Houda Loukili - Former Dutch National Kickboxing Champion, and Youth Coach for Personal Growth

<div>Houda grew up in the Netherlands and she first came into contact with kickboxing at the age of 11. </div> <div> </div> <div>She soon found out that kickboxing was her passion, Houda trained hard and spend all her time in the gym, training 6 days a week. Due to her passion and perseverance, in 2005, Houda became the Dutch Youth Champion.</div> <div> </div> <div>At university Houda choose to study Sports Management and Movement. </div> <div> </div> <div>Houda was inspired as a young girl by her coach – and she wanted to be the inspiration for other young children.</div> <div> </div> <div>With her knowledge and experience in top-class sports and her social-pedagogical background, Houda knows how to reach girls and get them moving – literally. By sharing her story, Houda makes young people feel relevant and that they are capable of more than they think.</div> <div> </div> <div>Her mission is to give coaches the tools to make sports more accessible for girls. She believes it is important that every individual can play sports according to their own needs. </div> <div> </div> <div>Houda is passionate about equality and diversity in sports and has worked with Nike on their “made to play campaign”. Nike's words are clear: children should play. Not just some kids, but all kids. Not just some girls, but all girls, including girls who wear hijab.</div> <div> </div> <div>New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday and Thursday at 7am UK time - Make sure you hit the subscribe button so you don’t miss out. </div> <div> </div> <div>The Tough Girl Podcast is sponsorship and ad free thanks to the monthly financial support of patrons. To find out more about supporting your favourite podcast and becoming a patron please check out <a href="http://www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast&source=gmail&ust=1631248560905000&usg=AFQjCNHROQJb-EIEdx91E-aGG1kZjBJ9pQ">www.patreon.com/<wbr />toughgirlpodcast