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PROMOTIONS

BJJ promotions!

Congratulations to the following BJJ students who received stripes on their White belts:

1st Stripe:

• Behzad Etimadi
• Chris McBain
• Justin Yoo

2 stripes:

• James Young
• Stephen Peters
• Nick Smart

MMA class promotions

We have been a little behind in listing rank promotions. The following list shows students who advanced in rank during the past 6 months. Congratulations to everyone!

July:

• Stephen Peters – Yellow
• Zackery Brown – Yellow
• Brandon Smith – Yellow
• Taylor Simon – Orange
• Ryan Blackwood – Green with Brown Stripe

August:

• Matthew Thomas – Brown with Black Stripe

September:

• Ariana Jones – Green with orange Stripe

October:

• Marissa Jensen – Green with Orange Stripe
• John McGrath – Brown with Green Stripe

November:

• Mike Rakowski – Yellow
• Zachary Lollar – Green with Orange Stripe
• Nate Boyd – Green with Orange Stripe
• Tyler Cashman - Green with Orange Stripe
• Steve Medeiros - Green with Orange Stripe
• Matt Garrett - Green with Orange Stripe
• James Young - Green with Orange Stripe

Moving up!

Congratulations to Matt Payn and Matt Garrett who both received stripes on their white belts in BJJ class on June 2, 2008. Also congratulations to the following students who received new ranks in the MMA class during the month of May:

• Liam Strong - Green
• Behzad Etemadi - Green
• Matt Payn - Green
• Ty Durham - Green with Orange Stripe
• Chase Bain - Green with Orange Stripe
• Chad Strom - Green with Orange Stripe
• Alistair D'Souza - Green with Orange Stripe
• James Young - Orange
• David Laverty - Orange
• David Suffoletta - Orange
• Steve Medeiros - Orange
• Matt Garrett - Orange
• Chris McBain - Yellow
• Darien Meyers - Yellow
• Lily Wallis - White/Yellow

BJJ promotions!

Congratulations to Tyler Cashman and Brian Larman who were recently promoted to the rank of Blue Belt in BJJ. Also receiving a promotion was Dihim Emami who was promoted to White Belt - 2 stripes. All three of these guys were put to the test in their classes and came through with flying colours. Keep training hard guys. Your friends and teammates at MAP are very proud of you.

Leo Santos, Brian Larman, Tyler Cashman, Dihim Emami, Mike Sweeney

New BJJ Orange Belt

MAP Junior Anthony Beaulieu was rewarded with his BJJ Orange Belt at the end of class on January 10, 2008. This marks the first promotion of this year. Anthony was put through the paces before the promotion, having to wrestle his way past several larger opponents. Keep up the great work!

Sorry Anthony. I couldn't find a curent pic:)

Check out the Promotions Archive links to the left to read up on past years' happenings! There are lots of cool photos to view too!