Another one of the concepts Porfessora Caren covered in her seminar was the need to be heavy in jiujitsu. Many of the top positions like side control and mount are positions of weight. I remember when I first started learning jiu-jitsu the side control was referred to as the 100-kilos position, or Cem-Kilos in portuguese. Hearing this position called this resonated with me because it totally made sense. In the Jiujitsu for women seminar, Professora Caren chose to use the word luscious instead of heavy to describe the side control and mount position. Here is a little explanation of why from one of the students in attendance:Haha, Yes Luscious! Basically she was going over the concept of embracing and loving your body. As well as using it to feel heavy ( putting weight on your opponent so that you are able to control their movement to some degree). I loved that she delved into the discussion about the stigma that society has that ladies have to be light and not take up space...so on and so forth. She brought up the fact that in Jiujitsu its a positive to feel "heavy" on your opponent and she described it as "being Luscious" Thank You again Caren, you are so amazing!
What a wonderful and empowering message to own your body and train with confidence! See you on the mat!
Eliot Kelly
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