Hobart girls - new faces on the mats

The girls class in Hobart has always had a small but dedicated bunch of ladies who turn up each week. Recently we have welcomed Megan to the girls class. Megan has been bringing her kids Josh, 9, & Izzie, 5, to Thursday's kids class for quite a while now, and as we all know BJJ is infectious so it was only a matter of time before Megan joined in. By the way, big congrats to Josh and Izzie, who both received stripes this week! Today we welcomed another new face, Julie, who brought two of her boys (Oliver and Alex) to kids class for the first time on Thursday. With a 3rd son likely to join in after recovering from surgery it made very good sense for Julie to join in and learn how to defend herself against her boys! Ever-faithful team members Rach, Fiona and Jacinta trained today, along with Nic who has been AWOL recently due to work. Today was an excellent session focussing on knee-ride transitions and a couple of take-downs.

Tassie Comp

Good on Rach. Rach our smallest blue belt competed in the Tasmanian Championships in Launceston (and although was sick on the day put in a good effort!) And good on Bec! Bec came from Melbourne to compete! Unfortunately because of injuries/pregnancies/graduations our other blue belts couldn't participate. But we had a great cheer squad! I enjoyed screaming my guts out as other team mates competed! So proud of our team!! So Bec took home a gold in the open blue belt gi and Rach the silver!! And did I mention that with our powers combined EMWJJA took home a first place trophy? YAY!

Record

Saturday's class was a ripper. 8 girls on the mat (including myself and Carmen, a brown belt visiting). It was once again great to see these dedicated girls training!

Dedication

We had a great session today at Evolve MMA's female only class. It was good that Claire was able to join us (who because of work commitments and other factors can't make it regularly) but when she comes she loves it and loves trying new things and gives everything a go! It's also nice to have Yussra join the team. Very enthusiastic and is one of those people who gets hooked right from the start! We have Vela who comes every Saturday, keen to learn and oh so dedicated to getting things right! Bec has been a busy girl with work and flying back and forth to Bali (so jealous!!) but will always find her way back to the mats. And Ally, our young gun who seems to have all the energy in the world when training!! We were missing a few other students who have been training but because I was sick today, instead of rolling with the girls and spreading my germs I was able to spend some time watching them. What really impressed me though was when class had finished these girls went back to the mats. Some wanted to keep rolling. Others wanted to practice technique or drills. Vella conquered a head stand and a forward hip escape, and not to forget the cat manoeuvre! I just love seeing the dedication of these girls and it really makes me proud to be an instructor. Thanks girls for making my job so enjoyable!!

The BJJ girls of Thomastown.

Great to have some new faces starting up this week along with our regulars. Five girls on the mat (with a couple of regulars missing) was a good show! Well done to Ally who came even after getting smashed at paintball in the morning!

Saturday with the girls!

Saturday 2nd of June was a big day. First excitement of the day was actually arriving back in Tas. Second excitement of the day was grading Fiona who was then awarded her BLUE belt. Whoohoo to Fiona and big congratulations!! Then I showed the girls some techniques and did some rolling and then to top off Saturday's happenings we had our long awaited GIRLS NIGHT! It was the best! Just wish I had more time to spend with this great bunch who I like to call my BJJ sisters. Keep training hard ladies-see you all again soon! X

AGIG Camp II

What an awesome experience it was to be a part of the Australian Girls In Gi Camp number 2.  I was invited to give two seminars on the first day of the camp.  It was my first experience giving seminars but it was fabulous.  A bit like taking a class but MORE!  More people and more techniques!  The best part of being involved was meeting these wonderful women who all have in common their love of jiu-jitsu.