Episode 175 - Heather Jo Clark

The Chewjitsu Podcast

Eugene Tsozik

Wrestling, Wellness, Brazilianjiujitsu, Sports, Interviews, Mma, Bjj, Health, Chewjitsu, Injuryprevention

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2021

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Summary

Heather Jo Clark is a retired professional mixed martial artist, former UFC Strawweight, and the head MMA coach and co-owner of "10th Planet Denver."

On this episode, Heather discusses her upbringing, playing professional Ice Hockey, finding MMA, being on "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 20, and starting her gym, “10th Planet Denver.”

Heather also shares how she discovered Jiu-Jitsu, finding MMA and her first pro MMA fight, the transition to the UFC, trying out for TUF, her greatest victory, the end of her fighting career, dealing with post-concussion syndrome and the treatments she has used in her recovery, dealing with ego and loss of identity, opening a gym with her boyfriend and former MMA fighter, Conor Heun, becoming the head MMA coach at her gym, earning respect as a female MMA coach, the importance of Women’s Only BJJ classes, the impact of her MMA coach Robert Follis, and how she describes herself as a coach.

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0:00.0	What's up, guys? So today on the podcast, we are going to have a conversation with a super cool woman.
0:05.7	We met her out at when we were recently doing the trip to Denver and we went to see the Charlotte's Web Farms.
0:15.2	We stopped at a 10th Planet Gym where we are out there.
0:18.6	We have a friend that trains out there.
0:20.0	And so we're like, we're going to check it out.
0:22.0	And the couple that owns it, they, you know, they were very welcoming to us.
0:26.9	And Heather was, was one of them.
0:30.7	She's a, you know, pro-MMA fighter.
0:32.3	She's fought in the UFC.
0:33.7	And, you know, she helps run the gym and stuff like that.
0:36.2	Super, super cool. And after we were done training on that Friday night, we had an open mat there.
0:40.0	I mean, we were all just sitting around chatting for, I mean, shoot, it was probably maybe almost an hour and a half.
0:44.9	We spent an hour, like, I just like, me and her just sat down and then you talked to some people and then, and then you came over and then we just started talking and she had so much so much to share about like
0:55.0	her her fighting career and like she's dealt with um concussions and things like that so we got into
1:01.1	that as well as a um she's been through a lot and she's done a lot it's really cool and i really think
1:06.9	she's one of the pioneers honestly like she's still like that first maybe that second wave of women that really started fighting because she's one of the pioneers, honestly. Like she's still like that first, maybe that second wave of women that really started
1:13.2	fighting because she's been going to, I think, what, 2010 or 80?
1:17.4	2010 was when she had, well, I think she was training beforehand, but 2010, I think, was when
1:20.6	she really had her first fight.
1:22.0	Yeah, that's crazy.
1:24.0	So, but, but it's super interesting podcast. So, you know, I, I, I, I, I, one of the things when we were doing this podcast, I found that like, I like talking to people is,
1:32.7	and I guess maybe this is kind of where, where I'm at in life, right, is you're watching
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