The Women Who Fight Podcast
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The Women Who Fight Podcast
Women Who Fight supports female fighters, collecting specialist advice and sharing current research from the experts. We are passionate about creating a space where women can find answers in a supportive and safe environment, promoting equality in the gym, on screen, in research and in prizes, as we...
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#90 Chanel O'Brien
We loved our chat with Chanel, she's a superstar in every way; Graphic Designer, Photographer and Progress Sponsored BJJ Athlete. She has also release...
# 89 Unorthodox Nutrition
Join us for our chat with Mike Leng - everything about nutrition in the BJJ and MMA circle from his years of experience.
Hosts: Shanti & Marina...
#88 Zoe Lundy
We were eager to learn more about Zoe following her impressive performance at our WF Invitational. With so many people curious about her, we thought t...
#87 Part 1: Postpartum
This episode explores the postpartum experience! We talk to accomplished female BJJ Black Belts and our fave Women's Health Physiotherapist; Chloe Ste...
# 86 Part 3: Breastfeeding
This episode explores breastfeeding! We talk to accomplished female BJJ Black Belts and our fave Women's Health Physiotherapist; Chloe Stevens. Our bl...
# 85 Part 2: Pregnancy
In this episode we had we explore the experience of pregnancy. Our guests are Chelsea - Black belt and owner of Escapology; Una Quinn - Black belt in...
#84 Meet Sula-Mae Loewenthal: WF Camp 2024
Sula is our WFI winner and Gi coach for our WF camp next month. As a high level competitor, Sula regularly competes internationally, pushing her resil...
#83 Meet Rosa Walsh - WF Camp 2024
Rosa Walsh is an incredible athlete, and we are thrilled to have her coaching at our BJJ camp in April. We had a chat to get to know her a little bit...
# 82 Interviewing: Jessa Khan
Introducing Jessa Khan, BJJ black belt and 2023 IBJJF Worlds champion. Jess is a rising superstar, and it was a pleasure to chat to her about her exp...
#81 Chloe Stevens: all about the pelvic floor
Chloe is a Women’s Health Physiotherapist and Nutritionist based in Canterbury. Chloe treats a wide range of issues like pelvic pain, low back pain, p...
#80 Angela Chang: inspiring change in Muay Thai
Angela Chang has been in Thailand for the past 6 years living out her dreams – fighting in the ring and fighting for equality. With almost 50 professi...
#79 Georgia Verry: The Fightback Project
Georgia is on a mission to spread the wisdom of conscious combat coaching around the world to make martial arts accessible to all trauma survivors. Ge...
#78 Lindsey Doyle: Making weight with a fight nutritionist
Lindsey is a Functional Sports Nutritionist, with a masters in Exercise and Nutrition Science, helping female athletes make weight safely, healthily a...
#77 Maggie Grindatti: Polaris Grand Prix
Maggie is a high level BJJ Black Belt and has fought on some of the worlds biggest stages. Medalling at countless IBJJF tournaments, she has always be...
#76 Amy Campo: Polaris Grand Prix
Amy started bjj in 2013 when she was 13. A natural talent, Amy has had many achievements including winning first place at ADCC 60+ category last year...
#75 Elisabeth Clay: Polaris Grand Prix
In this episode we have Elisabeth Clay with us, a dominating competitor who won gold in the 2022 Nogi Worlds and Nogi Pan Ams in both absolute and wei...
#74: Brianna Ste Marie: Polaris Grand Prix
Brianna is a Canadian grappler who fought her way through the ADCC east coast trials last year to win first place, and then winning silver at the 2022...
#73 Emma & Gráinne: Pelvic Health
Gráinne Donnelly is an Advanced Physiotherapist and educator in Pelvic Health who is also delving into the world of clinical academia. She is passiona...
#72 Dr Kokes: Pregnancy, birth and training
Dr. Kokes primarily focuses on sports medicine and pain management, with a strong passion for regenerative medicine. This is our second podcast with D...
#71 Nicky Keay: Hormones, Health and Human Potential
Nicky Keay is a Clinical Lecturer in Medicine at University College London and Research Fellow in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Dur...
#70 Julia Scardone: Judoka, Jiujiteira and Thiago’s Mama
Júlia Scardone was Born in Brazil, moving to England at the age of 13. When she was 18 she started competing in Judo for Great Britain in the -52kg we...
#69 Chelsea Leah: talking about antenatal depression
Chelsea is a black belt in BJJ and an active competitor. Co-owner of the gym Escapology in Cambridge with her partner Tom, she had her daughter just b...
#68 Mike Piekarski: Doctor Kickass
Mike Piekarski lives in Eastern Washington where he works as a performance coach specialising in sports performance for combat athletes and as a physi...
#67 Kelly McNulty: Period of the Period
Kelly McNulty is a PHD student studying the effects of menstrual cycle and hormonal contraceptive use on performance, recovery and adaptation in sport...
#66 Joyce Harper: Fertility facts you should know
Joyce Harper is an author, academic, scientist and educator. She is Professor of Reproductive Science at University College London in the Institute fo...
#65 Emma Thomas: Under the ropes
Emma Thomas is a former Muay Thai fighter who's been living in Bangkok for 10 years. She's also the creator of the blog Under the Ropes where she writ...
#64 Anna Kavoura
Dr Anna Kavoura is a sport psychology specialist and a postdoc researcher. Her research has focused on issues related to gender and sexuality in sport...
#63 Sky Elizabeth Asquith
Sky has been coaching for seven years now as a PT and became a certified nutritionist three years ago. Sky setup soci.eaty, which has three main servi...
#62 Jenny Valentish: Fighting at 46
Jenny Valentish is a journalist and author, including the books Everything Harder Than Everyone Else: Why Some of Us Push Our Bodies to Extremes, and...
#61 Lesley Sackey: Fight Forward
Lesley Sackey is a former EU gold medalist and Team GB boxer. On Friday 13th of May Lesley will be fighting on an all female boxing show, The Fight Ba...
#60 Venum x WF Series: Victoria Anthony
Victoria Team USA Wrestler, 2x World Team Member, 2x US Open Champion, 3x Pan American Champion in Women's Freestyle Wrestling, Judoka and now pursuin...
#59 Venum x WF Series: Mackenzie Dern
Mackenzie Dern is a former world no.1 ranked IBJJF competitor and an ADCC world champion. She had her first MMA fight in 2016, and in 2018 entered the...
#58 Venum x WF Series: Jamie Colleen
Jamie is a Professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter, Domestic Violence Advocate, Keynote Speaker, and Head of Operations for PHILLY Airbnb. With 10+ y...
#57 Venum x WF Series: Ava Knight
Ava knight is a former 7 time belt holder including 2 world titles with a record of 20 wins 2 losses 5 draws. she is a formidable boxer and hugely ins...
#56 Venum x WF Series: Kiana Akira
Kiana is a black belt in Karate, she was top in the USA in the 2018 Karate World Championships, and is a weapons pro - she's incredible!
We had...
#55 Venum x WF Series: Tiffany Van Soest
As a lifelong, blue chip athlete Tiffany Van Soest is also quite literally a Martial Artist as she expresses herself through the mediums of fighting a...
#54 Venum x WF Series: Terri Harper
Terri is former WBC and IBO super featherweight boxing champion of the world. At 25 years old Terri remains one of the most exciting female prospects...
#53 Venum x WF Series: Michelle Waterson
Michelle Waterson "The Karate Hottie", is a professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the UFC Women's Strawweight Division. She is the...
#52 Lily Hunt: Mental health benefits of BJJ
Lily is a purple belt in BJJ and coaches adults and children at Rebellion gym in Sheffield. Lily recently graduated in psychology and spent a lot of h...
#51 Hazel & Cacao: Balancing hormones with food
Talida is the face behind Hazel & Cacao a blog focused on healthy whole food and plant based recipes with an emphasis on hormone balance. Talida's pas...