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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GMA members Caio Terra and Marcos Torregrosa will be hosting seminars next week with world champions Leandro Lo and Luiza Monteiro. If you are in the area, head over as everyone is welcome!

Seminars will be on Friday, November 30 at Caio Terra BJJ located at 855 Park Avenue San Jose, CA 95126 starting 6:00pm and Sunday, December 2 at Yemaso Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy located at 5591 Sky Park Way Unit 401 Sacramento, CA 95823 starting at 10:00am.

The pair have been competing together for well over a year, supporting one another on and off the mats. After the Copa Kamikaze 8 competition in Brazil a year ago, Luiza said, “I get more pointers from him than he does from me. Just having Leandro Lo by my side makes me calm when I compete. I won a lot of matches thanks to him.” That day they both came out on top with wins in their respective absolute divisions, you can read about it here.

Make sure you register now for the events as prices are lower if you pre-register. This past tournament season they both gained places on the podium at every major competition they entered. Leandro won his lightweight division at the 2012 World Championships in June and Luiza claimed her black belt world title in the middleweight division at the recent 2012 No-Gi World Championships earlier this month. Both train under Cícero Costha and are attached to the hip at competitions so you can expect a great dual effort at both of these seminars.

Check out Leandro and Luiza in action below in some of their notable winning matches: