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Big Girl BJJ Problems: Another "Big Girl" Blogger

I've been a negligent BJJ blogger...partially because I've been training more, partially because GroundWork gets most of my extra internet attention, and partially because a recent layoff has left my time devoted to rethinking questions of income and life. ...but also because, once I feel I've explored/expressed a topic to my satisfaction, I don't want to write anymore. That's different than a lack of topics, but I'm wont to just be quiet when I have nothing to say. Thankfully, friends like Slideyfoot are there to call attention to potential areas of insight you might be missing out on. One of mine is definitely being a large woman in BJJ ( which I haven't written on in months ), so it was great to see another large woman, specifically Jodie, over at Jodie Bear's Journey, covering the topic and  writing on some of the challenges we face in training . Give it a read...it's a list of problems she's run into, and at first blush, reads like a mix of