At the age of twelve, I took part for the first time in the Danish National Jiu-Jitsu Championship. Jiu jitsu is a Japanese martial art. You use both inner and outer strength as a martial artist. I tagged along only because of the companionship and because the others in the club had promised to support me. In that way I was not different from most other young girls. I joined for social reasons. Later on, I got very surprised when I won.

I was not the physically biggest, I was not the physically strongest, and I had only been practicing for a year, so I was not the most experienced. Far from. Many of my competitors had years of practice behind them. Not until much later, I understood that I won because I was more fit inside than my competitors.