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Article: "Molly Hale – An Incredible Martial Artist Making a Difference"
Posted 7/16/2010 5:53pm [from Jun Akiyama]
This article entitled "Molly Hale – An Incredible Martial Artist Making a Difference" highlights Molly Hale of the San Francisco Bay Area. Molly suffered injuries due to a car accident in 1995 which doctors diagnosed would leave her "paralyzed from [the] shoulders down for life." Since then, she has been able to work through her injuries to take her aikido sandan test in 2001.
From the article: When I asked Molly to tell me about her Aikido, she replied, “I have been training in Aikido for 26 years, 11 on my feet and 15 from a wheelchair and [on the] floor…”