MEMBERS NEWS 2007

DECEMBER'S BELT RECEIVERS

Purple Belt:
Naokazu Nishimura
Blue Belt:
Brett Min
Sue-Joe Shin
Kenji Suga
Masahide Sutoh
Youichi Odaka

Congratulations!!!
Naokazu Nishimura
I will train harder from now on to get better.
I am grateful to Watanabe Sensei and my training partners.
Brett Min
I am just beginning to understand this.
Thank you Watanabe Sensei.
Thank you to all the instructors and Axis family that have shared their
kindness and knowledge with me.
DOMO ARIGATO!
Sue-Joe Shin
I am truly grateful to have started learning Jiu-Jitsu
under Watanabe Sensei. I have learned more about myself
training under Sensei than he realizes. It has been an honor
and privilege to be part of the Axis family.
I hope to visit and learn under you more often.
　
Kenji Suga
It's the Blue belt of my dreams.
This day has been the best day of 2007.
Thank you very much!
Masahide Sutoh
　
Youichi Odaka
　
　

NOVEMBER'S BELT RECEIVERS

Purple Belt:
Steven Scott
Takumi Tomii
Jesus Artesi
Blue Belt:
Tomoyuki Matsumoto

Congratulations!!!
Steven Scott
Thank you, I owe all of to the many other great students and instructors
who have pushed me everyday I come to practice.
I will work harder to ensure I protect what I have learned.
Takumi Tomii
I am a happy man to be surrounded by wonderful people like Watanabe sensei
and my training partners. I will keep passing on the Axis Spirit.
Thank you very much.
Jesus Artesi
Thank you... Without great instructors and wonderful training partners
I would not succeed. I hope I can continue to contribute to the success of this school.
Thank you everybody.
　 　 　
Tomoyuki Matsumoto
I received my blue belt thanks to everyone.
I still make a lot of mistakes but I will keep on practicing from now on.
Thank you very much.
　 　 　

OCTOBER BELT RECEIVERS

Blue Belt:
MATT DOBIE

MATT DOBIE
　
　 　

BLACK BELT RECEIVERS
yusaku kumagai
Hiroshi Wada
Taniguti Rodrigo
Joao Carlos Kuraoka
Katsunori Kataniwa
Joao Paulo Kuraoka
Seki Yuko
　

BROWN BELT RECEIVERS
Kazuhiko Oda
Hideyuki Shirai
Chika Harris
　
　

JULY'S BELT RECEIVERS

Blue Belt:
Ryuji Matsuzaki
Hideo Fukuzumi
Leia Asanuma
Alicia Maetzener

Congratulations!!!
Hideo Fukuzumi�
　
Ryuji Matsuzaki
　
Leia Asanuma
　
Alicia Maetzener
　
　 　 　

JULY 14TH - CRISTIANO KAMINICE'S BIRTHDAY
The black belt who won the Deep Impact, celebrated his 28th birthday here in Japan.
He was training that day at Axis so we gave him a birthday cake and a birthday song!
Happy Birthday!!!

June's Belt Receivers

Purple Belt:
Sullivan Gouvea
Yukio Ameku
Blue Belt:
Yousuke Nishimoto
Ken Ito
Masahiro Iimori
Toshiharu Hirata
Yuki Kushida
KIDS
Orange Belt:
Patricia Janska
Yellow Belt:
Vinicius Agata

Congratulations!!!
Sullivan Gouvea
　
Yukio Ameku
　
Yousuke Nishimoto
　
Ken Ito
　
Masahiro Iimori
　
Toshiharu Hirata
　
Yuki Kushida
　
　 　
Patricia Janska
　
Vinicius Agata
　
　 　

Kataniwa-san's Birthday
Kataniwa-san's Birthday
June 22nd was Katsunori Kataniwa's birthday. He is the instructor of
Axis Chiba.
He came to the morning class so we all sang him a Happy Birthday song.
Happy Birthday!

MAY'S BELT RECEIVERS

Purple belt: Hiroki Fukasawa

Blue belt: Fabian Sawatzky
Hidenori Sato
Ken Kamata
Tsutomu Takahashi
Tomikazu Saegusa
Ricardo Agata

Congratulations!!!
Hiroki Fukasawa
　
Fabian Sawatzy
I am so glad I got my blue belt from Taka sensei, and I hope I can do Jiu-Jitsu until the end of my life. Thank you very much.
Hidenori Sato
I never thought I would get a belt at this age. It was great starting Jiu-Jitsu.
I will keep on training hard from now on. Thank you very much.
Ken Kamata
　
Tsutomu Takahashi
　
Tomikazu Saegusa
On my first sparing, I got beat up badly by the ladies.
I thought 'this is not good!' and since then I have been training really hard.
Ricardo Agata
　

Mother’s Day
May 13th ? Mother’s Day
The children from the Kids class on Sunday gave flowers to
Seki-sensei and Chika-sensei.
Thank you for always teaching us with such care　and kindness.

Andre Taniguti’s going away party.
May 5th - Andre Taniguti’s going away party.
Andre has been a member since the Gracie Japan Academy. At times he
has also been an assistant instructor at Axis.
He is moving to Canada to start a new life with his family. We wish
him the best and he will surely be missed.

Seki-san's Birthday.
Seki-san's Birthday.
The brown belt, Yuko Seki, who is the head instructor of the kids
class, celebrated her
birthday on April 30th. She happened to come to the morning class
that day so we all sang happy birthday
to her. Happy Birthday!!!

APRIL'S BELT RECEIVERS
Purple Belt:
Alessandro Nagaishi

Blue Belt:
Yutaka Utsumi
Norimasa Takai

Congratulations!


　
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