US Open Results: El Dorado Hills Brazilian JiuJitsu near Cameron Park

     Great job to the team and competitors from the US OPEN! In the kids division we had two competitors Sky and Nico compete on Saturday. They both did an amazing job preparing for one of the toughest kids tournaments in Northern California both finishing with a medal in hand. Great job to all of the yellow belts making a dedicated contribution to seeing these guys train in anticipation of the US Open! 

     For the adults, Aryn, one of our ladies, participated in her first tournament as a white belt. She was all smiles from her warm up all the way to the end of the day! She fell short of a medal this time, but we are very excited to see her potential as a competitor and a great martial artist! 

     In the blue belts, Kevin and Jordan took the mats on Saturday. Kevin showed great improvement this year beating a tough competitor had suffered a loss to earlier in the year by more than 15 points. He didn't make it to the medal podium but we are very excited to see his improvement as 2013 comes to a close. Keep being relentless Kevin! Jordan won by submission in his first match and fell to the sneaky baseball bat in his second. He is another competitor with great improvement, and finished with a Bronze! 

     Eliot took gold in his division beating a veteran black belt Samir Chantre who requested to bump up in weight to get a match. This won the division for Eliot, and placed him in the absolute tournament. He fell short by an advantage in his first match. Great job to all the competitors and team helping them get out there and  compete!!!! 

Kids Results: 

Sky - Silver

Nico - Silver

Adults Results:

Jordan - Bronze

Eliot - Gold 

US OPEN 2013 Highlight Video:

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Jiu-Jitsu Tournament Results: US OPEN

      This past weekend, on October 6 & 7, the US Open XVII Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament was held in San Jose, CA. El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters Eliot Kelly, Jordan Hernandez, Todd Jones, Kyle Parker, Kevin Brownell, Frank Richmond, Marshall Ayre, and Jerel Tengan competed under Team Yemaso Jiu Jitsu. 
         Day one of the tournament saw strong efforts from Marshall Ayre and Jordan Hernandez. Jordan took charge of his weight class and finished with a gold medal, while Marshall fought hard in his first competitive match! On day two Eliot took gold in his division and went on to take third in the absolute division, while both Todd and Jerel brought home silver medals in their weight class!
      It was a great day for our team! Not only did each individual show their best effort, but Team Yemaso Jiu Jitsu set a new precedent by being the first team to bring home a team title to the Sacramento area! Team Yemaso was on the podium twice with a second place finish in the juvenile team competition and a third place finish in the adult team competition.
More than any medal, the best part of the weekend was seeing our team compete together while being able to look into the stands and see so many supporters! Friends, family members, and teammates were all their to cheer for our competitions....and nothing beats that!

     A big thank you to everyone who made a contribution to getting these fighters prepared physically and mentally for this event! We are very excited about our performance as a team and can't wait to get out there for the next opportunity to represent Sacramento Jiu-Jitsu! 
     For some great photos and video of the tournament click the link below:

US OPEN JIUJITSU Gracie mag PHOTO

US OPEN JIUJITSU VIDEO

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