Message #1: GB Values and How Jiu-Jitsu can help you. Exploring Gracie Barra's three values: Brotherhood, Integrity and Development. Learning about their meaning and role in a person’s Jiu-Jitsu journey.

Message #2: Find ways to celebrate your progress. Everyone must identify ways to feel progress for themselves. Some days it's “I totally understand that technique,” sometimes it's “I defended well today, I only got tapped 2 times,” etc.

Message #3: Do it for you! This journey is for you. Not anyone else. If you accept that you are uniquely you and your journey is yours, you will not compare yourself to others.

Message #4: Communication is key! Understand the importance of communicating with your training partners, and Professor. It is to ensure your continued comfort as you move into GB1 classes.

Message #5: Gender does not affect one’s ability to learn, use, and improve through Jiu-Jitsu. Although there are innate differences between men and women, none of these differences have anything to do with the usefulness of Jiu-Jitsu in one’s life.

Message #6: Become more physically confident and focus on what your body can do, not what it looks like. In a world where most people focus on how a woman looks, not her strength, learn to embrace what strength you have, both physically and mentally.