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For world jujutsu champion William Seth-Wenzel, his coming out process as an openly gay fighter included having his boyfriend at meets cheering him on. The Swedish athlete won the title in November in Fighting System underk pounds at the Jujutsu World Championships before the home crowd in Malmo.

His boyfriend, Pontus Formgren, was among those cheering him on as he won five consecutive fights to claim the gold medal. It has been my greatest goal to win the worlds for many years now.

Gay martial artist finds support, camaraderie in his sport

Seth-Wenzel is also proud to have won as an openly gay athlete, having come out gradually in the last two years. His interview with Outsports, conducted over and Instagram, is the first time he has talked publicly about being gay. I know the feeling of being secretly gay in a macho-dominated sport.

It sucks because you have to lie about your identity all the time. Jujutsu is a Japanese martial art, where fighters do both punches and kicks and includes segments that feature take downs and submissions on the ground, with a submission counting for points.

It is not the same as Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which is a different martial arts discipline. Seth-Wenzel has been practicing it since he was 6 and in won the junior world championship.

Being in such a macho sport where dominance is the goal caused some of his fellow competitors to initially question whether Seth-Wenzel actually was gay. They had obviously seen pictures of me and my boyfriend on Instagram, but still they needed to hear it from me that I was gay. That confusion cleared up, Seth-Wenzel said he has been accepted in the sport, even though he never had an official coming out to his teammates and competitors.

My aunt was also gay and, therefore I knew that my family would accept it, but it still felt very hard telling them. I guess they just figured it out.

Seth-Wenzel and Formgren are very open about their relationship on their respective Instagram s, which is how I discovered them. It also shows how comfortable Seth-Wenzel is with being out in his sport. William Seth-Wenzel can be reached via Instagram or via : william.

Bjj is a bit… gay?

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