GMA Team Yemaso will be in attendance at the 2013 IBJJF San Francisco Open, how about you?

The IBJJF San Francisco Open on Feb. 24 is filling with large groups of athletes from academies all over. From white belt to black belt, the teams are sending their troops in for a chance to win a medal and the title of champion in the bay area.

Registration is ending soon, on Saturday Feb. 16 at 12 midnight PT. Don’t miss out on your chance to compete against an eclectic group of competitors. Sign up here!

Some notable academies sending over their athletes are:

• Brazilian Top Team
• Cleber Jiu-Jitsu
• Gracie Fighter
• Ralph Gracie
• Yemaso Jiu-Jitsu

As far as the names are concerned, some athletes who you’d be able to catch in action are:

• Kurt Osiander
• Augusto Osvaldo Queixinho
• Manuel Diaz
• Gustavo Pires
• Brian Morizi
• Itabora Ferreira

We hope to see you there and if you can’t make it all the way to the Bay Area, you can catch GRACIEMAG.com coverage through our various social media outlets:

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Don’t miss the IBJJF Houston Open! Registration ends Feb 8 at www.ibjjf.org!

The IBJJF Houston Open has been the place to be in February since 2010. Big names from all over, at every belt level travel to the lone star state for IBJJF’s annual competition.

In previous years, the names we saw were from multiple teams, as the Texas land and surrounding states hold hubs for many. In the past years we’ve seen the competition flooded by Andre Galvao, Mendes Bros, Pablo Silva, Justin Rader, Bill Cooper, JT Torres, Jimmy Harbison, Stephen Hall, Bruno Bastos, Danny Alvarez, Ryan Hall and more.

Because of the growing Jiu-Jitsu community in Texas and their many teams, we can expect even more attendees to face off for the Houston Open title. Already confirmed are competitors stemming from Lovato Jiu-Jitsu, Paragon, Gracie Barra, Alliance, GF Team, Soul Fighters, Nova Uniao, Lloyd Irvin, Carlson Gracie, BJJ Revolution to name a few!

Will you be one of them?

The tournament will be held on February 16-17 at Jerabeck Activity and Athletic Center: 3800 Montrose Boulevard  Houston TX, 77006.

Registration ends on February 8 and you can register at www.ibjjf.org.

Stay tuned for more information regarding schedule and brackets! Hope to see you there.