Today was my first women’s only class and it was great. I have a terrific group of women at Derby City and I wanted to give them a chance to have the mats to themselves. In fact, as men came in early to get a little drilling in. I would yell “penis” and motion them over to the other matted section of our gym. We had joked around before the session about the “Tackle and Grapple” skit done by Key and Peele thought that our interpretation of it made for a great picture.

From a coaching standpoint it was really insightful to watch them roll against each other because they were able to open up and go full speed. From a coaching standpoint this was fantastic. I was able to see what areas of their game lacked and what mistakes they made when they were going against one another at 100% effort.

If you don’t already have a female only mat time at your gym and you have a decent following of women, I would highly recommend starting one.