The Art of Jiu Jitsu, Community + Finding Your Edge ft. Katie Casimir
In this episode, Katie Casimir shares her love for jiu jitsu and everything it can teach us about living a good life 🛸
ABOUT KATIE CASIMIR ~
Katie is a retired professional MMA fighter and brown belt in the 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu system. She teaches jiu-jitsu with her husband at 10th Planet Downtown Las Vegas and on their YouTube channel King Kneebar. Katie is still competing in her forties and uses her experiences to empower women especially in the context of martial arts.
CONNECT WITH KATIE ~
On the gram: @king_kneebar
On the YouTubes: King Kneebar https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDLfruM91pHogMb_2TQX80g
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FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM THIS EPISODE ~
some of my favorite lines of conversation that came up in this episode:
Appreciating our bodies for what they can do vs. how they look
Transparency on social media regarding sustainable fitness
Learning how to get comfortable being uncomfortable
Spirituality as an inexplicable coming together through something bigger
Reflections on letting go of control
Learning to stay chill in the midst of intense survival mode
DETAILED EPISODE BREAKDOWN ~
0:00 - 10:00 ish:
Approaching jiu jitsu and life with intention
Constant improvement and experimentation as a source of joy
Finding meaning in progress + the journey itself
10 - 20:00 ish:
Intrinsic motivation vs. motivation by comparisonitis
Appreciating our bodies for what they can do vs. how they look
Comparing ourselves to younger versions of *ourselves*
20 - 30:00 ish:
Transparency on social media regarding sustainable fitness
Proudly displaying our cellulite as an act of solidarity ayy
Learning to communicate with your body so you can train foreverrr
Finding our balance between pushing + flowing in training
30 - 40:00 ish:
Jiu jitsu as a teacher on finding our own answers in life
Learning how to get comfortable being uncomfortable
Parallels between Katie and Caroline’s growth journeys
The power of community!
Finding common ground with our fellow humans through jiu jitsu
40 - 50:00 ish:
Spirituality as an inexplicable coming together through something bigger
The importance of [consensual + appropriate lol] human touch!
Reflections on letting go of control
Katie convinces Caroline to go to her first jiu jitsu class lol
Guidance on finding a jiu jitsu environment that works for you
50 - 60:00 ish:
What it’s like to compete in jiu jitsu
Learning to stay chill in the midst of intense survival mode
Your ethics don’t leave you during intense survival mode
Learning to use aggression skillfully and with compassion
