this episo Pla is joed by Michelle Gay, fifth-gree black belt and world karate champn. Michelle began her martial arts journey after the age of 40 (!) and ntu trag people the art of self-fense.
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FIGHTG THE ODDS WH SHIHAN MICHELLE GAY
Karate-Do Ken Wa Kan is an pennt karate dojo loted New York Cy and led by Shihan Michelle Gay.
Michelle GayFounr/Creator of Self Offense & Lead InstctorMichelle Gay is a Laban Certified Movement Analyst, Registered Somatic Movement Edutor, Registered Movement Pattern Analyst, Sixth Degree Black Belt Tradnal Full Contact Karate, owner of Karate-Do Ken Wa Kan New York Cy, former St. Vcent's Rape Crisis Advote, TedX speaker, published thor, founr of Self-Offense Servic and creator of the Self Offense Personal Protectn Workshop & Workplace Self Offense: Sexual Harassment Preventn 2003, she has tght the Self Offense: Personal Protectn Program to thoands of participants Uned Stat, Canada, Swen, India and more about Michelle Gay.
Zelda GayChief Executive Officer & Lead InstctorZelda Gay is the Chief Executive Officer of Self-Offense Servic and the print of Karate-Do Ken Wa Kan.
MICHELLE GAY
Zelda has been performg and teachg drama, movement and improvisatn for a brgs her unique batn of skills to leadg and velopg Self Offense's Programs and has played a pivotal role the productn and velopment of Self-Offense more about Zelda Gay. Michelle Gay is not one of them. Now 46 years old, Gay has been practicg Japane full-ntact karate for over 20 years and is now a karate Shihan, or a master teacher.
SPOTLIGHT : SENSEI MICHELLE GAY, CMA, RSME/T
“You know, ’s jt tremendoly fulfillg, ” said Gay at her wt 18th street stud, “Like ’s a really great life to who I get to be for people as a lear and as someone who empowers people and actually provis an environment for them to disver the nate power that they have, the nate bety that they poss, the grace, and to jt have them take wherever they are to the next level. Gay has won multiple tournaments, both natnally and ternatnally.
After so much triumph throughout her martial arts reer, Gay is brought to tears when she thks about what her particular practice has tght her after so many years.
One thg about martial arts though that gets Gay trated is when people say that karate, like most sports, is a “man’s sport. Currently, Gay has many female stunts, some of whom have pletely dropped off the radar and very few who have ma to the higher ranks of a black belt. After 20 years, Gay has two words to scribe her practice.