Trevor Johnstone
Trevor Johnstone co-founded AxisNZ and teaches children and adults, with private lessons built around questions and technical practice.
Biography
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AxisNZ, complete institutional history and named Trevor Johnstone biography(opens in a new tab)
Johnstone began with Morganti jiu-jitsu, where he met Heydan Bucknell.
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The two formed a partnership and founded AxisNZ inChristchurch inSeptember2010.
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AxisNZ belongs to the association created inTokyo by TakamasaWatanabe, a black belt underRicksonGracie.
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Johnstone’s black belt is underBucknell.
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He teaches at AxisBJJNewZealand.
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Bell later appears on the school’s instructor roster as a purple belt leading no-gi classes.
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AxisNZ maintains links withTokyo through visiting instructors and student training trips and lists satellite clubs inKaiapoi andRolleston.
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AxisNZ, private tuition and full named Johnstone biography(opens in a new tab)
His background includes personal training and martial-arts instruction, with training experience inBrazil andJapan.
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He offers private sessions for practitioners of all levels, including newcomers.
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The school describes these lessons as time to ask questions, drill, roll and work on individual technical problems.
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GinaHaines, original written introduction to Trevor Johnstone interview(opens in a new tab)
The written introduction to GinaHaines’s interview presents him as both a BJJinstructor and part-time personaltrainer.
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AxisNZ, complete KidsBullysafe programme and named instructors(opens in a new tab)
Johnstone co-teaches the children’sBullysafe programme withBucknell.
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The programme uses positional control and restraint to address bullying and groups children by age or belt experience.
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AxisNZ, complete AllLevels gi programme(opens in a new tab)
He also teaches AllLevels gi classes alongsideBucknell andMarkWowk.
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Those sessions combine refinement of fundamentals for newer students with more detailed technique for experienced practitioners.
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Zacariah Bell, complete first-person student account(opens in a new tab)
In an earlier white-belt account, ZacariahBell credited regular technical progress to learning fromHeydan, Trevor and theirAxis teammates.
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NZBJJF, complete South Island academy directory(opens in a new tab)
The NewZealandBJJFederation lists Johnstone as the contact for AxisNZ in itsSouthIsland academy directory.
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