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National “Wear Your Gi to Work” Day! – September 27!
That’s right – we have a BJJ holiday coming up. Wear your gi to work, make sure your patches are showing – all on September 27th. Okay, so that’s not really a thing. I was thinking about holidays and...
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A Very Jiu Jitsu Halloween
Huge thanks to SharkGirl for pointing out this first video to me! Jean Machado shows how you can protect your Halloween candy using Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. There’s something we should discuss – and that’s...
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The 5 Faces of Women’s Gis
With the holidays approaching, you may be interested in buying a gi for the lady grappler in your life. The lady grappler in my life is me. Since starting BJJ in 2010, I’ve noticed that in general,...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving, folks! My cat and I wish you well I sincerely want to thank everyone who has been reading and commenting. I’m so thankful for how healthy jiu jitsu has helped me become, for the...
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Advantages Women have in Jiu Jitsu
After my article about Male Privilege in Jiu Jitsu, some folks said they’d wished I’d “balanced” it by presenting ways in which women had privilege. An aside about the term “privilege.” It’s not the...
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Conditions in which I train
After writing my article about Male Privilege in Jiu Jitsu and my article about Advantages Women have in Jiu Jitsu, I wanted to share my own training conditions, based on what I wrote in those...
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Questions that could change your life – BJJ spin
I came across an article on CNN called “20 Questions that Could Change Your Life.” It was written by an Oprah.com woman, and when I read it I immediately connected many of the questions to jiu jitsu....
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Hey, just a heads up about social media stuffs I’m currently doing: https://www.facebook.com/juliaabigalejohansen For jiu jitsu news, rape culture, links. http://instagram.com/jiujiubjj For photos of...
View ArticleBJJ: 5 Disgusting Things BJJ Has Taught Me (About)
Jiu Jitsu is a great sport, and I love it dearly, but I have to admit that there are some not-so-pleasant aspects about aggressively hugging another human being on a mat. It’s a bit different than...
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BJJ: Advice for a Panicked but Excited Beginner
Dear Jiu Jiu, I just started doing BJJ. Basically, I don’t know anything about anything, and I’m wondering if I made the right choice as far as a school goes. I don’t know anyone here on a personal...
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