About ChickJitsu

Chickjitsu began as a girls only 2 hour class back in 2013 hosted by Jepha Mooi. It was made to welcome women interested in self defense, fitness, and friendship. We slowly kept reaching out to businesses and groups for seminars to bring awareness to learning martial arts in the form of Jiu Jitsu & Muay Thai. Jepha is a certified personal trainer studying the relationship between physical & mental wellness with dietary lifestyles. Learning martial arts was an ingredient to research that ended up consuming the mission.

Lou met up with Jepha in 2018 at a gym she was coaching, where he brought his daughter to learn Jiu Jitsu. Lexie, his daughter was a natural athlete who started competing & staying on top, until she started facing BOYS in her bracket that just seemed to have a “one up” on her. It was Lou who presented the idea of a girls only grappling tournament, in which Jepha acknowledged how much effort would need to be put forward, due to issues having girls sign up to events AT ALL!

Well, a dream, a vision, hard work, and dedication we have Chickjitsu, the first ever female only tournament.