The woman’s class on Sunday has a small but hard-core crew who make it a worthy class to attend. The regulars are now Donna, Jill, and I. Kat is testing the waters back on the mat, we may see her back soon as well. We’ve got a few casual players (about 4) who keep coming back for more – it won’t be long until they’re hooked.

In my experience training at other BJJ clubs in Japan, America, and New Zealand, there is from 0 to 3 other women to train with. It is pretty amazing that we’ve got as many as we do. For those of you who wonder what we do in the woman’s class the answer is this... I sometimes pass on to them infinite wisdom and secrets I can not disclose here in fear they may fall into the wrong hands. But mostly we just practice a few techniques, turn it into a drill and then do some sparing.

This week we practiced hip-outs, using our hooks to control our partners knees, off-balancing a person in guard, taking the back and finished with a rear naked choke.