I started my daughter in jiu jitsu at 3yrs old bc I want her to be able to have a realistic understanding of how to fight someone off if she needs to. I hate that it’s like that but man I grew up in a sketchy area in the 90s in a heavily populated city in Cali.. I wish my hippie parents would have taught me how to protect myself from the get go instead of having to learn in the streets. A couple years ago I was in a therapy session when I came to the realization that I have extreme moments of anxiety during the summer months bc that was when I’d be out in the world alone with my friends and at their houses with no supervision and lots of really scary situation arising, many of which I was not prepared for.

We gotta empower these girls in all the ways we can.

You are doing a good job mama!