Women in Martial Arts: Janet Todd details how it helped her

Janet Todd, the current ONE Atomweight Kickboxing World Champion and the ONE Interim Atomweight Muay Thai World Champion, is not simply a martial arts legend; she also serves as an inspiration to many other women.

Todd is aware that millions of people across the world are watching her each and every time she competes. She is also conscious of the crucial part she has in the development of women's martial arts.

She also hopes that, as a prominent female figure in a field typically dominated by men, her success would inspire other women to try kickboxing and Muay Thai.

“I hope people can see what I do and say, ‘Yeah, I can do that.’ Or even say, ‘Yeah, I could do that better. I could be the next champion and help the sport grow.’ Because compared to the men, there’s not as many women competing. ONE Championship is a great platform, but I hope the sport continues to grow through some of these major promotions like ONE Championship. And, yeah, I hope people get inspired to compete. If I can do it, you can do it,” Todd noted to ONE Championship.

Kickboxing and Muay Thai provide Janet Todd much more than just money and recognition abroad.

These sports, in her opinion, are essential tools for empowering women. Because "JT" has learnt to keep practising and getting better - a fundamental martial arts principle - with every obstacle, setback, or loss she has encountered in competition.

She claims that the lifelong impact of the lessons she learnt in the Ring and the Circle is as follows:

“I think what martial arts, at least, has done for me, is giving me confidence that I can take on challenges that I thought I couldn’t and find a way to get it done. And it’s not just in martial arts, but outside, in my work and everything else in life,” she added.

Todd also noted that failures no longer impacts her.

“I don’t let failures get me down, I just know I just have to try again, find a different way to do it. And it’s given me the confidence to be able to get back up and try again and be able to discover more of what I’m capable of, which has been really rewarding. So I hope that people who start martial arts gain that kind of experience too.”

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