BUILT ON
MORE THAN MATS.
From a laundromat in Illinois to our home in Missouri.
A shared lineage. A story we carry forward.
01 / THE AXIOM CHAPTER
JUSTIN
BACHMAN.
The lineage comes to Missouri.
Training across gyms, affiliations and styles since 2008, Justin now leads Axiom as a black belt and professor — and stays an active competitor locally, nationally and internationally.
As a Pedigo Submission Fighting affiliate, Axiom brings that connection to Chillicothe: a family-first room for people taking their first step and those who have spent years on the mats.
02 / DAISY FRESH · PEDIGO SUBMISSION FIGHTING
BORN IN A
LAUNDROMAT.
Humble beginnings.
Lasting influence.
Heath Pedigo, a black belt under Rodrigo Vaghi, turned an old laundromat in Mt. Vernon, Illinois into a jiu-jitsu gym. Its name stayed: Daisy Fresh.
That room became home to Pedigo Submission Fighting. Its training culture and competitors reached a wider audience through FloGrappling’s Daisy Fresh: An American Jiu-Jitsu Story.
Axiom carries the connection forward here in Chillicothe.
03 / THE CONNECTION
ONE LINEAGE.
A SHARED PURPOSE.
Different places. The same commitment to learning, training, and making each other better.
DAISY FRESH
Mt. Vernon, Illinois.
The laundromat where the story began.
PEDIGO
Pedigo Submission Fighting.
The team and the connection we share.
AXIOM
Chillicothe, Missouri.
The next chapter, on our mats.
ONE UNDER THE FLAG OF JIU-JITSU
“We may fly different flags,
but we’re one under the
flag of jiu-jitsu. Oss.”
PROFESSOR JUSTIN BACHMAN
