{"id":2083712,"date":"2023-10-30T08:32:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T12:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/martial-arts-association-changes-rules-after-female-athletes-withdraw-in-protest-handing-womens-championship-to-males\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T08:35:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T12:35:15","slug":"martial-arts-association-changes-rules-after-female-athletes-withdraw-in-protest-handing-womens-championship-to-males","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/martial-arts-association-changes-rules-after-female-athletes-withdraw-in-protest-handing-womens-championship-to-males\/","title":{"rendered":"Martial Arts Association alters rules following female athletes&#8217; withdrawal, awarding men&#8217;s championship."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmartial-arts-association-changes-rules-after-female-athletes-withdraw-in-protest-handing-womens-championship-to-males%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2083712&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Only \u200cin \u20632023<\/h2>\n<p>On Oct. 21, at the Cobb Civic Center in \u200cMarietta, Georgia, the North American Grappling Association held \u200cits Georgia Grappling &#038; BJJ \u2064Championship, a mixed martial arts tournament. The men\u2019s\u200b welterweight submission grappling division, as you would obviously expect, given the name of \u200bit, was dominated by men.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063women\u2019s welterweight submission grappling\u2063 division,\u200b as you might\u2062 <em>not<\/em> expect \u2064\u2014 unless you\u2019re thoroughly versed \u200cin woke \u2014 was also dominated by men.<\/p>\n<p>According\u2064 to the website <a href=\"https:\/\/reduxx.info\/exclusive-women-abandon-brazilian-jiu-jitsu-tournament-after-being-forced-to-fight-males\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reduxx<\/a> \u2014 which <a href=\"https:\/\/reduxx.info\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bills itself<\/a> as a \u201cpro-woman,\u201d\u2064 \u201cpro-child,\u201d\u2063 and \u201canti-bullsh*t\u201d \u2014\u00a0actual women\u2062 declined to compete in the event\u200d after two men entered the category.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, Reduxx reported Friday, none of the women were told \u2063beforehand that\u200c they would be facing\u200c men \u201cidentifying\u201d as women and going by\u200b the names of Cordelia Gregory or Corissa Griffith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue first received widespread attention in September after it was learned that a female Brazilian jiu-jitsu athlete had not been informed she would \u200bbe competing against a male,\u201d Reduxx reported. \u201cTaelor \u200cMoore posted a clip of her fight\u200c against \u200bJames \u2018Alice\u2019 McPike on \u2063her Instagram, noting that there was a 65lbs weight difference \u200cbetween them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seems\u200b like a fair fight, \u2063no?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CxBuKCvP1yE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post\u200c on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CxBuKCvP1yE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by taelor moore. (@taelornmoore)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When that farce of a bout hit \u200cthe media, the sanctioning body \u200bissued a statement saying that it \u201cdoes not \u200crequire biological women \u2062to compete against transgender women. Instead, \u200dwe give \u200dthe choice\u2064 to \u200cthe biological women and if they \u200bdecline, they compete \u2064in a division only with other\u200c biological women.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">If \u200cThe Western\u2062 Journal launched an online merchandise store,\u2063 would you \u2062be interested?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge via\u2064 email. You may opt \u200dout at \u200canytime. You also agree to our \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> \u2062 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: \u20640% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 100% (1 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name=cname + \u2064&#8221;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i=0; i <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3512278\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those who chose not to compete with the\u200d transgender female, we will inquire if they have an interest in entering \u200da separate division which includes the transgender female,\u201d the rules read. \u201cThis additional division \u200dwill be\u2064 offered at no cost to those competitors. However, if individuals decline \u200dthis opportunity, the transgender female will be directed to compete with the\u200c males in\u2062 their respective weight and skill level category.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, NAGA \u2063martial artists Jayden Alexander and Ansleigh Wilk told Reduxx they had\u200c continued to be slated against male competitors without\u200b prior notice. Both women were paired against Cordelia Gregory, a \u200dman claiming to be a \u200dwoman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI honestly\u200b never thought this\u200c would \u200bactually happen in a contact sport, especially not MY contact sport,\u201d\u2063 Alexander, \u200da Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blue belt. \u201cWhen I\u200d saw\u200b him, I was so shocked I didn\u2019t know how\u2064 to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u200b realized very \u200dquickly I couldn\u2019t muscle them like most girls,\u201d Wilk, who is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt and\u2063 coach, added. \u201cWell\u200b obviously, because it wasn\u2019t a girl! Then not long after, I \u200bhad to\u2063 do a second match of which Cordelia threw a tantrum\u200c saying [he] \u2018didn\u2019t tap [out].\u2019 I was sincerely scared [he] was going to punch me when I stuck \u2063my hand out to shake [his].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the women all pulled out, leaving a two-person podium in the \u201cwomen\u2019s\u201d welterweight division \u2014 Gregory and Griffith. Griffith was \u200bthe more successful\u2064 of the two at\u200c the tournament, picking up four golds \u200din women\u2019s categories, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/naga.smoothcomp.com\/en\/event\/11976\/results?_gl=1*pa6p7g*_ga*MTEyODQ3MTUwMi4xNjk4NjQyNDY0*_ga_G4PE4ZKRS0*MTY5ODY0MjQ2My4xLjEuMTY5ODY0MjUxNS4wLjAuMA..\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official results<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One source told Reduxx that, in some women\u2019s categories, there were more men competing than women.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking: Jiu\u2064 Jitsu Tournament Features All-Male Women\u2019s \u2062Podiums in Georgia<\/p>\n<p>Female fighters speak out for the first time\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vg9mzRDRsC\">https:\/\/t.co\/Vg9mzRDRsC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ICONS (@icons_women) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/icons_women\/status\/1717962570416754954?\">October 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Marshi Smith, \u200cco-founder of \u2064the Independent Council\u200b on Women\u2019s Sports, noted,\u2063 while NAGA said\u2064 in September that women \u200cwouldn\u2019t be blindsided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/boxing-champ-doesnt-mince-words-calls-like-transgenders-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">male\u2062 opponents<\/a>, there hasn\u2019t been any enforcement of\u200c the policy \u200dby the organization or an effective outside watchdog \u2014 \u2064much less mainstream media coverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA rule is only effective if a federation will\u200c follow it and, most importantly, enforce it,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>Now,\u200c you would think the conclusion one might reach from this outcome is \u2063so \u200cantediluvian even a character in \u2062an early season of \u201cMad Men\u201d \u200dwouldn\u2019t \u2062utter it: Men are so good, they\u2019re even\u2062 better at being women than women are.<\/p>\n<p>However, not only is this <em>not<\/em> the zenith of sexism, but to point \u200dthis quite salient fact out \u2014 at \u200bleast as it relates to athletics \u2014 runs the risk of mass shunning.<\/p>\n<p>For pointing out \u2063the bleeding\u200b obvious, that men\u200d have biological advantages in certain sports that no\u2063 amount of hormones, drugs or surgery\u200d can erase, women\u2019s college \u200bswimmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trans-activists-threw-everything-riley-gaines-one-brutal-message-men-dresses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riley Gaines<\/a> \u2063has become a pariah \u2062in \u2064certain circles\u2063 (and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/swimming-star-riley-gaines-barricaded-hit-man-dress-trans-activists-storm-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">target for assault<\/a> in other circles). In those same circles, the male college swimmer who interloped in female sports \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lia-thomas-pretends-woman-endorses-domestic-terrorism-3-words-shirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lia Thomas<\/a> \u2014 is hailed \u2062as\u200b a hero.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines \u200bwas one of those weighing in on the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu controversy, and she was characteristically blunt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the name of inclusivity\u2062 and feminism, males are \u200bbrutally \u2062beating up on women and being awarded for it,\u201d she wrote in a social media post. \u201cThink\u200b about the message this sends.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In the name of inclusivity and feminism, males \u2063are brutally beating up \u200con women\u2064 and \u2062being awarded for\u2063 it.<\/p>\n<p>Think about \u2064the message this sends <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tFbpuNZamn\">https:\/\/t.co\/tFbpuNZamn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2064Riley \u2064Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1718042107124797452?\">October \u200c27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This \u200bis\u2064 2023. Not only have progressives bent reality\u2062 beyond the point \u2063of breaking, but\u200b for too many leftists,\u2062 it\u2019s a badge of honor to deny its existence \u2014 particularly when it comes to gender.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of the women feel scared to even\u2062 speak out about this matter. They don\u2019t want to be labeled a bigot or transphobic,\u201d \u200cWilk told \u2063Reduxx.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s so many girls just not signing up now because they are allowing this. Women\u2019s sports will cease\u2063 to exist if this keeps up. Medals, belts, records, and money are going to be stripped right away from women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have now spoken to four women who have all fought male fighters in the combat sport of \u2063Jiu Jitsu,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThey are extremely upset. They are self-excluding. They\u200b are emailing federation leadership and being dismissed. These\u2062 organizations and teams that are encouraging this dangerous display of violence against women need to be\u200d publicly shamed into doing what is right for \u200dwomen or reap the outrage\u200d that comes with cowardice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, there\u2019s a happy ending to this. According to \u2064conservative-leaning sports outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/women-quit-jiu-jitsu-tournament-male-naga-transgender-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OutKick<\/a>, NAGA issued new rules Saturday stating that \u201c[w]e will have divisions for only cisgender females. Transgender\u2063 females will not be entered into these divisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransgender females must compete in the men\u2019s division. We\u2064 hope that the simplicity of this revised policy will help to avoid any\u200b future occurrences where transgender females enter women\u200b divisions. If NAGA \u2064staff is informed that a transgender female is \u2063in a women\u2019s division, they will be given the choice to go to the men\u2019s division or given a refund.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes,\u200b it may be a badge of honor on \u200cthe\u200c left\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trans-cyclist-defeats-women-race-reportedly-didnt-place-racing-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pretend reality doesn\u2019t exist<\/a>. However, reality \u2014 bless its dear heart \u2014 has the stubborn habit of reasserting itself quite bluntly, even\u200d if men can take home women\u2019s gold medals at a martial arts event.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>A\u2062 Note from Our Founder:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every morning, we\u200d at The Western Journal wake up and pursue our mission \u200bof giving you\u200d the\u200d important\u200c information you \u200dneed about what\u2019s happening in America.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>We can\u2019t do \u200dthat without your\u200d help<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">America\u2063 has been on the receiving end \u2064of false\u2064 narratives. 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