Here is an article that may have many women cringing at the movement and flexibility, but one woman has found some great relief from… Karate!

"I fought back with karate and exercise, and I like to work in my yard," Grantham said. "It took awhile, but they say now I do the kata (forms) horse-stance well. You do everything with your hands with that. I still need to work on my kicks. But I'm getting a lot better."
After a year under the direct tutelage of "Professor" Harry Herrera, she's coached by Moriarty's Rachel Griego, a hairstylist by trade and a black belt at Herrera's dojo.
"I adore her," said Grantham, a blue belt. "She's demanding, but she's a good instructor. She understands that for me to learn, I have to do it over and over. And she does, makes me do it over and over and over."

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