On Friday the very first womens combative sports seminar was held at the SOD dojo. Your instructor is the world renowned judoka, MMA fighter and pro wrestler Megumi Yabushita. She was assisted by MMA fighter Youko Takahashi. Twenty women were admitted free.
The session started with stretching exercises to warm up followed by passive mat movements. This progressed to demonstration of holds such as triangle & sleeper holds and even arm bars. The participants seemed to enjoy the punching bag the most. There's less contact when shadow boxing.
The participants seemed to be happy to be there at first but were a little stressed after Yabushita put them through the wringer for a while. Yabushita emphasized that combative sports should be an enjoyable experience. She also said she hopes to have more seminars in the future to spread the good word about womens combative sports. Here's a link to a pic of the lovely & talented Yabushita demonstrating some torture to her students.
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