Tournaments

  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 …

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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 …

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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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American Nationals 2012!!!! We took a relatively small team to the 2012 IBJJF American Nationals (I assume most are still recovering from the Las Vegas Open trip LOL), 5 competition team guys in all, yet we came home with some serious hardware. I got GOLD in my Gi division after two fights, GOLD in the NoGi division after one fight, and bronze in the Gi absolute after another two fights at the american nationals 2012.  Brown belt and El Dorado Hills Jiu Jitsu instructor Eliot Kelly took …

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