Sacramento based Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor, Marcos "Yemaso" Torregrosa traveled to Brazil in order to face the formidable challenge of the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation's tournament dubbed "Brazilian Nationals." This tournament, considered by martial art authorities, is arguable the most difficult tournament to win; Brazilian Nationals hosts many top athletes who never have the support to make it over to compete in other major tournaments which have moved to the United States …
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Yemaso BJJ Brings Back 3rd Team Title in a Row from IBJJF SF Open
San Francisco International Open 1 - Ralph Gracie - 214 2 - Caio Terra Association - 193 3 - Yemaso Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - 133 4 - Gracie Barra - 122 5 - Atos Jiu-Jitsu - 121 Yemaso BJJ the first Sacramento team to ever win an IBJJF team trophy, has come away with it's third consecutive IBJJF team trophy for our efforts in the 2015 International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation San Francisco Open! Below is a list of the athletes who medaled and the division they fought in: WHITE / Adult …
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Jiu-Jitsu: One of the Best Activities for Families
If You are Looking for Activities for Families Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu just might be everything you are looking for in an activity, that you don't know about. Until now. Parents understand that sports provide great benefits for their children. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu offers many of the same benefits that other sports, like little league soccer for example, offers to kids, but Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu does much more. We are excited about the new kids program, and that is coming along very well. We are …
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Yemaso BJJ Kids Classes Start 1/5/2015
The Kids’ Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Program at Yemaso BJJ will follow a curriculum designed so that they will learn and continuously practice the fundamentals of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, as well as progress onward to learn different techniques each time they attend class. This program is excellent for kids to get into shape and make new friends at the same time. Classes include warm ups, new techniques, drills, live rolls, and games. The Kids’ Jiu-Jitsu at Yemaso BJJ is designed to teach …
2014 A Year in Review
Yemaso BJJ 2014 Accomplishments We started 2014 on a good note. For the second year in a row our Sacramento Jiu-Jitsu academy went to the San Francisco International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation tournament, and brought back a team title. Our small team was able to accomplish a second place team trophy with some outstanding efforts from the entire team. We shared the podium with two other powerhouses in Caio Terra & Atos, both of which boast international associations and teams that are …
Autism Awareness Open Mat in Rocklin
Yemaso BJJ went to support an event for autism awareness in Rocklin at Infinite BJJ. It was a fun event where we got to strengthen friendships with other local brazilian jiu-jitsu athletes with a lot of socializing, and, of course, a lot of rolling! But, more importantly, we were glad to be able to contribute in some way to the cause of autism. Good times! …