In episode 23 of Tatami Talk with Juan and Anthony, We talk with special guest Beverly Baker founder and creator of Asphalt Anthropology and Street Smart Self Defense. We discuss her martial art background, how and why she got into Judo. We talk about what is Street Smart Self Defense and the differences between self defense training and martial art training. As well as how to find a good self defense school, and whether judo has influenced her approach to self defense.

- Street smarts self defense [6:45]

- Staying aware vs being scared [25:57]

- Getting into judo, and how judo relates to self defense [34:55]

- Competing in judo vs other martial arts [39:34]

- Discussion on how to bring more women into Judo [46:36]

- "90% of fights go to the ground", BJJ and self defense [51:06]

- Mcdojos in self defense [01:10:40]

- Where to find Beverly + self promo [01:33:33]

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Beverly's Instagram: Beverly: https://www.instagram.com/asphalt_anthropology/

Beverly's Website: https://www.metrofinishschool.com/

LA Times Article: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-city-beat-downtown-los-angeles-street-smarts-20190523-story.html

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Juan: https://www.instagram.com/thegr8_juan/