For 9-year-old Eden Armstrong, stepping onto a wrestling or Brazilian jiu-jitsu mat isn’t intimidating – it’s fun.
That sense of fun has taken the Queen Creek youngster from her first grappling class just two years ago to championship titles in both sports, invitation-only superfights and international competition in Brazil.
Her rapid rise is impressive, but Eden says it all began with a simple invitation from her father, Tom Armstrong, to a Brazilian jiu jitsu class…