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Where Kenya women learn Brazilian jiu-jitsu for self-defence
Personal trainer and strength and conditioning coach Shiggi Pakter and fitness enthusiast Salma Mohamed (in a white T-shirt) perform the Setting up for a "Triangle" submission, during a training session at Jiu Jitsu Academy Nairobi on February 25, 2025.
Photo credit: Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation Media Group
Sometime in 2018, Shiggi Pakter was called in to manage a group causing trouble in a nightclub in London, England.
“Women were fighting in a nightclub, about 16 of them. The response team was called but I went in alone to deal with the women. I ended up on the floor with 15 pairs of stilettos around me. I feared that if any of these drunk women decided to attack me with the stilettos, I would end up dead. You can imagine how sharp the ‘90s stilettos were,” says Ms Pakter, a former bouncer.
