Table Discussion Pursuit Women

Speaker A: Hello and welcome to our first ever episode of the Grace Under Pressure podcast.
Speaker A: My name is Sarah Willis.
Speaker A: I will be hosting each episode and excited to take some people along for the ride.
Speaker A: To my left I have my first cohost today.
Speaker A: Her name.
Speaker B: I am Sarah Poe.
Speaker A: Okay.
Speaker B: And to my left we have Jesse.
Speaker C: Grace, and then over here is Plantee Poe.
Speaker A: So I wanted to, of course, start off this episode with some ladies that I knew personally from Jujitsu.
Speaker A: We trained out pursuit Jiu Jitsu and Brookhaven, Mississippi, if you catch the accent.
Speaker A: That's where we're from, Deep South.
Speaker A: And I wanted to get and pick the brains of my co teammates and find out a little bit of their story and ultimately why us four ladies pick Jujitsu, of all the things to do and why we keep with it.
Speaker A: Little bit of, I guess, my backstory.
Speaker A: I started doing martial arts when I was about 14 and I just kept with it.
Speaker A: Eventually did Crab McGah, and my favorite part was the ground game and eventually found my way to a gym up in Jackson, Mississippi called well, now it's called Precision Martial Arts.
Speaker A: Love the folks there, Anthony Mitchell, shout out to him.
Speaker A: Then I moved down here once I got married and love Eric Midland and his team.
Speaker A: And yeah, so that's a little bit of mind.
Speaker A: That's where Pala got into Miss Farrah Grace or Clancy.
Speaker C: Me and Clancy started.
Speaker B: I was my team when I started.
Speaker B: And how were we?
Speaker B: I was 16 and we were doing a lot of international traveling stateside, traveling.
Speaker B: And I guess our dad got a.
Speaker C: Little worried and he wanted to make.
Speaker B: Sure we could take care of ourselves.
Speaker B: And so we never even knew Jujitsu was a thing.
Speaker B: And one day we rode by and we saw the Jujitsu sign up for Taven and I was like, you all should go try it out.
Speaker B: So we never even technically tried out a class.
Speaker B: We came and watched like 15 minutes of it and we were like, okay, we're going to do this.
Speaker B: And so we came back the next day and signed a year contract.
Speaker B: And here we are.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker C: Okay.
Speaker C: So I started teaching through my dad.
Speaker C: I was like twelve at the time.
Speaker C: And he called me and he was like, put on some athletic clothes, we're going to this Jiu Jitsu place.
Speaker C: And me at twelve had no idea what was going on.
Speaker C: So I was like, all right, I guess I'll try it.
Speaker C: And so I took the kids class at the time, which there was only like four kids in the class.
Speaker C: And then he told me an arm bar.
Speaker C: And I ran off the match with my mom and I was like, mama, we have to stay here.
Speaker C: I love it so much.
Speaker C: And at the time you had to have like a six month contract.
Speaker C: She's like, are you sure, sweetie?
Speaker C: Like, we need to.
Speaker C: And I was like, Mama, I have to do this.
Speaker C: This is amazing.
Speaker C: And four years later, I'm still here.
Speaker A: Between all of us, we have four or five years each on the map.
Speaker C: Spouse.
Speaker C: Yeah, us three, we have four years.
Speaker A: I know you were here all three of you were here when it opened.
Speaker D: Correct weekend.
Speaker C: That November.
Speaker D: It opened in February, right?
Speaker C: No, it opened in November and then February.
Speaker A: A lot of changes in that time, right?
Speaker A: Yeah, it's kind of like we got.
Speaker B: To grow with the gym and see all the people that stay at those gym.
Speaker C: It's so cool to see from, like especially like, the math changing out there.
Speaker C: I really like that.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker A: And so you all can't see what's happening.
Speaker A: We have two rooms in our Dojo or studio, if you will, and this is before, but in the front there's a bunch of windows, and that's where they had all their mats.
Speaker A: And now we're here in the back, and we got walls that are padded, we got benches, and so, yeah, literally, it's changed in location.
Speaker A: Sorry, I didn't have to fix that on you.
Speaker C: No, you're good.
Speaker A: But yeah.
Speaker A: So question.
Speaker A: I know the answer for me, but do you all compete a lot?
Speaker A: Do you like competing?
Speaker B: So I compete every once in a while.
Speaker B: It's been a year since I last competed.
Speaker B: Just because it's been a busy year.
Speaker B: But I usually do two competitions a year, sometimes more.
Speaker B: But I do lots of AGS in August.
Speaker B: I hope to do an IBJF soon.
Speaker B: Every once in a while, it's a week.
Speaker C: I compete a lot.
Speaker C: I really like competing.
Speaker C: I think just seeing what I can get better at or seeing where I can improve, and that really interests me.
Speaker C: And I start off with AGF, and now I'm trying to step into the Ivy JF or try to get more Super Fights.
Speaker C: I think those are really cool.
Speaker D: Yeah.
Speaker D: Same.
Speaker D: I compete.
Speaker D: I try to do two a year ATS Jackson, Naga, New Orleans.
Speaker D: That's a big one.
Speaker D: I haven't competed in a year either.
Speaker D: Took a year break, but yeah, but.
Speaker A: It'S not that you've not been doing stuff, yelling out, doing air traffic with the Air Guard and all this kind of stuff.
Speaker A: They're keeping our skies safe.
Speaker A: Flying arm bars.
Speaker A: They'll catch them.
Speaker B: We took a competition break for the Mississippi Air National Guard.
Speaker B: And yep, ole Clinton.
Speaker B: He's A rated air traffic controller.
Speaker C: You name an airplane flying arm bars.
Speaker C: What did you fly an arm two for?
Speaker C: Like, you see it going over there.
Speaker C: It's like flying armar.
Speaker C: Who is it like, what are these people thinking?
Speaker B: Turn right, heading three six.
Speaker C: Flying armar is turned in right.
Speaker C: Watch out, she's coming in hot.
Speaker C: I'd be like, Are you okay?
Speaker A: Yes.
Speaker C: You're going to put, like, jiujitsu code names for the things, like no, hit the triangle.
Speaker C: Hit the triangle.
Speaker C: They're like, what are you talking about?
Speaker A: Chuck airtower.
Speaker A: Can you come again?
Speaker C: I think your controller had a stroke.
Speaker C: You're like, in there panicking and you're like, hit the triangle.
Speaker C: They're like, guys, we don't understand what you're saying.
Speaker A: So with all the time that we've had on the maps, obviously what you did day one is not what you do.
Speaker A: So what are some things that as you roll, what are your kind of defaults or your go to things that you enjoy doing at rec?
Speaker C: I'm so excited.
Speaker D: A woman.
Speaker A: So I guess if you want yeah.
Speaker C: Go ahead and start.
Speaker C: Yes.
Speaker C: I love bolos inverting squeeze guard lapels.
Speaker C: I love it all, even though I've been passing recently and I'm kind of mad about myself about that.
Speaker C: But we're not going to talk about that because we're going to deny it as long as I can.
Speaker C: But squid guard, I love that I'll transition into, like, worm guard.
Speaker C: Whenever I can throw a bolo in there, I'm going to be advertin trying to take people's back on the house and they work.
Speaker C: My neck kind of hurts now from it, but I saw that coming.
Speaker C: But totally worth it.
Speaker C: Love bolos.
Speaker C: Love all the fun, crazy stuff.
Speaker A: It's safe to say you're a fan of the Ghee.
Speaker C: Yes.
Speaker C: I don't like NOGI, I like leg locks and stuff of nogei, I really enjoy that.
Speaker C: We learned honeyhole the other day.
Speaker C: Love honeyhole.
Speaker C: And I was here looking Sarah.
Speaker C: He's like, both and a boss could do it.
Speaker C: And I was in the corner, like, had the heel and I was like, I'm a bluebell, by the way, so it's not supposed to be doing that.
Speaker C: I was like, he can't see us.
Speaker C: It's okay.
Speaker A: And so very different games.
Speaker B: We all have very different games.
Speaker B: Everyone got their own style.
Speaker A: So what's the thing that you like?
Speaker A: I know what you like to bait me with.
Speaker C: And close guard.
Speaker B: I am very basic.
Speaker B: I feel like I do the fancy stuff, drilling, but just in my everyday rolling, I usually stick with the basics.
Speaker B: I try to get a take down, go to Mount and usually go for either a choker or bar.
Speaker B: But I love pressure.
Speaker B: Pressure is a big part of my jiujitsu game.
Speaker B: What Sarah was talking about was I love when people get me in guard to pretend like they think they can get a triangle but position myself so that right when they think they've got it, I can throw their legs over my shoulders and past their guard.
Speaker C: It's very degrading.
Speaker C: You're like, yeah, no.
Speaker C: Panic.
Speaker C: Panic very degrading.
Speaker B: But the only reason I get that a lot is because I practiced it so much probably a hundred times in the last two years.
Speaker C: I would say more like, you got that one down path.
Speaker A: Yeah, that's what we call deliberate practice.
Speaker A: Have you all read the book Talent is Overrated?
Speaker C: No.
Speaker C: I've heard Kenan talked about it.
Speaker C: He like, explained it all on this board and talked about whenever he was starting to get more advanced, he would go and write out what he was going to do.
Speaker C: Or he'd be like, guard pass.
Speaker C: He's only going to try this guard pass for that day.
Speaker C: I started to try doing it.
Speaker C: It's pretty cool.
Speaker C: I like it.
Speaker C: Sometimes I get frustrated because I'm only letting myself do one thing.
Speaker C: But I think it's helped a lot, actually.
Speaker A: Well, for sure.
Speaker A: Clancy and so your go to's or things that you like to gravitate towards?
Speaker D: I typically pull guard, which I'm trying.
Speaker A: To get out of.
Speaker D: I'm trying to learn from takedowns, but normally, yeah, pulling guard.
Speaker D: And I like gift wrapping to take them back.
Speaker D: And I like baseball jokes and I.
Speaker C: Like bow and arrow jokes.
Speaker A: Yes, those are my favorites.
Speaker B: Oh, yes, I forgot.
Speaker B: I love bow and arrow jokes.
Speaker B: They've got me a few golden medals in competition, actually, because I had a good coaching.
Speaker C: That was me.
Speaker C: I coached her up in this one tournament.
Speaker C: She was like demolishing this girl, like Sarah bow and arrow.
Speaker C: And she didn't she jumped up and we were just like so happy jumping up in the tournament.
Speaker C: We're like screaming at each other.
Speaker C: I know the people like in the barricade are like, these people are insane.
Speaker C: But I was like, yes, Sarah.
Speaker C: And she was like jumping on the mask.
Speaker C: It was so great.
Speaker A: In the meanwhile, you got me over here.
Speaker A: I just like to break off people's.
Speaker C: Legs.
Speaker A: All the fun stuff.
Speaker A: I think I did a bicep slicer.
Speaker A: Not bicep, cat slicer, pulling up on it.
Speaker A: Yeah, you did.
Speaker C: I just drove those in.
Speaker C: Mr.
Speaker C: Eric we were doing the turtle to.
Speaker C: He calls it a banana split, but the twister version of that, I don't know where you pull apart the legs.
Speaker A: Yes.
Speaker C: So we went there and then he did a capsizer.
Speaker C: He's like, tell me if this hurts.
Speaker C: And I was like, hey, I'll take out.
Speaker C: Let go.
Speaker C: He's like, does it hurt?
Speaker C: Yes, it hurts, obviously.
Speaker A: Oh, man, those are painful.
Speaker A: For sure.
Speaker C: For sure.
Speaker A: So what has been something that you've noticed?
Speaker A: What's something that you've noticed has been a big benefit with just jujitsu in your everyday lives?
Speaker A: I know some of us were out air traffic school.
Speaker A: Some of us may teach, some of us are still in school.
Speaker A: So you can't exactly wrestle your way downtown or something.
Speaker A: But how have you seen it translate maybe into the real world for you?
Speaker B: So for me, it's learning to stay calm under pressure.
Speaker B: That's the biggest thing that float over from jujitsu into everyday life.
Speaker B: Because when you get beat down or the stress of life, sometimes it's overwhelming.
Speaker B: Just like some 220 pound person is just putting all that pressure on your chest.
Speaker B: Just stay calm, don't freak out and just wait for the right moment.
Speaker B: So that's probably been the biggest thing for me, staying calm in the stressors.
Speaker D: I would say the fitness aspect of it was really a big thing for us, even, like, whenever we win the Air Force.
Speaker D: The Air Force is not known for being the most fittest branch, but there's a lot of people but we weren't I'd say we were up there because of the fitness we got from jiu jitsu.
Speaker D: Our cardio was a lot better than it would have been if we had not done jiu jitsu and our strength, for sure.
Speaker D: Cardio is a big thing in Jiujitsu, I would say, because that's helped my cardio of time with running and stuff.
Speaker D: It's good.
Speaker C: I think there's, like, a lot of confidence you can gain from, like, knowing how, like, that you know how to defend yourself.
Speaker C: And I really like that aspect.
Speaker C: I like that, like, it brings something new.
Speaker C: Like, I always wanted to, like, try something new or learn something new.
Speaker C: So I like being able to look at instructionals.
Speaker C: I love looking at those.
Speaker C: I will spend all my time looking at instructional.
Speaker C: I spend so much money on instructional.
Speaker C: It's so bad.
Speaker C: But, like, I like being able to do that and just, like, it takes it takes a lot of, like, hard work to do and, like, knowing that you're dedicated to something like that, it's really cool.
Speaker A: I got to echo that.
Speaker A: It's confidence for big things, especially as a teacher, with everything crazy going on, at least I know I've got a fighting chance.
Speaker A: And it's also kind of it's easier as a teacher to hold somebody down as opposed to stop moving, stop moving.
Speaker A: Just waiting on the police, as opposed to just keep punching them in the face.
Speaker A: I should stop.
Speaker A: I should stop.
Speaker C: It roll, ripper and go off.
Speaker C: Thank you.
Speaker C: Yeah, I better stop now.
Speaker A: There you go.
Speaker A: I think, especially as women, I've encouraged all my young ladies that I teach, hey, try to get out there and do jujitsu because it forces you to be uncomfortable or be comfortable with being uncomfortable, because nine times out of ten, how's the fight going to end up, especially for a woman in a very compromised position.
Speaker A: And it'd be a good idea to know what to do when you're in that kind of position, for sure.
Speaker A: Now, I think we all see nothing but positives.
Speaker A: We're a little biased with what are some things that maybe are some perceived negatives or things you've been told?
Speaker A: What are some things that maybe give you pause with jujitsu, perhaps.
Speaker B: Okay, this is going to sound really wimpy.
Speaker A: It's all right.
Speaker B: And it's not worth quitting.
Speaker B: Okay.
Speaker B: You get kind of sweaty and jujitsu.
Speaker A: Okay.
Speaker B: So this is really girly, but I don't like getting other people sweat on me.
Speaker B: As soon as it's over with, I change clothes and then go jump in the shower when I get home.
Speaker A: Hey, no, I mean, that's a legitimate thing.
Speaker A: I remember once I wasn't even jujitsu related.
Speaker A: I was doing crab and a guy just was sweating profusely.
Speaker A: This is the gross part, is that his sweat got in my pores and I got an infection.
Speaker A: And so my poor dermatologist was just like, what's going on?
Speaker C: Whatever you doing.
Speaker A: And I said, well, you need to roll or do martial arts and long sleeves, never do anything in short sleeve, which is why I always wear long sleeves.
Speaker A: The sweat is gross, but just the showers there.
Speaker A: I do a shower and I do.
Speaker B: As soon as they get home, I hop in the shower.
Speaker B: That was a very wimpy reason, but that's my reason.
Speaker A: Okay.
Speaker C: Looks like people don't like starting stuff new, or like some people don't want to be uncomfortable.
Speaker C: Some people just don't want to put in the work it takes, and it takes a lot of work.
Speaker C: We're here four to five times a week, sometimes more like two times a day, training.
Speaker C: We're here a lot, and it takes a lot of work.
Speaker C: Some people don't want to commit to that, or like some people don't want to get hurt.
Speaker C: And it's not like you're going to get hit in the face every now and then something's going to get hurt, but it's not like it's on purpose or anything.
Speaker A: Right?
Speaker D: Yeah, I've taken that.
Speaker D: Getting past the awkwardness is a big thing, too, because the person, when you come in here, it is uncomfortable.
Speaker D: You're rolling around on the ground with people, but it gets a lot more comfortable over time, and you just have.
Speaker C: To stick through it.
Speaker A: And I think we're really blessed here that we have such a great group of girls who train I say girls, but young women who train here, that we get to roll with a lot of ladies.
Speaker A: That some people, you know, some women who may be walking into a gym, there may not be but one or two other women.
Speaker A: And so that's an added layer of maybe being uncomfortable.
Speaker C: It's definitely a male dominated sport, like going to competitions.
Speaker C: I know we've all experienced.
Speaker C: There's nobody in our division, like, maybe one lady, and he fought the lady, like four times.
Speaker C: You don't want to fight the lady in your other divisions.
Speaker C: And then you see all the men and they have like 15 people in the division.
Speaker C: It just sucks not having as many women in it as you think you should.
Speaker A: And I think we have benefit in training other places and getting exposed to different approaches.
Speaker A: And one thing I will say is I can always benefit from rolling with guys and girls.
Speaker A: And if you want to compete, there's no substitute for rolling with another woman because we roll everywhere.
Speaker A: I remember up in Jackson when I was doing I was really the only woman up there aside from one, maybe two other women.
Speaker A: And I never knew certain kind of passes you could do, because guys don't pass certain ways if things are in the way.
Speaker A: Meanwhile, when I go to my first IDG competition, this girl passes.
Speaker A: Like, I didn't know you could do that.
Speaker A: No outs.
Speaker A: There's a benefit certainly to rolling with just women, but there's also a benefit to rolling guys, too.
Speaker A: Because if you have somebody like you, Sarah, who does the pressure game, okay, well, I roll with some big strong men.
Speaker A: I can take a little bit of pressure.
Speaker A: But if all you do is roll with people in your own weight class, you kind of lose fat, right?
Speaker A: Yeah, maybe.
Speaker B: Yeah.
Speaker B: Because for a while I was training with mostly guys and I felt like I was not doing the greatest or was just like, yeah, I would just say not doing the greatest because they are bigger and stronger sometimes.
Speaker C: But then you have a disadvantage compared to them.
Speaker B: But I felt like I told them my own it was going good.
Speaker B: But then when I go to competition, having rolled with mostly guys, you see it, you do so much better.
Speaker B: It makes you more aggressive, more gritty, and it prepares you for the strength and the speed.
Speaker C: I came into this class like when I was twelve.
Speaker C: I was taking like three classes a day.
Speaker C: I was taking my class, women's class and adult class, and I would do advanced class when we had that.
Speaker C: So it was like three to four classes a day.
Speaker C: So I think that rolling with the bigger people, guys, especially me, being that small, it really brought out technique.
Speaker C: I can't rely on my strength.
Speaker C: So I think that really helped my technique show.
Speaker C: And I'm pretty proud of my technique and I like it.
Speaker C: I've torqued my game.
Speaker C: I was like, I love pulling guards so much.
Speaker C: But then I forced myself.
Speaker C: I was like, I need to start wrestling.
Speaker C: So I started wrestling and then now I attempt to throw people around.
Speaker C: It doesn't usually work, but I just grabbed their legs and go limp and see what happens.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker A: Go Noodles.
Speaker C: Go Noodles.
Speaker C: Yes.
Speaker C: I was going to say that, but I did like one take down on our coach and he's like, you're a noodle.
Speaker C: I was like, yes, Noodles, yes indeed.
Speaker A: But no.
Speaker A: That's one thing I've noticed in my own game.
Speaker A: It's just over time and being able to roll with people that are encouraging or other ladies and then stronger guys, my technique, instead of having to fight for my life every single day where somebody is trying to kill me, maybe not intentionally, maybe intentionally, I'm not sure.
Speaker A: But my technique, being able to roll for the women has gone way up.
Speaker A: And so that's something where the biggest trend right now, at least in our zone, has been the lapels and stuff.
Speaker A: I love doing stuff like that because when you get with bigger, stronger guys that can at least hold them for a second, at least, at least liquid.
Speaker C: Chasing dad, I like wrapping around.
Speaker C: I'm like, please don't let my guardian fast please don't let my guard get past.
Speaker C: And like, Sarah, she likes to throw your leg over.
Speaker C: Pope, she likes to throw your leg over.
Speaker C: So you stick it in your own lapel and they got to under hook it and it's not going anywhere because it stuck between your own pail and they're like by everybody.
Speaker C: So it's like not going anywhere.
Speaker C: It's just there.
Speaker C: I'm like, yeah, but you also have to deal with other not getting past.
Speaker C: There's a whole side of that.
Speaker B: Very true.
Speaker A: So, Clancy, I wanted to ask what's it been like prepping, getting ready for the next phase and air traffic control.
Speaker A: And I know you're studying, getting ready to go off to college at the same time, so what's that been like?
Speaker A: Balancing goes to three, I should say.
Speaker A: I'm sorry.
Speaker D: Yes, it's been fine because our classes are in the evening and stuff, and to me it's a destressor.
Speaker D: So going through the stress of life, you come in here and you can just get it out.
Speaker D: Even going through school.
Speaker D: You go to school, you get off and you're like, oh, man, I got you Jetsu.
Speaker D: And you come to Jiu jitsu and you roll it out and then you go back to school.
Speaker D: It's been great.
Speaker D: I love it.
Speaker D: Yeah.
Speaker D: I wish we could have trained more in the military, but we couldn't because we're time scheduled, but we trained a little bit.
Speaker D: But I would say it's a really big destructor going through school and through the military and everything is good.
Speaker A: Yes, I can imagine.
Speaker A: That was also because I know, I'm assuming they still do combatives.
Speaker D: They do.
Speaker D: We never did because of our school schedule, but they did do it.
Speaker A: Yeah.
Speaker A: And then COVID was also a little odd, too, to match all that up.
Speaker B: I think they brought the combatives back, but when we went through, COVID was still a hot topic.
Speaker B: So they kept us separated as much as possible and that was one area to take cut, which makes me glad that I had you said I would.
Speaker A: Have paid money to see you all just go out there.
Speaker A: All right, who knows?
Speaker B: Come back.
Speaker C: I know.
Speaker D: China, three years, we did see marines out there at the Marine squadron.
Speaker D: They would do Jiu Jitsu all the time and I would just watch them.
Speaker D: I should have went out there, but I did.
Speaker C: You like, challenge them?
Speaker C: They're like, okay, let's go.
Speaker C: And they're like, a black girls like, never mind, never mind.
Speaker B: I can say this now since COVID is not as popular now, but it was in vogue.
Speaker C: Yeah, people loved it.
Speaker C: Very popular in the Sarah.
Speaker B: We're in basic training on Sundays, whenever, eventually we're getting close to graduation and our instructors weren't there as much.
Speaker B: Me and some of the girls would go in the day room.
Speaker D: Yeah, we did that, too.
Speaker B: I showed them a few basic positions you just do when he's in basic training.
Speaker B: So that was a good experience.
Speaker D: I got to actually roll the girl who worked in a prison, so she was really good at it.
Speaker C: I love using my friends.
Speaker C: I'm like, Let me drill this on there.
Speaker C: And they're like, no.
Speaker C: I'm like, please.
Speaker C: I just saw it.
Speaker C: Like me looking at Instagram moves.
Speaker C: I know Ky Terra posted all those flying armors and stuff.
Speaker C: I like, can I do it?
Speaker C: Can I do it?
Speaker C: They're like, no, you're insane.
Speaker C: I'm like, Let me do it.
Speaker A: Meanwhile, only Ben and I that's my husband, we met doing two jobs, and we'll drill some things together, but mainly what happens at the house.
Speaker A: I end up just using guard retention to keep my dog just attacking me all the time.
Speaker C: That's like, habits of, like, hip escaping in the bed.
Speaker C: Like, you turn over and you do a hip escape.
Speaker C: I know y'all do it because we've talked about it before.
Speaker C: If you fall down, you automatically go backwards falling.
Speaker A: I'm like, hey, stand up.
Speaker C: You know?
Speaker C: I know.
Speaker C: I'm always standing up like that.
Speaker C: I'll be sitting on the ground at crosscountry, and I'm like, all right.
Speaker C: And they're like, what are you doing?
Speaker C: I'm like have it.
Speaker C: Leave me alone.
Speaker C: Like, now you can't take me down if I stand up, technically, get some so, like, I don't care what it's comin'after.
Speaker C: You need to calm down.
Speaker C: I'm like, you should try to just do it.
Speaker C: So fun.
Speaker A: I've had a bunch of 7th grade girls.
Speaker A: Hey, I just can't I just want to hit something.
Speaker A: Why don't you try to just as a shopping cart is therapeutic and striking someone out.
Speaker A: Advertisements.
Speaker A: Advertisements.
Speaker C: It is a stress reliever, though.
Speaker C: I love coming here.
Speaker C: I'm like, this is great.
Speaker C: Even though you sweat a lot and you feel nasty sometimes.
Speaker C: But I actually don't mind sweating because I run cross country, so that was like even in here, you're like, in your rash guard, and then you have your gear on and you're sweating a lot.
Speaker C: But I also don't mind it.
Speaker C: I kind of like it.
Speaker C: I'll wear the hoodie under my key.
Speaker C: I'm going to do that this Friday.
Speaker C: Okay, we do that tomorrow.
Speaker C: And then you'll sweat like an extra light.
Speaker C: It kind of feels nice sometimes.
Speaker A: Yeah, sometimes it does.
Speaker A: So one of the big things with this first episode that I wanted to make sure that we got to is encouraging women to try it out if they're on the fence and maybe get some suggestions on how to start picking a gym.
Speaker A: What are some good things just to be looking at?
Speaker A: What advice would you give?
Speaker A: Especially if you had to move around, how would you do that?
Speaker B: So starting out, if you've never done anything like this before, I would go and just watch first and just see what the environment is like in the gym.
Speaker B: See what the people's like and if it's a good fit for you, if you want to try it out?
Speaker B: If you have like, a friend or a sister that would go with you, that would probably be a good suggestion.
Speaker B: Have a wingman to go with you.
Speaker B: But yeah, it gets easier because at first, if you've never done it before, it may feel a little awkward, but now I don't even think about it.
Speaker B: I recently visited another gym for two months, and most of the time I was the only girl there because I got so used to it I didn't even think twice about it.
Speaker B: So the awkwardness will eventually completely vanish.
Speaker C: Have a fun coach.
Speaker A: Our coach is working on the thermostat in the studio.
Speaker C: Thank you.
Speaker C: We're planning on it.
Speaker A: The Sass of press.
Speaker A: But yes, I would say I've had a change gym just with moving.
Speaker A: And the big thing is it's kind of an intangible where you have to go in person and just kind of check it out and sometimes call it women's intuition or what have you.
Speaker A: Just sit in there, get a good feel for maybe watch it the first two or three times.
Speaker A: If you feel comfortable getting on the mats, especially if you've done jiujitsu, watch maybe a class or just not roll the first class.
Speaker A: But that's something that I will say I had to do with a couple of gyms, is just get a feel for it because I'm not intimidated by being the only woman in a class.
Speaker A: Like, that's not an uncommon thing no matter what martial arts to do, whether it be Taekwondo or Croft or what have you.
Speaker A: And so you get a sense of, are they just putting on their best behavior?
Speaker A: Because I'm brand new today.
Speaker A: If you stick around for maybe a week, maybe a month, then you at least will be able to tell what the true colors are.
Speaker A: Because sometimes warning signs aren't there until a little bit it's too late, right?
Speaker A: If you've ever read the book The Gift of Fear, you want to trust your instincts.
Speaker A: If you get the heavy Jews, you're getting the heavy Jews for the reason.
Speaker A: And so that's a big book that I recommend on that the gym is.
Speaker B: Good and there's just like one person that you get the exposure to the heavy Jews from.
Speaker B: You don't have to roll them.
Speaker B: You're not obligated to roll, right?
Speaker B: With someone who's making you feel uncomfortable.
Speaker C: I will say no to people like, I do not care.
Speaker C: I'll do it real quick.
Speaker C: I'll be like, no, I'm not rolling with you.
Speaker C: I have no problem with doing this.
Speaker A: I don't know what it is.
Speaker A: Maybe it's here down south.
Speaker A: We're supposed to be polite and not say no, I suppose, but I have no problem saying no either way.
Speaker A: I'm just like, everything's great, everything's fine.
Speaker A: And then all of a sudden, two or three months in this guy that I had known be nice, I just got the creepiest feeling in the world without.
Speaker A: Disclosing stuff.
Speaker A: It turned out that some crimes have been committed and I was like, okay, so my 6th sense was right.
Speaker A: But I guess ultimately the big encouragement is if you're on the fence, try it.
Speaker A: Go with somebody.
Speaker A: If you're really interested in hearing more topics about juicy and weather, we've got some more coming down the pipe, some more with these ladies in the future, possibly.
Speaker A: And then we'll talk more about I know that's something we mentioned with the competition that's going to be talking about competition prep.
Speaker A: What do we look for?
Speaker A: Fun stuff coming down the pipeline.
Speaker A: But yes, I want to thank you all for coming out and adding some input and some color in our first ever episode.
Speaker A: It's a good point and really enjoyed it and I appreciate your time.
Speaker A: We got some pizza now in the.
Speaker C: Studio, so I'm also nicknamed Squirrel and noodle.
Speaker A: Or sign outs or animals.
Speaker A: I'm kidding.
Speaker C: This was fun.
Speaker B: I look forward to seeing what it does in the future.
Speaker A: Yes, absolutely.
Speaker A: The sisterhood of Jujitsu.
Speaker C: Yeah.
Speaker D: Oh, that's one thing.
Speaker D: I admitted juiced is a great family.
Speaker C: It is.
Speaker A: It really is actually its own episode.
Speaker D: Very good.
Speaker D: Benefit of Jujitsu from a family.
Speaker A: Thank you all for tuning in and be on the lookout for our next episodes that will be coming out.
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