We each came through the door of self defense and somehow landed on the training floor. Carla found Thousand Waves at an outreach event more than 20 years ago. In 2005 Carla encouraged Becky to take a self defense course. First impression are often the most lasting impressions. Carla has been an assistant in the Thousand Waves violence prevention program for many years. Becky now teaches in the same program. 

We have each said many times that we use our karate and our self defense training every day in or lives outside the dojo. The donations made to our efforts here will help make sure that others will have access to the same life changing training which we encountered here and continue to encounter here.