In this weeks episode, we get together to talk about health and wellness with legendary, martial artist the Queen of SWAM, and founder of Sister, Warriors Against Madness SiDaGoo Dr. Odette Russell

 Dr. Odette Russell, also known as SiDaGoo is the wife of Sijo Abdul Mutakabbir.  She is a ‘Grandmaster’ and founder of the women’s division of SWAM. SiDaGoo has many accomplishments entitled to her name. Receiving a Ph.D. in Health Psychology in 2018, being promoted to 9th Degree Black Belt titled ‘Grandmaster’ and earning ‘Designated Inheritor’ to the SWAM Martial Arts Academy in 2019 are some of the prominent ones.  Although her martial arts journey officially started in 1971, where she trained for one year in the Ji Do Kwon Tae Kwon Do system, it wasn’t until she started training under her husband in 1980 that she considered herself a true martial artist.  By 1998, she formed her own female division of SWAM, Sister Warriors Against Madness. Along with thousands of hours of training time (over 40 years), she has also participated in semi-contact karate tournaments (katas and kumite division; 75% of her wins were in 1st place) for almost a decade (80s-90s), operated successful dojos for two decades, and taught hundreds of individuals for over 30 years (primarily females from 1998 where she produced her own black belts).  SiDaGoo has the respect from the martial arts community as she has received multiple awards and has been featured in multiple martial arts’ books and magazines.  She also sits on the advisory council of ‘The World Headmasters Sokeship Council”, a martial arts organization benched by senior martial artists from around the world.

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