Hey babes! This week, we're talking to Jody Shields, a purple belt training at Mythic BJJ in Fullerton, CA, known on instagram as the No Gi Yogi!
I met Jody back in August at a Girls in Gis seminar in SoCa. I was thrilled to get her on the pod and hear her story of how she started training jiu jitsu after putting her special needs children in training at an adaptive martial arts school.
Listen to Jody tell her story of her progression through the belts, including teaching a women's class at her school, figuring out her learning style, and rediscovering herself through BJJ.
We also talk about Jody's recent performance at No Gi worlds, picking up a gold in her weight division, and silver in the open class, and her training leading up to worlds, including specific goals, and entering the adult division at local competitions to challenge herself.
Catch up with Jody on instagram: @nogi_yogi
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