Storm Kimonos ‘Sakura’ Women’s BJJ Gi Review

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sakura: ornamental cherry tree indigenous to many Asian states including China, India, Japan, and Korea. ~ Wikipedia The ‘Sakura’ women’s BJJ gi is one of two women’s kimono recently released by premium gi-maker Storm Kimonos. Storm has collaborated with Angelica Galvao to develop their new women’s line and they have brought a couple beautiful, feminine, [...] Read more »

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Black Eagle ‘Raptor’ Women’s BJJ Gi Review

portrait in a Raptor gi

At last, the ‘Raptor’ limited edition gi has been released into the wild! Black Eagle/Predator BJJ has been working hard on developing a women’s BJJ gi line. This includes the lightweight training gi, the ‘Predadora’, and the special edition training gi, the Raptor. The Raptor has been through two major iterations of development and my [...] Read more »

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Fenom ‘Lotus’ Ripstop Trousers Review

Meg poses in Fenom Lotus ripstop pants in front of pairs of sparring BJJers

Fenom Kimonos burst on to the BJJ gi scene in the new year of 2010; I was delighted to wear one of the first two Classic Fenom kimono to arrive in the UK! Since launching, Fenom has gone from strength to strength and consolidated and grown its position as the women’s BJJ gi brand. While [...] Read more »

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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu on Fitocracy

Flashdance: hottest training montage ever

Fitocracy, a fitness tracking web application with a strong social gaming component, has gone from strength to strength since its launch in mid 2010. Founders Richard Talens and Brian Wang brought their experience and love of gaming to the world of online fitness to empower themselves and others to stay motivated on the path to [...] Read more »

WheyHey: Ice Cream for Workout Recovery

WheyHey 150g pot

This week I discovered WheyHey, a low fat, sugar free ice cream packed with whey protein. Some of you may recall my 2010 obsession with baking my own ‘calibrated cookies’, aka home made whey protein flapjacks that were low in fat and sugar and perfectly suited to my post-workout protein and carb needs. There is [...] Read more »