0:00:08 > 0:00:11Millions of kids all over the world are hooked on martial arts.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17And I'm one of them. SHE CRIES OUT
0:00:23 > 0:00:26'In a few weeks' time, I'll be competing
0:00:26 > 0:00:27'in the World Championships.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31'I really want to win gold, especially in the points fighting,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33'which I am doing for my very first time.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37'Being a ninja is tough, but I love it.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49'My name is Jessie-Jane and I am ten years old.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50'Don't try this at home.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53'It's taken me years of practice.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56'You might know me as JJ "Golden Dragon".
0:00:56 > 0:00:59'I've been to lots of countries to take part in competitions.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05'I've won hundreds of medals and trophies, and I'm a world champion.'
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Martial arts just means the world to me.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10It means everything.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11The world champion.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13I couldn't do any of this without my dad.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16He's the best ever.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22I started martial arts when I was really young.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Well, when I was three I just spotted these people doing karate.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31I just kept asking, "Daddy, can I go to karate, can I go to karate?"
0:01:31 > 0:01:34And he said, "No, no, karate's too dangerous."
0:01:34 > 0:01:36So I just kept asking and asking.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37Finally, Daddy, he just thought
0:01:37 > 0:01:39maybe a couple of weeks will do her and
0:01:39 > 0:01:41she'll forget about it, but that didn't happen.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49In the last two years, my world's been turned upside down.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53I've been on Britain's Got Talent.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Britain's Got Talent was just incredible.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Ant and Dec were really, really funny.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Simon seems grumpy on TV, but he's not in person.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06He's really, really nice.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09But it's my sword that I'm most famous for.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12When I was eight, I taught myself the sword.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Daddy was a bit scared at the start.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16He was like, "Oh, no, what if she chops her leg off
0:02:16 > 0:02:20"or chops her head off or chops her arm off or something like that?"
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Wow, excellent!
0:02:24 > 0:02:26This is my school in County Armagh.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Everyone is so supportive of me.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Wow!
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Your swords, do they...
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Are they actually real?
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Yeah, but they're blunt.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45- Oh.- They're not sharp.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47But, like, with Britain's Got Talent,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49were you, like, "Oh, my God, I'm actually here!"
0:02:49 > 0:02:54- Like, I'm on stage, and like, this is so weird!- Yeah.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58I live with my mummy, my daddy and my three sisters.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Sugar-Rae, she's four, but she's nuts.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Rocca-Liu, she's 11 months and she's just adorable.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10My sister Molly-Mae, she's eight.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16In the middle of my training, maybe Molly-Mae would start singing
0:03:16 > 0:03:18or dancing or something like that!
0:03:18 > 0:03:20SHE SINGS
0:03:29 > 0:03:31..49, 50.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36Eight more. I would, like, help her do her sit-ups and her pull-ups and,
0:03:36 > 0:03:40like, help her do her training.
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Your granny could do better than that!
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Molly-Mae's really strict, but I love a strict teacher.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Another ten.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54To become world champion in martial arts,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57you need to do other sports, too.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00I do trampolining and gymnastics.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03It helps me with my flips.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05I'm working really hard at the minute.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07I'm training every single day.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11So the World Championships are coming up in two weeks.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13This year, I'm doing something different.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Before this it's my first year fighting, so I'm very, very excited.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27She's well covered up, that's the main thing.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29With a mask and all on her.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36In points fighting, we try to strike each other to get a point.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38The person with the most points wins.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Can you get up tight...?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Now we're going to put your leg right up.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- Up, up.- 'This is Gary helping me stretch.'
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Hold it straight.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Bring your foot right round.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Right round. Right round.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Hold it there.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00'And this is Davy.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02'They're two of Ireland's top coaches.'
0:05:05 > 0:05:06But you know what?
0:05:06 > 0:05:09The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16'Me and Daddy travel a lot.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18'We always go to different tournaments together.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21'We've been in 30 different countries.'
0:05:21 > 0:05:23It's chaos in the car.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31These World Championships are for under-18s,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34and there are teams here from all over the world.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37I'm 13 years old and I'm from Slovenia Maribor.
0:05:37 > 0:05:43I'm from South Africa and I live in Hartbeespoort.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Some people say, "No, it's a boys' thing."
0:05:45 > 0:05:50When actually there's almost as much girls doing it as boys.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53It gives you self-discipline and it's the only sport
0:05:53 > 0:05:55I really like doing.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56It's just a great experience.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Competing is great and the result is great,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01but I think at the end of the day, it's just great having friends from
0:06:01 > 0:06:02other countries.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Everyone gets together at the opening ceremony.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11There's so much to see.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18The excitement is unbelievable, and I can't wait to get started.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Focused? Yeah.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Ready to show the world how good you are?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Let's go. This is what all the training's been for, right?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Before I go to do a big performance, I just feel so pumped.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47I just feel like I'm ready to do this.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53My first fight is against Lili from Hungary.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56And there's two rounds, one and a half, OK?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Fight!
0:07:07 > 0:07:09So you move around. You're just kicking a wee bit far away.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12I want to see you at least five points more, OK?
0:07:24 > 0:07:25And I beat her 4-0,
0:07:25 > 0:07:26which means four-nought.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Now I have to fight Bega from Germany.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Let's go. Step it up, step it up.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36Fight!
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Oh, body jab! Oh!
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Oh! On the drop, on the drop!
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Oh!
0:07:47 > 0:07:49'And I beat her 5-3.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53'It was a tough fight, but I am through to the final.'
0:07:56 > 0:07:57I really, really was so proud of you.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Proud of you, pet, all right?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Get ready to rock and roll again.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Well, I think today's gone very, very well.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17It was really, really exciting.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Really, really fun, I really enjoyed it.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23I've made two Italian friends, but they don't speak English,
0:08:23 > 0:08:24so it's very hard to make friends.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28But, like, we still are friends and the Russian girl that was in my
0:08:28 > 0:08:30category, we're also friends.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33But she, again, doesn't speak English, so we're kind of friends,
0:08:33 > 0:08:34but we can't really talk!
0:08:36 > 0:08:40I do miss my sisters, but we always have FaceTime.
0:08:40 > 0:08:45And now I'm just going to relax and just look forward to tomorrow.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Today I am defending my world title
0:08:53 > 0:08:57that I won last year in the weapons competition.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58It's my favourite category.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01And if I win, it will give me a boost
0:09:01 > 0:09:03for my points fighting final later.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08The weapons are blunt, but they're still very dangerous.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15And it takes loads of practice to get it right.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21The competition this year is very strong, especially the Russians.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30I can't make a single mistake if I want to keep my world title.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Before I do a big performance,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42me and Daddy have a wee handshake that we do.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45It's just, like, this, this and then this, that.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47And we call it Team Daddy and JJ.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48OK, Team Daddy and JJ.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Go JJ!
0:10:32 > 0:10:34APPLAUSE
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Hopefully I've done enough.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Judges, please.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Your marks for second performer.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Ready, up.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54I've won!
0:10:55 > 0:10:57APPLAUSE
0:10:57 > 0:10:58Double champion.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04I'm the world champion in weapons,
0:11:04 > 0:11:08but I still have my points fighting final to do.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09It's nearly time.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11I'd really love to win.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14So you feeling good?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- You confident?- Yeah.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Sharp?
0:11:20 > 0:11:21Is that us?
0:11:26 > 0:11:28This is it.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Remember, no matter what happens with the referees...
0:11:42 > 0:11:45'It's my toughest challenge yet.'
0:11:45 > 0:11:47You can't change the past, all right?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49I'm fighting Vivian, who is from Hungary.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52She's 12, so she's two years older than me.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54And she's the current world champion.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58I'm going to do my very best.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Let's go, JJ.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22I was feeling very, very excited but at the same time,
0:12:22 > 0:12:25she was a lot taller than me.
0:12:25 > 0:12:26And her legs were just so long!
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- Fight!- Just trying to keep my distance away, but she was very,
0:12:34 > 0:12:38very experienced so she just kept, like, backing off.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39She knew what I was doing.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45I felt like I just want to get this point back.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48And I got one there which got me a bit of a boost back.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51That's good, JJ. That's it.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Do you need some water?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- Do you need some water? - Whenever there was a break,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58I just felt like I want to get up and just keep fighting on.
0:12:58 > 0:12:59All right? Got it?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- All right, JJ.- Right, so let's go.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Let's see that, let's believe in it, OK? Believe in it.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Whenever she was kicking, it just got me really frustrated,
0:13:12 > 0:13:14because I was just kind of like... "Errrh!"
0:13:17 > 0:13:19She's biding her time.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20- Be ready.- Oh!
0:13:22 > 0:13:23JJ, let's go, let's go!
0:13:30 > 0:13:31Oh!
0:13:36 > 0:13:39'At the end when there was about ten seconds left,
0:13:39 > 0:13:41'I just couldn't get four points back.'
0:13:44 > 0:13:45JJ, it's OK.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52'I tried to, like, read the fighter and that,
0:13:52 > 0:13:54'but she was just too smart.'
0:13:56 > 0:13:58'And she beat me 5-1.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01'I knew that I did my best, and that's all I could do.'
0:14:08 > 0:14:10All right? Well done.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14That was a super effort, JJ. Super effort.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17You should be proud of yourself, all right?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Yes, I did really want to win it,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22but then you have to give everybody a chance.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24You can't get everything you want.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32'I got a silver in my points fighting.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34'Not bad for the first time.'
0:14:34 > 0:14:35Go on, JJ!
0:14:37 > 0:14:39CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:14:40 > 0:14:44'And gold medals in weapons and extreme forms.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46'So I kept my two world titles.'
0:14:48 > 0:14:49- Good weekend, pet?- Yeah.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Coming home to my trophies and medals was just class.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Mummy and my sisters were all so proud of me, and we had a big party,
0:15:00 > 0:15:02so it was unbelievable.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06'After a week away,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09'being back home with my family is the best prize of all.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15'Well, sort of.'
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