MILDURA Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Shantelle Thompson is amping up her training this year as she commits to a four-year Olympic-type cycle to add an elusive black belt title to her collection.

Thompson, 41, gained the black belt in mid-2023 but had an interrupted season last year as the single mother-of-five, three of who still live at home, with the youngest just three, juggled compet