July 10th - Congratulations to all of the members of the Youth BJJ Program that participated in US Grappling's Jr Championships.  Everyone fought hard and displayed a great deal of heart.

Everyone keep training hard for August 7th USG Dominion Championships !

Starting July 6th we will be implimenting a new schedule.

Along with the new schedule we will be adding additional programs and classes.

The new programs include the reintroductions of our Adult Muay Thai Program and we are starting a Youth Muay Thai Program.

In addition to our Muay Thai Programs we have added an Adult Kali and Adult Yoga Program.

Womengrappling.org 's Women's Camp was a huge success.

There were 26 women from across the country in attendence.

Thanks to Valerie Worthington and Emily Kwok for putting together a great camp.

Check out Yamasaki Training Center's Facebook page for pictures.

Josh Tyler goes 7-0 in the Dominican Republic.

Josh won his fight via head & arm choke 1/2 way through the 2nd round bringing his record to 7-0 and bring his amateur career to a perfect end.  The 1st round was a tough one against a very game opponent that displayed fast-heavy hitting hands and good takedown defense.  The 2nd round displayed Josh's dominate ground skills as he sunk in the choke just seconds after a double leg against the fence landing in side control where Josh immediately setup the head & arm choke.

Congratulations to everyone that was promoted on June 12th, 2010.

Keith Parknow - Brown belt
Dan Staats - Brown belt
Matt Fuller - Purple belt
Jacob Mullen - Blue belt
Nick Page - Blue belt
Louis Prestipino - Blue belt
Tyler Wright - Yellow belt

Thanks to Abmar Barbosa for teaching a wonderful seminar.

Congratulations to MMA/YJJ's Assistant Instructor Keith Parknow for taking home the gold in his Pan Am division.  This makes Keith's 3rd year in a row winning 1st place in this international competition.

http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2010pan.htm

PURPLE BELT SENIOR 1

Also, Tony Wayne wins his division at the Pan Am's by winning all 4 fights via submission.

Blue Belt Senior 2

Middle

Way to go guys !!! All the hard work continues to pay off.

Congratulations to MMA/YJJ's friend Abmar Barbosa for taking 2nd place in the Black Belt Middle weight division, beating 2 of the tournament favors Kron Gracie and Lucas Leite.