JKD Promotions

• Grant Purtell was promoted to yellow belt.

• Mike Wehrman was promoted to yellow belt.

JKD Promotions

• Jake Padgett was promoted to brown belt.

• Nate Bailey was promoted to green belt.

• John Habig was promoted to orange belt.

JKD Promotions

• Ashton Greenup was promoted to orange belt.

BJJ Promotions 

• Eric Tresslar was promoted to blue belt.

• Tyler Spencer was promoted to blue belt.

• Nick received his 2nd stripe on his brown belt.

• Tim Stone received his 1st stripe on his purple belt.

• John Glover received his 3rd stripe on his blue belt.

• Bobby Carter received his 1st stripe on his blue belt.

• Matt Tuttle received his 1st stripe on his blue belt.

• Josh O'Brien received his 4th stripe on his white belt.

• Andy Ryan received his 4th stripe on his white belt.

• Travis Sims received his 4th stripe on his white belt.

• Nate Bailey received his 3rd stripe on his white belt.

• Brad Carr received his 3rd stripe on his white belt.

• John Habig received his 3rd stripe on his white belt.

• Pat Heyob received his 3rd stripe on his white belt.

• Jake Padgett received his 3rd stripe on his white belt.

• Mike Brown received his 1st stripe on his white belt.

• Marshall Hannon received his 1st stripe on his white belt.

• Ken Warren received his 1st stripe on his white belt.

Other News 

BJJ black belt Patrick Robinson conducted a seminar at Pollaro's Martial Arts covering guard passing and escaping side control.  Patrick also striped many of Nick's students and made two promotions.

JKD Promotions

• Mike Schnieder was promoted to purple belt.

• Travis Sims was promoted to green belt.

• Marshall Hannon was promoted to yellow belt.

Other News 

John Glover (Blue Belt Masters Ultra Heavyweight), Jake Padgett (White Belt Adult Ultra Heavyweight), Quinton McPeek (White Belt Adult Ultra Heavyweight) competed at the Hoosier Open. 

John won the gold medal in his division, submitting both of his opponents. 

Jake and Quinton both had good showings.  This was Jake's and Quinton's first tournaments competing in the gi. 

All three looked good and had very close matches.  They did a great job.

JKD Promotions

• Riley Greenup was promoted to orange belt.

JKD Promotions

• Eric Tresslar was promoted to blue belt.

• Wyatt Glover was promoted to green belt.

• Ryan Janus was promoted to yellow belt.

Other News 

Nick competed in the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation Chicago Open.  Nick competed in the Brown Belt Senior 2 Open Division (all weights).  Nick won a silver medal, defeating his first opponent (who weighed 277 lbs.) by a score of 2-0.

JKD Promotions

• John Glover was promoted to purple belt.

• Ashton Greenup was promoted to yellow belt.

JKD Promotions 

• Jake Padgett was promoted to purple belt.

• Bobby Carter was promoted to purple belt.

• Matt Tuttle was promoted to purple belt.

• John Habig was promoted to yellow belt.

BJJ Promotions 

• Bobby Carter was promoted to blue belt.

• Dave Janus was promoted to blue belt.

• Matt Tuttle was promoted to blue belt.

• Nick received his 1st stripe on his brown belt.

• John Glover received his 2nd stripe on his blue belt.

• Tyler Spencer received his 4th stripe on his white belt.

• Eric Tresslar received his 4th stripe on his white belt.

• Wyatt Glover received his 3rd stripe on his white belt.

• Kyle Stewart received his 3rd stripe on his white belt.

• Nate Bailey received his 2nd stripe on his white belt.

• Josh O'Brien received his 2nd stripe on his whilte belt.

• Travis Sims received his 2nd stripe on his white belt.

• Riley Greenup received his 1st stripe on his white belt.

• Pat Heyob received his 1st stripe on his white belt.

• Jake Padgett received his 1st stripe on his white belt.

• Trevor Spencer received his 1st stripe on his white belt.

• Josh Young received his 1st stripe on his white belt.

Other News 

BJJ black belt Patrick Robinson came to Plainfield and conducted a great BJJ seminar.  At the end of the seminar, Patrick striped many of Nick's students and make three promotions.