The Raspberry Ape Podcast - Ffion Davies

Ffion Davies is one of the UK's top BJJ competitors and a Judo black belt.
In this episode we talk about how Ffion got into martial arts, her judo career, how she got into BJJ, breaking down her competition success, and covering a lot of women related topics in BJJ including women teaching, should you date your instructor and dick pics, probably too much about dick pics.
Find Ffion on instragram: ffioneira3
Find out more about CF24: www.cf24jiujitsu.co.uk

[@ralphylad]

“Jiujitsu is so....gay” Ffion Davies 😂 great discussion regarding kids grading btw.

[@andrewc1356]

I was in tears with laughter....Brilliant podcast and so nice to hear a Jiu Jitsu player who is at such a high level be so laid back about the sport...🤙

[@conceivebelieveachieve9653]

Ffion is just a naturally Modest and beautiful person, she's also funny and is now getting the respect that she deserves, she's such a hardworker and bad ass 💕

[@conceivebelieveachieve9653]

Ffion is such a lovely person, she's modest funny and gifted, it makes me so proud of her, I'm glad she's getting recognition for it finally 💕

[@krad1363]

Great interview, Ffion is a lot of fun.

[@VinceMillett]

Excellent episode!

[@MarcinG1978]

Excellent podcast Thanks so much mate.

[@A_RayChan_Joint]

Ffion has a great sense of humor. Her and gezary matuda are two of the most exciting bjj ladies out there. Bianca Basilio also deserves lot more attention as well. Nice podcast getting to know a little bit more about Ffion.

[@shrimuyopa8117]

You have to understand guys that are new at Jiu-Jitsu don't have gears. What do I mean by that? They either know how to go hard (sixth gear) or not go at all (first gear). So if you say, "Hey, you are rolling to hard with that girl, knock it off!" They will stop rolling hard and their only other option is to basically do nothing. Then you come back see him laying there like a dead fish rolling against a girl and you say, "Stop patronizing her!" Then he is utterly confused and doesn't want to roll with women anymore. So they have to develop a second gear, third gear, and fourth gear and that takes time and they also have to consciously focus on developing those gears. That is not to mention that they also are trying to learn new techniques, concepts, and systems too. So be little more understanding, rather saying, "Well I shouldn't have to explain this to you, you should already know." Because that just isn't the case.

[@martinjnagy]

You certainly have a good point (though you don't have to be so defensive haha). I am definitely like this....I think I am just about finding a third gear that I use on substantially weaker partners and it has come to me as I get more relaxed about being tapped out by people. At first I was a bit of a spaz with a bruised ego when submitted but it's happened that many times now that I've got used to it haha

[@bodhitree33]

The hilarity definitely enhanced podcast.

[@tglfilms1036]

Awesome mate top podcast

[@TruJesus]

Shoutout to Townhill and its lesser known but equally on top of the hill, Mayhill.

[@MozartificeR]

You take the back really well.

[@patrickwhite8144]

With regard to the pay-issue: the prize money should be determined by how much money that athlete (or gender) generates for the organisation staging the tournament. That is actually a deeper form of equality, as it removes gender from the calculation. The brute reality is that the appeal of sport is about determining who is the best, and the best women are not as good at Jiu-Jitsu as the best men are. It shouldn't be surprising then that men's Jiu-Jitsu is more popular than women's Jiu-Jitsu. If a woman emerged who was better than Roger Gracie she would be the most popular Jiu-Jitsu player in the world, and would earn the most money, and that would be fair by the terms which have been established -- i.e. the best gets rewarded. As for women being prohibited from certain tournaments: I would definitely support a boycott on that issue. I would definitely go to a seminar taught by a female black-belt, and have done. I think female black-belts tend to be a bit more text-book than male ones, and that can be useful.

[@paleojiujitsu2219]

Nice podcast

[@whitebeltforlife]

Can anyone link her MMA fight videos? Cheers!

[@RubenBJJ96]

She's so sweet man!!

[@oleoaktree]

Top podcast + bants. Curious, who's the person next to Ffion?

[@eejaypea]

That would be me (Ffion's mate). I learned after the podcast that my job was to stop Ffion being weird... I also advised her not to say "Jiu jitsu's gay" immediately before it. I am evidently not good at doing jobs.

[@alanturner4943]

@@eejaypea Everyone should check out your Back on The Mats song, absolutely brilliant

[@eejaypea]

@@alanturner4943 Ah, thank you! 😊

[@Matt-ks7bp]

Ffion is hilarious! She seems to just say the first thing that comes to mind! I do the same, I have ADHD and I have no filter at all!

[@KendoProdigy2111]

19:54 lol

[@kingoftherodeo87]

Child Labour FTW.........I don't think anyone ever said that sentence before

[@RazeenRed]

Surprised she didn’t try to go to freestyle

[@MozartificeR]

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