Description

Leah Taylor is a BJJ black belt under Matt Thornton and Travis Davison training at Straight Blast Gym of Montana. Leah is a competitor and coach, she recently took bronze at her weight class at worlds.

We talk about:

• Her start to martial arts
• Rolling for the first time with a woman during a competition
• The mental side of competing
• Using meditation for get better results on the mat
• Doing MMA at fusion fight league
• Dealing with a panic attack while training MMA
• Teaching women's self defense classes
• Non martial arts ideas to help keep women safe
• Warning signs of a abusive relationship
• What having a begginer program has done for SBG in Kilispell Montana
• A beginner class is 50 percent female
• Dealing with rough training partners
• When someone should consider competing
• Her future plans for competing
• Other competitive sports she has done
• Why she is always trying to finish the match

Links:

• Leah's website
• Leah on Facebook
• Leah on Instagram

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