There is comfort in the return to routine: the rash guard in my bag, the braids in my hair. There is joy in the dull ache in my arms and in the sweat dripping off of my face. There is joy in all of it, from fist bump to laundry […]
Look around your BJJ class. One or more of your students could be a sexual assault survivor. About twenty percent of women, five percent of men, and nearly fifty percent of trans or non-binary folks are sexually assaulted at some point. In this article, I use “she” as a shorthand […]
We idolize those in the is world that have achieved what we describe as success and strive to become them. However rarely do we hear about the failures that led to the success we see today. The road to success is never easy and the sooner you start to fail, […]
The gentle art of Jiu Jitsu takes more than a physical toll on its practitioners. The mental aspect of training, and competing is one that athletes are constantly trying to overcome. One such practitioner is Australian- Tina West of Fortitude Wellbeing. She is a blue belt under David Marinakis and […]
Many of us wear several hats. Karen Peterson is one of those women who wears them well. Black belt Karen Peterson has been training since 2004. She began training because she was bored with running and although she liked to workout and be fit, she get bored quickly working out on […]
