#131 Janice 'Ling Ling'
2h 22m
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Johnny Yaps
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In this episode I sat down with Janice 'Ling Ling', a training partner and friend who I've had plenty of great conversations with.
It's always interesting to find out more about people so aside from knowing her skills in the training room it was fun to chat with her about a broad range of topics, from her experiences with skydiving to motorbikes, Janice is the kind of person to go deep when she gets into something.
She's also full of great stories from punching her skydiving instructor in the face to having a motorbike getting set on fire to writing articles for a men's magazine.
Janice also creates some ridiculous (yet informative) jiu jitsu content and is available for jiu jitsu coaching!
Enjoy!
Links:
https://www.instagram.com/cutiep1e666/
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