coach Eliot Kelly from EDHBJJ to attend the 2013 IBJJF Referee Course to update myself on the current changes to the rules. Whether you like them or not, we all play by rules and in my humble opinion it is IMPERATIVE to learn them. One of the biggest crimes of our sport is undereducated practitioners, not just the competitors but the refs …

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