Professor Jason Yglesias

JASON " JAZ" STARTED HIS MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING IN 1979, STARTING WITH JUDO AT THE LOCAL YMCA IN SAN FRANCISCO WHERE HE WAS BORN & RAISED. HE LATER MOVED ON TO FREESTYLE WRESTLING & SAMBO THROUGH THE 80'S WITH COACHES SUCH AS TODD FISHER, STEVE SIROY & JOEY CANALES. THEN FINISHING OFF HIS MAINLAND TRAINING WITH FELLOW HAWAII NATIVE AND SMALL CIRCLE JUJITSU CREATOR WALLY JAY. JAZ ALSO STUDIED MASSAGE THERAPY AT THE NATIONAL HOLISTIC INSTITUTE IN EMERYVILLE, CA FOR THE HEALING SIDE OF MARTIAL ARTS.

IN 1993, JAZ MOVED TO HILO HAWAII WHERE HE TRAINED IN HAWAIIAN KENPO JUJITSU & KAJUKENBO WITH & PROF JASON ABREGANA AND TONY LIPTAK, MUAYTHAI WITH RUDY VALENTINO (Bj Penn’s stand-up Coach) ALONG WITH MIKE ATKINS, ARNIS DE MANO WITH RANDY ARELANO, DANZAN RYU JIJTSU WITH PROF JOE KUTZEN, MACHADO BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU WITH KAHANA CORDEIRO (JOAO MORAIS).

JAZ STARTED MMA IN UNDERGROUND AND SPORTS BAR BARE KNUCKLE TUFF MANS AND PANKRATION & PANCRASE STYLE TOURNAMENTS. THEN TOURED THE STATES SHOOTWRESTING, TEACHING AT SEMINARS AND WORKING IN THE PRO WRESTLING CIRCUIT TILL 2000. THROUGH THE VARIOUS STYLES OF TRAINING, JAZ HAS CREATED HIS OWN SYSTEM WHICH IS KNOWN AS HAWAIIAN COMBAT JUJITSU. IN 2003, JAZ WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HAWAII MARTIAL ARTS INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY HALL OF FAME AS INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR, AND HAS SINCE DEDICATED HIS TIME TO COACHING TEAM SHOOT HAWAII AND HIS CAREER IN ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA. JAZ WORKS AS A SYNDICTAED RADIO PERSONALITY AND LENDS HIS VOICE AND KNOWLEDGE AS A RING ANNOUNCER FOR BJ PENN'S RUMBLE WORLD ENTERTAINMENT AND ASIDE FROM CORNERING FIGHTS, CAN OFTEN BE HEARD COMMENTATING FOR MANY HAWAII & WEST COAST FIGHT ORGANIZATIONS.