One of the top female competitors of her generation, Nathiely De Jesus talks about the law of attraction, using Jiu-Jitsu to overcome health issues, training at the infamous Cicero Costha Academy and facing your idols in competition. Click “read more” for show notes!
SHOW NOTES
- Her 2018 World Championship
- The law of attraction
- Transferring skills into competition
- Her strategy at Worlds
- Why she doesn’t study her opponents
- How she initially began training Jiu-Jitsu
- Training at Cicero Costha Academy in Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Overcoming respiratory problems and losing weight through Jiu-Jitsu
- The women’s BJJ scene when she first started
- Facing your heroes in competition
- Her career defining match against Mackenzie Dern
- The Pummel
- The progression of her style
- How having a good guard helps your understanding of passing
- The importance of grips from the guard
- Her desire to try MMA
- Her plans to teach someday
- Her upcoming seminars