This last week I attended Ignite: Boulder 33. It was a series of 5 minute presentations, each one featuring 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds. It’s similar to Pecha Kucha presentations, which I had seen at educational seminars. At Ignite, there were around 20 or so presenters, with subjects ranging from why robots would […]
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BJJ: Advice for a Panicked but Excited Beginner
Dear Jiu Jiu, I just started doing BJJ. Basically, I don’t know anything about anything, and I’m wondering if I made the right choice as far as a school goes. I don’t know anyone here on a personal level that can give me advice and honest opinions about starting BJJ. I don’t want to ask […]
BJJ: 5 Disgusting Things BJJ Has Taught Me (About)
Jiu Jitsu is a great sport, and I love it dearly, but I have to admit that there are some not-so-pleasant aspects about aggressively hugging another human being on a mat. It’s a bit different than Seymour’s list of 10 Gross Things That Happen in Jiu Jitsu, and his list of 10 More Gross Things […]
JiuJiu on other Social Media
Hey, just a heads up about social media stuffs I’m currently doing: https://www.facebook.com/juliaabigalejohansen For jiu jitsu news, rape culture, links. http://instagram.com/jiujiubjj For photos of BJJ and Korea in general. https://twitter.com/jiujiubjj For general jiu jitsu, puns, and life. http://www.pinterest.com/jiujiubjj/ I post a lot of BJJ fashion, hairstyles, camels, etc. https://lift.do/ My name is Julia Johansen. I’m working on adding positive daily […]
Questions that could change your life – BJJ spin
I came across an article on CNN called “20 Questions that Could Change Your Life.” It was written by an Oprah.com woman, and when I read it I immediately connected many of the questions to jiu jitsu. Not all of them are directly applicable, and I think the article is very worth reading, but I […]
Conditions in which I train
After writing my article about Male Privilege in Jiu Jitsu and my article about Advantages Women have in Jiu Jitsu, I wanted to share my own training conditions, based on what I wrote in those articles. I do think there are a few important things to note: First is that more than 90% of my […]
Advantages Women have in Jiu Jitsu
After my article about Male Privilege in Jiu Jitsu, some folks said they’d wished I’d “balanced” it by presenting ways in which women had privilege. An aside about the term “privilege.” It’s not the “normal” meaning, just as “shrimp” and “roll” have very different meanings in jiu jitsu. Privilege is what people would call “normal.” […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving, folks! I sincerely want to thank everyone who has been reading and commenting. I’m so thankful for how healthy jiu jitsu has helped me become, for the friends I’ve made in this sport, for the people who have helped made this blog a success. Jiu Jitsu has changed my life and impacted it in […]
The 5 Faces of Women’s Gis
With the holidays approaching, you may be interested in buying a gi for the lady grappler in your life. The lady grappler in my life is me. Since starting BJJ in 2010, I’ve noticed that in general, women’s gis fall into 5 categories. So to help save you some time, when considering which gi you’d […]
A Very Jiu Jitsu Halloween
Huge thanks to SharkGirl for pointing out this first video to me! Jean Machado shows how you can protect your Halloween candy using Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_mda8L2uDA] There’s something we should discuss – and that’s Halloween costumes. While it may be tempting to go out dressed in your gi, I’m sorry to break this to […]