a COOL champion

50-year-old Master Monua Cary, a former world jujitsu champion and Martial Arts Hall of Famer is offering free women's self-protection classes while she is in Billngs, MT helping to care for her 25-year-old son as he undergoes chemotherapy for Hodgkins Lymphoma. She feels it is a way to give back to her son's community while she is there over the next six months. Master Monua expresses that the workshops will teach women the importance of being aware of their surroundings and how to avoid potential assualts, "Women will learn techniques that could save their lives." She also believes that it is important that women don't view themselves at victims, "When you plant that seed in your head it sets you back both emotionally and psychologically. Thinking of yourself as a victim or potential victim, it puts you in a standpoint of loss." She is also a firm believer that the best way to effectively protect yourself is to be proactive and to be prepared both mentally and physically, "It's not just about technicality, it's about what's in (the heart). When your heart and mind come together, coupled with technicality, that's when total awareness can happen." Cary's classes will be available to women of all ages and experience levels. They will instruct women on the hands-on skills of self-protection as well as techniques and principles to help reduce the risk of being assualted. Master Cary has a goal that goes well beyond teaching self-defense,"My goal is to help build basic concepts of honor, integrity, loyalty, and courage into humanity. I believe this is the legacy we should leave to our future generations." Here's to Master Monua Cary for practicing what she teaches-stay positive, stay generous, and STAY COOL! Would you take one of Master Cary's free classes if you lived in Billings, MT? What do you think of the basic concepts of honor, integrity, loyalty, and courage?