From a laundromat to the mats in Chillicothe.
Every gym has a bloodline. Ours runs through an abandoned laundromat in southern Illinois, a team that wins out of nowhere, and a coach who brought it home to Missouri.
The original · Mt. Vernon, IL
Built from nothing.
Heath Pedigo — a black belt under Rodrigo Vaghi — moved back to Mt. Vernon, Illinois and found an abandoned laundromat renting for a few hundred dollars a month. He kept the building's name and turned it into a gym: Daisy Fresh, home of Pedigo Submission Fighting.
What came out of that room is one of the great stories in the sport. On nothing but relentless drilling, hard sparring and a do-or-die brotherhood, PSF produced world-class champions out of the middle of nowhere — a journey FloGrappling captured in its documentary series, Daisy Fresh: An American Jiu-Jitsu Story.
One lineage, three flags.
The lineage comes to Missouri.
Axiom is led by Professor Justin Bachman, who has trained across many gyms, affiliations and styles since 2008. Now a black belt and professor, he carries the Pedigo Submission Fighting lineage onto the mats in Chillicothe as a proud PSF affiliate — and stays an active competitor at the local, national and international level.
The result is a family-first room with Missouri heart: serious jiu-jitsu, taught by a competitor, open to everyone from first-time beginners to black belts. Different flags, one art — brothers and sisters making each other better, one day at a time.
When you keep pushing forward, you discover your truth.
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