A Woman’s Jiu-Jitsu Journey from White Belt to Black Belt

(Grapplearts) – In this feature interview I talk with Emily Kwok who is a very smart, very talented jiu-jitsu practitioner.

She’s been involved in the woman’s competition circuit for a long time, having competed both with and without the gi, and in MMA overseas. Her ability as a teacher of jiu-jitsu – to both men and women – is proved every time she steps on the mats at her BJJ Academy in Princeton, NJ.

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Grapplearts, May 14, 2011

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