BEST! WEEK! EVER! Laaalalalala! Okay sure, I miiiiiiight be writing this while high on training endorphins aaaannnd I might be starting to finally feel fit again after putting in all the foundation work…aaaand it is a crazy fun rush to feel fit again….Hush you. I know you get weird after good training too. Don’t deny it….
Dealing with injury
Most of you know that I messed up my knee recently at this past Pan Pacific Championships. Yep. Fun stuff. Before I begin, it’s important to note that this was like my 100 and somethingkth competition fight and the very first time I’ve ever come away with anything worse than the good ol‘ Jess Fraser…
Dear Jess, I just entered my first comp
Dear Jess, I just entered my first comp and I’m freaking out. Do you have any ideas about how to prepare? Also, I’m 60kg, should I cut weight or fight at my weight? Thanks. Thanks for the email. Firstly, congratulations on taking this massive step in your journey. Many people choose not to compete…
Girls in Gigs
I grew up in Canberra. I didn’t not fit in. It wasn’t exactly that. It was more a feeling that nothing around me ever fit me. Sometime around maybe 1992?, I was introduced to the punk and hardcore scene by my sister and some new friends, friends I still have now over 20 years later. The…
#Road to Abu Dhabi
Follow my journey to Abu Dhabi and the World Pro held in April 2017. This year I will prepare for my 4th time appearing as an Australian representative after successfully winning the opens at our regional trials. This will be my first Abu Dhabi Pro at black belt and with it I will become the…
#R2AD, Week 2: Its not you, its me.
Failing to plan is planning to fail. Or any other such Insta-quote you wanna insert here. And I absolutely take full responsibility for failing real good this week. I figured if I surrounded myself in the very best people all the prep work would lock into place easily and simply and all I had to do…
Dear Jess, my coach is making me crazy.
Dear Jess, I’m keen for a bit of advice. My gym is great. My team are outta this world – but my coach is making me crazy. Recently he made changes to our schedule and removed some classes due to a lack of attendance. I look on facebook, and though the class was removed, he…
This coach sucks
Clickbait title, check. Information, insight and advice that is beneficial for anyone that has had similar feelings toward their gym or coach, check. Experience in feeling this way at different phases of my sporting career (however challenging it is to publicly admit), check. Advice on how to understand the situation and steps to move forward…
Australian Girls in Gi is sexist
“If anyone started an Australian Boys in Gi, you girls would lose your shit. It wouldn’t be allowed ” ~ Facebook genius, November 2016. Other popular variations also aimed at myself, Australian Girls and Gi and its members since 2010: Australian Girls in Gi/womens only events and organisations are reverse sexism (reverse of what, isn’t sexism just…
#R2AD, Week 1: Strength is confidence
An unexpected plot twist.
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