Women Who Fight supports female fighters, collecting specialist advice and sharing current research from the experts. We are passionate about creating a space where women can find answers in a supportive and safe environment, promoting equality in the gym, on screen, in research and in prizes, as well as sinking our teeth into the best ways to optimise our health and training. We believe that our training should work with our unique and dynamic bodies, building on our strengths to help us grow and evolve in our field. In a male dominated sport, women need to support each other as we develop within it, and Women Who Fight aims to bring knowledge to the people who need it.
Episodes
Friday Mar 11, 2022
#54 Venum x WF Series: Terri Harper
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Friday Mar 11, 2022
Terri is former WBC and IBO super featherweight boxing champion of the world. At 25 years old Terri remains one of the most exciting female prospects across the sporting landscape in the UK. Terri lives with her partner Jen in a small village called Denaby on the outskirts of Doncaster, South Yorkshire. In 2018 Terri achieved a degree with honours from Sheffield Hallam University in Sports Coaching. Terri wants to use her profile to bring more equality to the sporting community.
We had the pleasure of speaking to her as part of our series with Venum for International Women's Day.
Hosts: Shanti & Marina
Guest: Terri Harper
Sound Editor and Composer: Will Grant
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
#53 Venum x WF Series: Michelle Waterson
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Michelle Waterson "The Karate Hottie", is a professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the UFC Women's Strawweight Division. She is the former Invicta Atomweight Champion and was ranked as the No. 1 women's atomweight fighter in 2013-2014. She holds a black belt in American Freestyle Karate and a Brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. She is a loving mother, wife and professional badass.
We had the pleasure of speaking to her as part of our series with Venum for International Women's Day.
Hosts: Shanti & Marina
Guest: Michelle Waterson
Sound Editor and Composer: Will Grant
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
#52 Lily Hunt: Mental health benefits of BJJ
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
Thursday Jan 27, 2022
Lily is a purple belt in BJJ and coaches adults and children at Rebellion gym in Sheffield. Lily recently graduated in psychology and spent a lot of her degree researching the mental health benefits of BJJ.
Hosts: Shanti & Marina
Guest: Lily Hunt
Sound Editor and Composer: Will Grant
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
#51 Hazel & Cacao: Balancing hormones with food
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
Talida is the face behind Hazel & Cacao a blog focused on healthy whole food and plant based recipes with an emphasis on hormone balance. Talida's passion for this grew from her own traumatic experience of hormone imbalance caused by her contraception.
It was a joy to hear her story, we learnt so much!
Hosts: Shanti & Marina
Guest: Talida
Sound Editor and Composer: Will Grant
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
#50 Trauma informed coaching - why is it so important?
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
We had the pleasure of speaking to Laurien and Alex, founders of Off The Zone which teaches coaches to be trauma informed. Laurien and Alex explain what trauma is, how it works and the great potential of martial arts to be part of the healing process.
Hosts: Shanti & Marina
Guest: Alex & Laurien
Sound Editor and Composer: Will Grant
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
#49 Maisie Hill: Perimenopause Power
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
"Navigating your hormones on the journey to menopause"
Maisie hill’s book Perimenopause Power is the sequel to her fantastic book Period Power. Here we uncover the realities of menopause, understanding its impact and strategies in how to mitigate symptoms, dispelling myths and fundamentally taking control over our own experience of it. This is our second podcast with Maisie and as with the first it was a fantastic conversation.
Hosts: Shanti & Marina
Guest: Maisie Hill
Sound Editor and Song Writer: Will Grant
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
#48 IMMAF: Developing women‘s MMA on an international level
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
For this episode we had Hayzia and Jorden from the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation - IMMAF. Hayzia is the Chairwoman of IMMAF’s Women’s Commission and Jorden is their Member Development Consultant. Both work to develop women’s MMA and improve their participation in IMMAF Championships and at the national level through their national federations.
Hosts: Shanti & Marina
Guest: Hayzia Bellem & Jorden Curran
Podcast Editor and Music Producer: Will Grant
Thursday Sep 16, 2021
#47 Research on female Judokas
Thursday Sep 16, 2021
Thursday Sep 16, 2021
In this episode, we are talking to Nicole Strock, breaking down a scientific study about female Judokas and their wellbeing called: Eating Attitudes, Body Esteem, Perfectionism and Anxiety of Judo Athletes and Nonathletes.
Scientific journals can be so hard to decipher for the layman, and with Nicole we were able to break down and understand what this paper was telling us. This is the first of three we have planned. Thank you to Nicole for sharing her knowledge.
Hosts: Shanti & Marina
Guest: Nicole Strock
Podcast Editor and Music Producer: Will Grant
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
#46 WILD.AI: The app for female athletes
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Helene is the founder of WILD.AI, an app to track women’s menstrual cycle and build a nutrition, rest and recovery programme around your physiological needs. It makes adjustments to its recommendations as you input your data, helping you to see patterns and mitigate symptoms. It supports menstruating women and those on birth control, as well as peri and post menopausal women. It is still in its infancy (relatively speaking) and Helene has big plans for it.
Hosts: Shanti & Marina
Guest: Helene Guillaume
Podcast Editor and Music Producer: Will Grant
Friday Aug 27, 2021
#45 Luiz Faye: Kronik Warrior
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Luiz Faye trains in adaptive boxing and has her own business called Kronik Warrior UK. We spoke about her journey and how she is developing adaptive boxing to make it a recognised sport.
Hosts: Shanti & Marina
Guest: Luiz Faye
Podcast Editor and Music Producer: Will Grant