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‘We’re much stronger than we think’: the Girl Gangs of all ages grappling on stage
From young office workers to a ‘Granny Grappler’, women are being shown how to throw their weight around in WrestleLadsWrestle. Its creator, a former judo champion, tells us why‘Find a new partner and have a go at frogging,” says Jennifer Jackson to the group of women assembled around her. They all drop into squats and start pushing each other’s knees, trying to make their opponent fall over. On a rainy Saturday afternoon in south London, the women, wearing sweatpants and smiles with giddy energy, are learning some judo and wrestling moves, how to flip each other’s bodies over on a mat, and the basics of defence through a game called Sticky Hands. “I liked the grappling on the floor,” says one of the group, 26-year-old Becky. “I couldn’t stop giggling while we were doing it.”Jackson, a calm presence at the centre of the room, was a teenage judo champion. She’s also a performer, theatre maker and movement director, who has worked on shows including I, Joan at Shakespeare’s Globe, Cowbois at the RSC and her solo show Endurance, about ultrarunning and resilience, which landed at the intersection between theatre, dance and sporting spectacle. Today she’s training up a Girl Gang, which will form part of the cast for her show WrestleLadsWrestle, which premiered last year in Manchester and is embarking on a tour. In each venue she forms a new amateur cast, assembling women in Sheffield, Cambridge and this group in London. Continue reading...
From young office workers to a ‘Granny Grappler’, women are being shown how to throw their weight around in WrestleLadsWrestle. Its creator, a former judo champion, tells us why
‘Find a new partner and have a go at frogging,” says Jennifer Jackson to the group of women assembled around her. They all drop into squats and start pushing each other’s knees, trying to make their opponent fall over. On a rainy Saturday afternoon in south London, the women, wearing sweatpants and smiles with giddy energy, are learning some judo and wrestling moves, how to flip each other’s bodies over on a mat, and the basics of defence through a game called Sticky Hands. “I liked the grappling on the floor,” says one of the group, 26-year-old Becky. “I couldn’t stop giggling while we were doing it.”
Jackson, a calm presence at the centre of the room, was a teenage judo champion. She’s also a performer, theatre maker and movement director, who has worked on shows including I, Joan at Shakespeare’s Globe, Cowbois at the RSC and her solo show Endurance, about ultrarunning and resilience, which landed at the intersection between theatre, dance and sporting spectacle. Today she’s training up a Girl Gang, which will form part of the cast for her show WrestleLadsWrestle, which premiered last year in Manchester and is embarking on a tour. In each venue she forms a new amateur cast, assembling women in Sheffield, Cambridge and this group in London. Continue reading...
