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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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...because they want to?

6/6 But bottom line- I do marital arts for fun and a bit of fitness. It doesn't mean I'm not serious, focused and technical! I just want to do this as long as i can and bring as many along as want to come along. Compete! Don't compete! Come train:)

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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1/6 I'm a black belt and have never competed. It's something I feel self-conscious about on occasion. I have this sneaking suspicion sometimes that not competing hurts my credibility as a black belt or meant wearing previous belts I'm not as good as others of my rank. I don't think we should feel that way though!

So why do I feel this way?

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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Kind of annoyed with everything i write lately. All of the things I've written sound sort of the same. Maybe shouldn't share my thoughts😭 Maybe i will embrace being the overthinking and self-doubt correspondent?

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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5/5 In the same way, it's not shameful to consider others in the words you use or jokes you tell. (Especially if you then expect them to be comfortable in a sport like jiu-jitsu!) Like with tapping out and restarting in jiu-jitsu, in life you can start over, change it up, try to handle it better immediately.

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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4/5 My hope is that wherever you find me, I will do everything in my power to contribute to a place being safe. Generally being considerate of others and listening and changing when I've done something offensive are top priorities. We talk about humility in jiu-jitsu. Leave your ego at the door. Tapping doesn't mean you've lost. Don't try to win practice.

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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Back to teaching after a little while being just a student again and I'm...

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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@timmymac

Seven screenshots (2 toots) instead of 11 toots...but here's what i think i might post. Maybe?

1-4 here:

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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Teaching and getting "caught" teaching.
That second photo expression😂

I think i was fixing my hair or having an - oh shit that's on camera- I hope I don't look goofy- moment... which then creates a decidedly looking goofy moment...

I'm helping people out but I guess I don't expect to be seen😂 Or maybe it's a sign is becoming more natural - it feels weird when it's pointed out?

📷by my instructor

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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Waking up this morning like - i can move my big toe again, today's gonna be a great day! Lol. Time for open mat😂

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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Goodreads - Seconds Out: Women and Fighting

7/7 end🧵
The author is a kickboxer and boxer but i think all women who do any for fun or professionally would enjoy and relate to much of it.

Seconds Out: Women and Fighting goodreads.com/book/show/558439

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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5/7
She takes a much needed swing at the hate/panic as well, exposing it as policing women's bodies. They test for xx chromosomes - she notes women are tested for testosterone but men aren't tested or banned for higher natural testosterone. Michael Phelps wasn't banned for his long arms and flexible joints or Ian Thorpe for his flipper feet.

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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3/7
Hilariously mentioned early on are that passionately about boxing but don't really do it - Ernest Hemingway, Joyce Carrol Oates, Norman Mailer. The week at the gym - ouch😫 Also there's a beneficial discussion of - the ideas of gyms or sports becoming diluted (by women's participation) and the idea that masculinity needs to be carefully guarded - is proof it shouldn't be preserved.

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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2/7 Seconds Out by Alison Dean

There are good discussions on a variety of things - self-defense (myths, studies, she has the same misgivings I do), blood (period=bad; man's face bleeding=impressive; woman's face bleeding=unacceptable), tears, existing/working in male dominated spaces/sports.

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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Goodreads - Seconds Out: Women and Fighting

🧵1/7
Not so much a review as some notes-

This is as much a memoir as about fighting itself. The subjects are woven together perfectly. She knows what she's talking about historically and experientially. Far better than The Gift of Fear or whatever is generally recommended in and women in sports.

: Women and Fighting goodreads.com/book/show/558439

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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Trying to read because it is so often recommended in and spheres. Gotta say the first two chapters feel a bit like (or b*llsh*t). I'm a skeptic & put off by the individual solutions to systemic problems tho. Seems very bootstrap libertarian American. I'm more skeptic humanist collectivist. (Also Oprah and the CIA finding it useful creeps me tf out, lol.)

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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2/2
I was someone for whom the COVID isolation was a huge relief. (Also i haven't visited another gym since before). Social stuff is hard and suddenly there was a very good reason to lean into my tendency to stay away from things. It gets exhausting- coming out of my shell, being "on," faking confidence badly.

But I want to learn things and i miss one or two people i do know.

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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1/2
Okay. I'm doing it. The Dominyka Obelenyte seminar this weekend. Still nervous about not knowing many folks at this other gym but i really really want to get out there.

For reference: mas.to/@jiujensu/1101359830913

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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Title: A jiu-jitsu roll

On the mat, engage
Focus, flowing, pulse slowing-
All else fails away

No. 119 @aethelshane

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jiujensu · @jiujensu
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I made a commitment to myself to be more intentional with my training now that I'm a black belt. I was going to train with friends at other gyms, higher belts, private lessons, seminars.

There was a great seminar April 1 (not my gym)...& i didn't go! Social anxiety got the best of me. Oh well:( Next time.

I did have a nice open mat tho. Dominyka Obelenyte's coming to town soon. Maybe I'll catch that one. Need to bring a partner😬

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