This is the first book by Lori O’Connell, a third-degree black belt in Jiu-jitsu. In it, she tells the story of her journey to master the male-dominated martial art, the people she meets and challenges she faces and overcomes. With funny anecdotes, serious meditations, and a conversational writing style, O’Connell provides readers with a close look at Jiu-jitsu, analyzing what it takes to be successful as a person and as a woman. Athletes will appreciate O’Connell’s drive and how far she has come in her fourteen years of studying the art, including opening her own Jiu-jitsu club in 2006.

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