Jiu-Jitsu competitor Ansleigh Wilk competed against an athlete who did not disclose that he was male beforehand.
“While I won the match, this was completely undisclosed I was fighting a trans athlete and completely unfair for me to not have a choice or any preparation to prepare for something so different. And especially unfair to the girls that were traumatized by this even of unknowingly going against a trans athlete,” Wilk tweeted, sharing her experience.
FULL VIDEOS OF ME TAPPING TRANS ATHLETE 2x. Second video you can see the full tantrum thrown after the Loss.While I won the match, this was completely undisclosed I was fighting a trans athlete and completely unfair for me to not have a choice or any preparation to prepare for… pic.twitter.com/qlVlW48zFA
— Ansleigh Wilk (@Ansleigh_mma) November 2, 2023
In a video, Wilks explained, “So I’m sure you’ve seen the tweets or the article about trans athletes competing against women in Jiu-Jitsu. And as one of those females I wanted to come on here and kind of share my experience about what happened to me in July.”
She explained that she “wasn’t fully expecting to get a match because I was a purple belt at the time and there was no purple belt signed up other than me, but sometimes a blue belt will step up to fight a purple belt.”
She did not find out until later in the day that she was “indeed fighting a biological male.”
Wilks said that she “knew something was different. They felt so strong. I was like, oh my god, this is a very strong old lady. What?”
“So initially, I am in total panic mode, I feel their strength and I’m like, ‘Oh, I can’t take them down, better pull guard,” referring to a defensive technique. “And then eventually, you know, like maybe 30-40 seconds later I get the tap with the Ezekiel Choke. And I get off the mat and I know I still have a second match with this person because it’s the best two out of three bracket, we were the only two people in it, so we have to fight two to three times.”
“When I originally posted this on TikTok I received a lot of hate. And this was never about me winning or beating a trans opponent,” Wilks added. “This was about me giving a voice to other girls like Jayden and Adella, who were scared in their matches. And I can’t believe people actually think this is okay,” Wilk said.
Please take some time to listen to my experience of fighting a trans athlete in July. This was never just about it effecting me or boasting a win. This was always for the anyone else like @JaydenScrappy this traumatized; for them to have a voice and the confidence to speak out… pic.twitter.com/XmuRtP10A1
— Ansleigh Wilk (@Ansleigh_mma) October 30, 2023
