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Fernando Yamasaki
Fernando Yamasaki is a seventh-degree coral belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a fourth-dan judo black belt, and he leads the Yamasaki Academy alongside his brother Mario Yamasaki and Francisco Neto. Born into a family from São Paulo that has taught martial arts in Brazil for two generations, he began in judo and wrestling before taking up Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and was a member of the Brazilian national wrestling team for more than ten years. Yamasaki has been a UFC referee and president of the South American JJU, and has collected more than 150 local and national titles. His brother Mario opened the first Brazilian jiu-jitsu school in the Washington, DC area in 1995; Fernando joined Mario and business partner Francisco Neto there in 2003. He and Neto also lead the academy's kids' jiu-jitsu classes, drawing on their backgrounds in jiu-jitsu, judo and wrestling.
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