On Tuesday, November 28th students of Memphis Judo &Jiu-Jitsu and its affiliates gathered to recognizestudents of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and SubmissionWrestling by awarding belt ranking to those who hadmet the qualifications and criteria for promotion.Those criteria included skill and knowledge oftechniques, hard work and dedication in training,consistency in training as well as time spent intraining. Students were evaluated and approved forpromotion by our head instructor World Champion andBrazilian Top Team blackbelt Adriano Nasal.
Photos of the belt promotion are now up on our websitewww.memphisbjj.com Just go to “photos” / “main menu”/ “academy pics” / “2006 Nov 28 belt promotion”
Thanks to Mike Ostrowski for taking the photos andthanks to Jeff Presley for putting them up on thewebsite.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS:
Purple Belt
Jason Turnage
Mark Romano
Chris Gates
Blue Belt
Erik Maryniw
Courtney Smith
Bill Matthews
Matt Van Cleve
Glen Opie
Devere Hawkins
Blake Bobbitt
Phillip Germany
Michael Adcock
Michael Hunter
Amy Word
Blake Pierce
Tim Moore
Aubrey Hill
Jason Wilson
Matt Bullwinkle