Four years. It took four years before I had enough skill in Jiu Jitsu to handle myself against a new, strong young man with some high school wrestling. Four years. It took four years before I was confident enough to not let panic set in while someone came at me hard. Four years. It took four years to finally be able to play my own game, despite rough, new hands…
Category: Women in Jits
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Competition Love
I’ve always really loved competition. As a child, I notoriously entered competitions that I didn’t even care about, simply to see how I would do and if I could win. I just love it. As I dove into martial arts, the thought of competition never even occurred to me. I didn’t realize that there was a whole competition world out there to explore. When my MMA coach first mentioned that…