What Jiu Jitsu Means to Me

Keira Hamilton

Jiu jitsu means so many things to me. It's not only an engaging and challenging physical activity, but also a vehicle through which I've built community, overcome anxiety, and learned how to become my fullest self. What does jiu jitsu mean to you?

  1. 05/14/2024

    33. This Part Counts Too

    My final episode of the podcast. Thank you for listening!

  2. 03/18/2024

    32. Burning Bright: A Conversation with Dorothy Dao

    Dorothy Dao is a Ralph Gracie Berkeley black belt currently training at AOJ. In this episode, we talk about her time living and training abroad, how she’s learned to address burn out, and what she hopes to get out of her last year competing in the adult division.

  3. 03/04/2024

    31. What Jiu Jitsu Means to Me

    6 months post-surgery, I reflect on what my life has been like in the absence of jiu jitsu.

  4. 11/27/2023

    30. The Superhero Within: A Conversation with Andrea Hixson

    Andrea Hixson is a filmmaker who recently released a full length documentary on women in jiu jitsu. American Jiujiteira follows Andrea’s journey traveling the country with her husband as she embarks on her first year and a half of training jiu jitsu. The documentary is a mix of her own triumphs, struggles, and reflections, along with interviews of jiujiteiras of all levels. In this conversation, we talk about what it was like to create this project, what she learned training at so many gyms, and why it's great to suck at jiu jitsu.

  5. 11/13/2023

    29. Learning to Lose: A Conversation with Rose Miller

    When Rose Miller picked up and moved across the country to San Diego, she didn’t have a clear idea of the path ahead of her. Eventually, her long standing interest in martial arts was met with a series of fortuitous events that led her to jiu jitsu. Drawn by the opportunities for discipline, growth, and accountability, Rose quickly found a home in the gentle art. She appreciated both the intense physicality of it as well as the intellect and came to view it as an expression of her life philosophy. In this conversation, Rose and I talk about fear, vulnerability, and recovering from injury. She shares her experiences competing and how learning how to lose better helped her learn how to win.

  6. 10/30/2023

    28. Owning Your Space: A Conversation with Nia Blackston Doyle

    In this episode, I'm joined by Nia Blackston Doyle. While she once thought she was going to be a white belt forever, she is now a black belt with multiple World Masters medals, including gold at purple and brown belt. In this episode, we talk about what it was like for her to come back to the mats after giving birth, how she’s seen the culture at our gym change over time, and why it’s important to have more women in jiu jitsu.

  7. 10/16/2023

    27. Moving the Goalpost: A Conversation with Ariana Chandra

    Ariana Chandra is a judo black belt, jiu jitsu brown belt, and recent Masters Worlds gold medalist. She and I chat about how she prepared for the competition, how she feels about her new belt, and what she’s reaching for next.

  8. 10/02/2023

    26. Roll Forever: A Conversation with Betty Broadhurst

    Betty Broadhurst is a jiu jitsu black belt and the founder of Roll Forever, an organization that aims to increase accessibility to high level training and sponsors professional athletes. Betty is someone I’ve looked up to since I first started training, and it was really inspiring to learn more about the ways she’s contributed to the sport and worked really hard to create opportunities for jiu jitsu athletes of all kinds, but especially women in the masters categories.

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Jiu jitsu means so many things to me. It's not only an engaging and challenging physical activity, but also a vehicle through which I've built community, overcome anxiety, and learned how to become my fullest self. What does jiu jitsu mean to you?

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  • Creator
    Keira Hamilton
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Keira Hamilton
  • Show Website
    What Jiu Jitsu Means to Me