Kelly is no joke! Readers may know that I am very excited and inspired by my team’s latest member, Kelly Nathaniel. I am super pumped to be her new sparring partner as she develops grappling skills to complement her striking in order to create a balanced MMA game. We had our first session on Tuesday and it was insanely fun; so impressed by how open she is to learning! We recorded a couple rounds of sparring with our Coach as we worked in a three. It is early days in Kelly’s grappling-journey and I thought a little ‘before’ and ‘after’ would be fun; psyched to see the comparison in a few months. So, without further ado, introducing Kelly Nathaniel.
Kelly’s hips at 1:55 look awesome to me and I can’t help but cheer for the sweeps and arm bar as my vid sees me much more on the receiving end. Take it to him, grrl!
Cool – hopefully seeing more and more women already training at your club is going to lead to that critical mass for encouraging lots of other women to join.
Meg Smitley
13 Jan 2011 @
1:45 pm
That's the hope, Slidey! We currently have several woman who regularly train at Dartford BJJ. Myself, a young blue belt and her mother and two white belts including Kelly. We also have several girls in our group of juniors. Thanks, as ever, for reading!
Triin
13 Jan 2011 @
4:51 pm
Very cool Meg! I'm super excited any time someone orders a white belt from us. Silly but true.
Meg Smitley
13 Jan 2011 @
4:53 pm
It isn't silly, I know what you mean; just got goose pimples! Thanks for reading, Triin.
13 Jan 2011 @ 1:18 pm
Cool – hopefully seeing more and more women already training at your club is going to lead to that critical mass for encouraging lots of other women to join.
13 Jan 2011 @ 1:45 pm
That's the hope, Slidey! We currently have several woman who regularly train at Dartford BJJ. Myself, a young blue belt and her mother and two white belts including Kelly. We also have several girls in our group of juniors. Thanks, as ever, for reading!
13 Jan 2011 @ 4:51 pm
Very cool Meg! I'm super excited any time someone orders a white belt from us. Silly but true.
13 Jan 2011 @ 4:53 pm
It isn't silly, I know what you mean; just got goose pimples! Thanks for reading, Triin.