Episode 248 - Ffion Davies
The Chewjitsu Podcast
Eugene Tsozik
5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2023
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Ffion Davies is a Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt, multiple-time Jiu-Jitsu World Champion, and the 2022 ADCC Women's -60 kg champion.
On this episode, Ffion discusses her start in Judo, being very shy as a kid and what helped her overcome her shyness, fighting in MMA, finding a love for Jiu-Jitsu, moving to New York, why she chose to train with JT Torres, what she looks for in a coach and gym, "culty" gym culture, why Ffion loves teaching, her thoughts on “Women’s Only Classes,” how to make women more comfortable in the gym, the passing style she recommends for smaller grapplers, working as a bouncer to make money, how she overcame her tough loss at the 2019 ADCC, feeling down after winning a big tournament, and her mindset and training camp going into the 8-competitor women’s Grand Prix at Polaris Pro on March 11th.
Follow Ffion on Instagram @itsffionnotffiona and to inquire about seminars, e-mail [email protected]
Check out more information about the next Polaris Professional Grappling Event on March 11th on UFC Fight Pass: https://polarisprograppling.com/events/polaris-23/
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What up, guys? Today we got a podcast with probably the most requested female guests that we've had. |
| 0:06.3 | Her name is Fiona Davies. If you don't know who she is, she's one of the best female |
| 0:10.9 | jih Tjitsu competitors out there. I mean, she's got Noggiw Worlds, Worlds, she's got ADCC. |
| 0:18.5 | I mean, she's got some heavy, heavy titles to her name. And she was an absolute blast talk with. So I think you guys will enjoy the conversation. And again, with this, when she gets into it, there's a few things in particular, mainly the feeling that she had after winning big titles when she talks about this in the podcast. I think it's like just |
| 0:39.7 | worth listening to because I think it's something that all of us that are super driven by different |
| 0:44.2 | goals and things like that. This is something I've dealt with. And I think it's it's something |
| 0:47.5 | that a lot of times when I've spoken to high achievers, something they've struggled with. And so I |
| 0:53.1 | think it's a really useful lesson on and off the mat. |
| 0:55.3 | But really fun conversation. |
| 0:57.9 | So hopefully you guys enjoy it. |
| 0:59.8 | There will be a little bit of background noise in the podcast. |
| 1:01.9 | Beown was in a coffee shop. |
| 1:04.1 | And so, which it normally like that stuff would bother me, but the actual podcast came out just fine. |
| 1:09.8 | And the noise wasn't too loud. I actually felt like I was having a conversation with a person inside of a coffee shop. |
| 1:16.2 | So it'll probably sound like we're hanging out in a coffee shop, having a chat conversation. |
| 1:21.2 | So I'm just giving you guys a warning about that because I know sometimes people get really |
| 1:25.2 | bent on shape about the fact that, you know, maybe the sounds not absolutely pristine. So I'm just letting, you know, it sounds quality |
| 1:31.8 | still good. It's good. So if you like listening to people and learning from people and again, |
| 1:36.0 | maybe some background noise doesn't bother you, then you're fine. If you're one of those people that's |
| 1:41.0 | such a stickler about it, that you just can't enjoy it and that you're going to be angry and you're going to send me some angry message about it after you listen to it |
| 1:47.5 | then this podcast won't be for you just listen to like you know a different week so just heads up |
| 1:52.0 | as always thanks to our sponsors for helping make this podcast happen charlotte's web you can check |
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