 Go I work for the damper police department. I'm a detective in the traffic investigations unit But when I'm not at work, jujitsu is my passion. It's an art form really It's uh using someone's leverage and momentum against them So someone my size using their push or their force on me to take them in a different direction And ultimately put myself in a better position so I can get away. Okay, so we're doing choke right now This class is women's only class a lot of times. So grabbing you here arms straight up It's there to promote women that aren't usually Comfortable rolling around with a bunch of sweaty men or they feel like they're too small or not strong enough Grab their arm in the base like really low I love being in the class with all women because you get a better idea of How women move on the mat and it is different if you have a gear sweatshirt keep that tight to your chest We practice a wide variety of techniques from just straight-up self-defense or more advanced techniques But typically we focus on stuff that can help us out with the big guys I grab here knock her down and you're ready in an armor I think it's important women learn jujitsu because you never know what's gonna happen to you see if I'm choking hard drop Yeah, now you can breathe right when you're getting choked from behind we're getting choked in front when somebody gets on top of you Where you're being attacked sexually assaulted you can defend yourself and you can get away from it Yeah, you can like control them with just your legs You can break their arm choke them out get an easy way out versus feeling like you're pinned It's empowerment to know that they don't have to be victims They don't have to sit there and take abuse or get attacked in an alley. They can actually protect themselves See how my elbow is pushing you. I'm knocking you down It's helped me to feel like I'm not as vulnerable and that's a really good feeling pinch that and pull it toward you Yes, jujitsu helps you to defend yourself and know that if someone is bullying you You could like come to school and deal with it yourself That guard at school boys just can't beat me up or don't get hit in the noggin or something like that so another one is if Somebody grabs you from behind started doing jujitsu because my son started and then get behind her foot I sat here on these benches in this facility and I watched him for a year pinch your knees together I should pull my head down. I've been doing jujitsu for four years. I started jujitsu a year and a half ago Yeah, I'd have all the way into an elbow to elbow. Yeah, I have two kids that trained And when you tell your kids to suck it up and get back on the mat I wanted to know what that meant to them I pulled this up and I trapped it because all you're doing is trying to get the angle So I'm so using you to pull okay It makes me feel more confident. It makes me feel great inside It makes you feel motivated to build yourself steam build yourself confidence all the way up perfect I was and still am kind of shy, but starting jujitsu has given me so much more confidence in myself It definitely gives me a lot of confidence empowerment and just sort of free will to be myself. There you go But put it high up my goal is to get all the way up to a black belt and keep going on from that I'll keep doing it until my body doesn't allow me to rest my life if I can that's good I've done boxing Muay Thai kickboxing. I've done crossfit. I've weight lifted. Nothing gives me a better workout than jujitsu So even for those that don't want to compete It's such a great full body workout and I absolutely love it