Here's an interesting article on Felicia Oh, one of the top grapplers on "the circuit" who was recently featured - along with Valerie Worthington and Emily Kwok - on a FightWorks Podcast special on "Women in Jiu Jitsu". I'll confess to being thrilled to read that Felicia is 41.
Felicia Oh seeking another Grappling World medal for the USA
She is also becoming an innovator within the sport. Along with fellow U.S. Grappling Team member Valerie Worthington and Canadian Grappler Emily Kwok, they have started holding women’s Grappling camps. There is a limit of 30 participants, and the women get a variety of martial arts training from these three experts. They have held one in California and the other in Toronto, Canada, and both have been big successes.
“At these camps, you get to meet and train with other women and other high level women. You get to see how people train, how they act, and learn from the example they set. It is also an opportunity for higher ranking women who have not had the experience of teaching to have the opportunity to build their skills,” said Oh.
Here's footage of Emily at the ADCC 2007.
And here's Felicia at the same event:
