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In July, US-based fightwear company, On The Mat, launched a new women’s gi, aptly named ‘Supa Star’. As soon as I saw this gi, I was in love; one look at the pink star styling and my heart was a flutter. It is the most glamourous gi in my little collection and my first pair [...] Read more »
Due to scheduling conflicts with the British No Gi Open, the Q3 Women’s Open Mat will now be held in Q4 on Sunday, 14 November. The Open Mat will still be hosted by Dominique Vitry and our kind friends at Mill Hill BJJ. Women, 18 years and over, are invited to attend an informal session [...] Read more »
In 2009, in the course of working with Marc Walder to organise the Essex BJJ Open, I received an unexpected email from a would-be competitor. This competitor, a blue belt out of the Roger Gracie Academy Bucks who also trains at the McLeod Academy, was keen to enter his first competition. He did have one [...] Read more »
When Meerkatsu proposed to me the notion of a Fantasy Gi Competition, I nearly ‘flipped my lid’ and immediately began visualising the monstrosity I reveal to you today. I knew, at once, that it would be purple and heavy on embroidery. I knew, too, that it would channel the deepest, darkest, girliest recesses of my [...] Read more »
Tatami Fightwear, UK-based purveyor of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo and MMA clothing, offers an impressive range of women’s products. Tatami’s latest addition to their women’s line is the Zero G lightweight gi, advertised by Tatami as the ‘lightest ladies BJJ gi in the world’. The Zero G, at £63, can make an affordable addition to a BJJ-woman’s [...] Read more »