Ju Livesey returns to the podcast 90 episodes after we first spoke on Episode 54, this time from Thailand as a Black Belt and co-owner of Carlson Gracie Fight Club Phuket.
When Ju, Owen and their son Thiago moved from the UK to Thailand, opening another gym wasn't part of the plan. They wanted more time together as a family and an opportunity to build a different life, but after recognising something was missing, curiosity and spontaneity took over and another Jiu Jitsu community began to grow.
Ju shares the journey of building the gym, creating opportunities for more women to train and continuing to develop the Chaos Camps she originally started because she wanted more women to train together. What began from her own experience moving from Judo into BJJ has developed into a community of women who continue to come back, train together and support each other.
We also talk about Ju's Black Belt promotion and what the belt means after a lifetime in martial arts. Having already been a Judo Black Belt and regularly competed against higher belts throughout her BJJ journey, the biggest change isn't necessarily the belt itself, but the confidence she now has in her ability and what she can achieve.
Ju talks openly about the challenges of being an athlete, parent and business owner whilst continually putting herself into situations where she is learning something new. We explore how failure can knock our confidence, the importance of doing difficult things and how deliberately making ourselves uncomfortable can build resilience that reaches far beyond the mats.
And now Ju is focusing on her own goals. With title fights, Polaris and the European Championships ahead, she wants to win and believes she has put in the work to do it. Ultimately, it comes down to graft, stubbornness, putting yourself in uncomfortable positions and continuing to show up.
Topics:
• Moving to Thailand
• Building a new gym
• Family
• Carlson Gracie Fight Club Phuket
• Women in Jiu Jitsu
• Chaos Camps
• Judo
• Black Belt
• Competition
• Confidence
• Failure
• Resilience
• Doing difficult things
• Parenting
• Running a business
• Winner's mindset
• Enyo
• Polaris
• European Championships
• Graft and stubbornness
• Showing up
FOLLOW JU
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https://www.instagram.com/ju.livesey/
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Carlson Gracie Fight Club Phuket:
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JIU JITSU LOU is a UK BJJ Podcast hosted by Lou Temlett.
PRODUCTION
Produced by Kerr Mathieson of Audio Outsource
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MUSIC
Maleki Ram - Just A Little Boy
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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