00:16As Bogotá begins to shut down, in the heart of the Antonio Nariño district,
00:21The arena lights are barely on. Here, in a modest 5x5 square that
00:27It feels sacred; sweat and passion keep alive a legacy that many had given up for lost.
00:33Behind the glitz and acrobatics, three women are rewriting the future of wrestling
00:38From Bogotá. They don't just fight against an opponent, they fight to channel their realities and escape
00:44of the daily routine.
00:45My name is Terry Golden, I'm a Colombian wrestler and I'm the coach of the Team School.
00:52of wrestling. We come to train for two hours and you forget all your problems.
00:58From work, from so many things, and now one has come out and is back to reality, and I think that she...
01:05The same thing happens. A little time for her to de-stress and escape her conflicts too. And so
01:11Just as there are many men who can't take it, there are women who do. Here we discuss them.
01:15Just like they're men. I tell them, we're here to train for wrestling. So what?
01:20They need to become strong and be the same; this can help them on the streets. You never know.
01:24In a moment, during a robbery or something, this could be useful to them too.
01:32That persistence is no coincidence. The struggle is in the DNA of the Policarpa neighborhood, a sector
01:37Founded by women 60 years ago, where they settled with their children and resisted attempts
01:43of evictions to give them a home. From a very young age I have liked fighting, sports. In
01:49In terms of power and strength, I really enjoyed it. I hadn't had the opportunity before. I tried a while ago
01:55Three years ago, we had the sadness of losing my eldest son. I stopped and
02:03I started again recently. When I step into the ring, I'm here, my friend, I'm a fighter.
02:11I've come here to train. This helps me a lot; in two hours I can forget my problems.
02:19And the sadness I might feel. It's really tough. It's not easy. The training is hard. Really tough.
02:27You sweat, you fall, but you keep going. I follow the fight; I've loved fighting since I was little. My dad
02:33I used to watch Mexican wrestling movies, like El Enmascarado de Plata and Blue Demon. Back then
02:39It's like I always grew up watching them and I was like, how cool is wrestling. I traveled for the first time
02:44I went to Mexico a long time ago and it was the first thing we did. Go see wrestling. And
02:49I saw a match between two girls during the wrestling. And I said, okay, there are women, that's really cool.
02:57Four months ago I discovered that one has a strength that one does not know, that one is unaware of.
03:02Let's just say I consider myself a super weak person in every aspect, both physically and mentally.
03:07I mean, like anything else, it gets me down, but here I've realized that doesn't work.
03:11and that one is truly strong and has the mental strength to cope with setbacks,
03:16cope with the movements and learn.
03:25This year I've kind of traded ballet flats for wrestling, so to speak. But
03:30It's something that's very much a part of me, and I really want to keep it because it's something that reminds me
03:34Even though I demonstrate so much power and strength here, I am still very feminine.
03:40Since we came in here, or personally what I do is that everything that has been happening to me
03:46Overwhelming the day, the week, the month, everything, it all stays outside. The Liz who's here isn't the one
03:51The same Liz who's outside. The Liz who's here is a strong Liz, a Liz who arrived
03:56here to prove to himself that he could do things and that no matter how strong he was, a
04:00Warm-up, a movement, a workout, whatever, it can be done. And if they demand it of me
04:05If I can be at the same level as the boys, I can do it too.
04:08The energy is at its peak, the show is about to begin. Liz's gaze is much more fixed,
04:14Almost defiant. Only she and her partner enter the ring. Her feet are covered by ballet flats,
04:20Almost like a surrealism, somewhere between delicate and aggressive, they begin to move with such agility
04:25of a feline. One, two kicks against her opponent. Liz becomes furious, screams, goes to one of
04:32From the corners, he gathers momentum and with a quick, coordinated movement, manages to knock him down. Another
04:37victory.
04:40While it's a sport of toughness and strength, women can do it too. Especially now.
04:46In this era of gender equality, we can do many things.
04:50So, welcome all the girls, if you can, and here you will realize how strong you are.
04:54which are.
04:55It's nine o'clock at night, training is over. They come down with fatigued muscles and bruises.
05:01which tomorrow will look like war medals. That day, wrestling felt more alive.
05:06never. Liz, Lunaria, and the teacher share the dream of continuing to prepare for at least
05:12once she appeared before an audience unaccustomed to seeing women in the ring,
05:17But they also hold the hope of keeping wrestling alive in Bogotá.
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