Fifth degree Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt and head instructor of Yamasaki Academy, Fernando Yamasaki, will christen the 2012 Black Belt Seminar Series for Women on Saturday, January 21st. Fernando, coach of five female world champion medalists, will break down the subtleties of the mount for women as smaller, more technique-oriented players. The fun will not end when participants leave the Academy, but will continue at Yuraku Sushi (*please note change from Taipei Tokyo listed on flyer) for post-seminar sushi and team building.
Join Fernando Saturday, January 21st from 1-3 PM at Yamasaki Headquarters in Rockville, MD. Registration is only $15 and open to the first fifteen participants to ensure intensive and individualized instruction. Register before Friday, January 20th at noon to reserve your place on the mat. See event flyer below for complete details. For more information and to register, contact YamasakiGiGirls@gmail.com.
Yamasaki Academy Launches Black Belt Seminar Series for Women
Yamasaki Academy is pleased to announce the start of its newest program, the 2012 Black Belt Seminar Series for Women. Each month showcases a different Yamasaki black belt teaching techniques geared towards the game of women’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Seminar topics range from butterfly and half guard sweeps to standing guard passes and a special armbar sequence. Featured black belts include: Fernando Yamasaki, Joe Cunningham, Ahmed El Ghandour, Bennett Fisher, David Jacobs, Mark Jones, Francisco Neto, Luis Pantoja, Morgann Paraskevas, Klint Radwani and Salvatore Sanguinetti. Full schedule and details to be released shortly.
As the goal is to promote and raise the level of women’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, participants pay only $15 per seminar – discounted seminar packages available.
Fernando Yamasaki kicks off the year with a seminar on the mount on Saturday, January 21, 2012. For more information or to sign up, contact YamasakiGiGirls@gmail.com
Black belt Morgann Paraskevas is having a seminar on JAN 7th starting at 1PM at the Yamasaki Columbia, MD location.
All Yamasaki students can attend for $10.00
For the location of the school click go here: http://www.grappling.com/academies/columbia-md/.
Fernando Yamasaki received two awards from the Brazilian Wrestling Federation.
One award for his dedication as a competitor for representing Brazil on the National Team and another for being a coach for Brazil. Congratulations!
Lucas Yamasaki promoted!
Next BJJ belt promotion for our adults is on December 3rd starting 11am at the Academy HQ in Rockville.
Also that will be our next all academies class, so we’d like to see EVERYONE here!!!
This is our last all academies class for the year of 2011!!!
See you on the mat!!
We are closed from Thursday to Sunday for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Classes resume Monday.
Starting Monday, November 7th, we are adding 2 more classes to our kids Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program at our Rockville location!
Mondays and Wednesdays from 5 to 6pm.
Our goal is to always provide the best teaching and the most convenience to our students and their families and by adding these classes we believe it will not only improve our children’s technique by giving them more training time but also give you more options.
Please contact us at the Yamasaki Academy for more info in how to upgrade you child/children’s membership.
Thank you and let’s train!
Congratulations to all Yamasaki Team competitors this past weekend at Miami Open, Copa NOVA (we took 1st place as a team) and at Operation Octagon! Keep training hard and bringing the medals!
Results: http://copanovabjj.com/?category_name=spring-2011-team-results
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