Fight Like a Girl Judo Camp!
I never thought I would ever be excited by a camp with a name like that! But dam it, I totally am.
I love fighting with all the boys, but there comes a time where you actually want to fight someone your size, age, weight and someone who does not have whiskers. Most Judo clubs have a minority of womyn, and in Canada I would wager less than 5% womyn per club which makes it hard to train top femyle athletes and to have a critical mass of fighters. It is a shame that so many womyn stop this type of sport after having children and rarely do we see womyn over the age of 30. So I will be eating my wheaties and doing some pushups & some running soz I can do some tossing around!
I am also really glad to have been introduced to the Internatial Women’s Judo Alliance as that may provide the opportunity to meet some like minded gals. My judo club is going to start a womyn’s only class which should encourage some older womyn to start and keep some of the younger new comers engaged.
