Next bout Feb. 23!

Join the DC Lady Arm Wrestlers for our next bout on Feb. 23 at Penn Social!
On the line up we've got a fresh batch of new wrestlers and a couple veteran favorites. On Saturday expect to be wowed by the strength and hilarity of:

The Ohio Hacksaw

Domomixtriss

Valkyrie













Sailor SlamRock

Aussie Osbourne


The Russian Hammer

The Shutter

Shirley Temper

Heavy Lifting

The DC Lady Arm Wrestlers have thrown their weight around for numerous local charities over the last several years. Each bout has brought in thousands of dollars for worthy causes. So as D/CLAW gears up for its next event on February 23, we thought we'd share a tally of the heavy lifting we've done so far:

D/CLAW 1: raised $1,450 for DC's House of Ruth, a domestic violence shelter.

D/CLAW 2:  raised $2,900 for the Service Women's Action Network, an advocate group for military women.

D/CLAW 3:  raised $4,100 for Fisher House Foundation, a home away from home for loved ones of troops being treated a military hospitals. 

D/CLAW 4:  raised $3,300 for N Street Village, a shelter for homeless women in DC.

D/CLAW 5:  raised $4,500 for Community Forklift, a nonprofit offering green-friendly, salvaged and low cost building materials.

D/CLAW 6:  raised $5,000 for renovations at American Legion Post 8.

D/CLAW 7:  raised $3,500 for DC Firefighters Burn Foundation, which went to send local kids burned in fires to Children's Burn Camp.

D/CLAW 8:  raised $3,800 for The Aleethia Foundation, which provides Friday Night dinner for injured troops being treated at local military hospitals.

D/CLAW 9:  raised $6,100 for Miriam's Kitchen, which provides meals and other support to the homeless in DC.

That's more than $34,000 that went toward local charities in the DC area!

Next up is Critical Exposure, a DC nonprofit that teaches young people to use photography and their own voices to become advocates for school reform and social change. How much can you help us raise?

Click here to purchase an advance ticket to the February 23 bout.

Treacherous Tutu wins the match!

Swooping into the match like a kamikaze swan, the Treacherous Tutu triumphed over newcomer Paula Bunyan to win the bout!

Congrats Tutu! And thanks to Jason Dixson from Brightest Young Things for the photos. There are plenty more to come.

But even better news, D/CLAW raised more than $6,100 last night for Miriam's Kitchen! That translates into more than 6,000 meals that this charity will now be able to serve!
All money raised came directly from entry fees for the match, bets placed on the eight wrestlers, and a few special auctions - including a date with three lovely swans from Tutu's gaggle that went for $300 and a binder full of D/CLAW women that went for $600!
At the end of the night, every D/CLAW wrestler in the house autographed their photo in the binder for the lucky winner. What a keepsake!

Oct. 19 bout at Penn Social

The D.C. Lady Arm Wrestler's fall bout is here and we've got a whole new crop of wrestlers for you!



And a whole new venue!

A few things have changed, but the basic D/CLAW principle remains the same.
All proceeds from the night, including $5 entry fees and all bets will benefit a local charity. This time it's Miriam's Kitchen, a non-profit committed to ending chronic homelessness in DC by creating meaningful connections with chronically homeless individuals, placing them in permanent supportive housing, and ensuring they have the necessary support to remain in housing.


So join D/CLAW on Friday Oct. 19 at Penn Social bar for a cornucopia of smackdown!
The bar will be open for happy hour, but the smackdowns will commence at 8 pm.
Buy a ticket in advance here: http://dclawladies.eventbrite.com/

D/CLAW's recruiting talent and wrestlers

Preparing for an upcoming bout on Oct. 19, D/CLAW is recruiting interested arm wrestlers and also performers for intermission and halftime shows.

If you've ever been interested in arm wrestling, or have a talent you'd like to perform before a fun and rowdy crowd, come out Thursday Sept. 27 to audition and meet some of the gals on D/CLAW's current roster.

Auditions for D/CLAW's 'Ten Minutes of Talent' will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. Sept. 27 at Penn Social - the location of our October bout - at 801 E Street in Northwest Washington, D.C. D/CLAW is seeking talent, emcees and arm wrestlers for our upcoming bouts. Dancers of all stripes, ring masters, strong women, magicians, musicians, acrobats, burlesque performers, hypnotists, circus freaks, come one, come all and dazzle us with your (super)natural gifts! As a part of the Collective of Lady Arm Wrestlers, a national not-for-profit alliance of theatrical lady arm wrestlers, every D/CLAW event raises money for a local charity. So if you'd like to put your talents to good use, swing by our open casting call. Please RSVP to dclawevents@gmail.com and let us know what talent you will be displaying. Or RSVP on  Facebook. There are unpaid gigs, as everyone participating in our events does so on a strictly volunteer basis. However D/CLAW can provide receipts for in-kind donations.

Miss out on the action last night but still want to see who will be representing D/CLAW in the nationals?
Here's video from the final round - Amy Smackhouse vs. Ms. Fire.

Amy Smackhouse wins the SuperBRAWL Championship!

Amy Smackhouse was the victorious lady arm wrestler last night and will be representing the D.C. Lady Arm Wrestlers in the national championship!
In the initial rounds, Smackhouse took down two seasoned arm wrestling veterans - Boudica and the Ohio Hacksaw - and the final round pitted her against Ms. Fire in an intense match. For the first time ever, the ladies competed at a stand-up arm wrestling table, which will be the way it's done at the national championship in Charlottesville, Va. in two weeks.

With a big thanks to both our great audience members and our wrestlers' entourages, D/CLAW raised approximately $3,800 for the the all-volunteer run Aleethia Foundation!
We'll be adding pictures and video of the championship shortly, so stay tuned!