Comments on: #132 Penny Thomas

By: slideyfoot

slideyfoot — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:31:53 +0000

Women can beat men in BJJ, and in any other sport which relies on skill rather than pure strength. Penny is an inspiring example of that fact. Hillary Williams has done it too: there are plenty of other talented female athletes out there.

Sure, men tend to be stronger, and strength is obviously important, but if it was a guarantee of victory, Marcelo Garcia would never win absolute titles.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:46:56 +0000

In most professional sports men and women don’t compete against each other due a power and strength difference in favor of the men (e.g., professional boxing, MMA, NFL football, etc.). In BJJ, a woman can defeat a man of the same weight if the girl trains regularly and is a good technician – power is of less importance. However, the men prevail the majority of the time. Additionally, the men that do lose are usually the non-athletic type with poor conditioning. Penny is outstanding, but she is getting doing some boosting/bragging. To that end, place Penny against only in men in grappling tournaments and MMA – she will get a reality check.

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By: Trey Whitaker

Trey Whitaker — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:40:06 +0000

Another great podcast. My sister Penny was especially stoked since she didn’t know about PennyFighting.com. Until now, she’d had a fan of B.J. Penn (‘Team Penn’) and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Brad Penny. Now she was a new number one.

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:55:09 +0000

An equally great interview with Penny Thomas as the one with Felicia Oh.
I really appreciate their expressive views and experiences with how BJJ works in the bigger picture – life, the universe and everything.

The best podcast, keep up the great work.

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By: slideyfoot

slideyfoot — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:45:24 +0000

Cool interview! Always great to hear the female perspective on BJJ. I thought Penny's responses were especially encouraging to other women out there who might be thinking about getting into the sport. Just in case people aren't aware of Nick's blog, he has posted up lots of great stuff on The Jiu-Jitsu Brotherhood.