Atlantic Canada's first women's open mat

November 8, 2011

Chikara Magazine was pleased to be part of Atlantic Canada's first women's open mat. The open mat was held at Abhaya Mixed Martial Arts Centre in Wolfville, NS and gave BJJ and no-gi practitioners the chance to roll with other women in the sport. Melyssa Marie (BJJ Blue Belt) was thrilled to be hosting this monumental event.

MANTO: It's a man's world

I was absolutely horrified to see the following image appear on my newsfeed today. It was brought to my attention by a fellow female grappler.

Blackeye Promotions: bringing WMMA to centre stage

Janet Martin had a vision and she is taking that vision and opening up the world of women's mixed martial arts. Janet recently partnered with Blackeye Promotions, an MMA promotion company based out of North Carolina. She approached Blackeye with the idea specifically to book, organize and promote women's MMA.

THE WARRIOR GODDESS CHRONICLES

MAKING THE CUT

By Nichole Campbell RHN

The Warrior Goddess is within us always and having this aspect of our personality present at the time of a competition is crucial. We need to feel strong and empowered and confident in our skills and our bodies. I believe we cannot feel any of these things without having a healthy body image. It is hard to be perfect all the time, and actually what is perfect? What the media tells us? Or what we tell ourselves? I believe the inner dialogue we have in our minds is the most important. Also, our health is an important part of feeling that warrior goddess within us. When you stand back and think about it for a moment, you’ll realize that all you have is your health. There are many days in my life now when I catch myself thinking, I am so thankful that I am healthy right now. I want to have optimal health and most people do. We want to be happy and that only comes with knowing how we can better ourselves on a larger scale. There needs to be strength in your mind body and spirit, prepared for whatever curve ball life throws at you. We are warriors, we are ready, we are strong, we are women and we can make our dreams happen, as long as we remember that we are spiritual beings on a human journey.