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The first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Maryland, Virginia, and the Washington DC area and the ONLY one that offers 4 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belts from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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9/4/2008 - Yamasaki Richmond - Fernando "Margarida" Pontes will conduct a seminar Sept 13th Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion, Fernando "Marg...

7/17/2008 - Yamasaki Black Belt Cadu Francis will be in the DC Metro area Cadu Francis (bronze medalist at the World Champio...

7/14/2008 - Congratulations to the new Yamasaki Black Belts!!! The new YJJ Black Belts are: Mike Crawford, Brian ...

6/29/2008 - July 19th - The Gladiator MMA Event has been postponed until August 30th! Classes on their regular schedule this weekend....

6/29/2008 - July 13th - Everyone is invited! We meet at the Rockville location 6am, and carpool down to the Yamaski Richmond Lets visit our friends at Mechanicsville Martial A...

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Jiu-Jitsu or "the gentle art" originated in Japan was brought to Brazil in the early 1900 by Mitsuyo Maeda. One of his students, named Carlos Gracie, quickly modified the classical Jiu-Jitsu techniques to meet the needs of real, "no rules" streetfighting.

The Kids' Program was born in 1999. We not only teach the basic character-building traits like discipline, respect and confidence; but we also teach real self defense skills. We promote non-violent resolutions to conflict.