A shiny, new black belt

Wendy Pollack, center, recently passed her black belt exam. She was tired, sore and black and blue.She had a lot of help from others at the studio, especially Genie Byrd, left. At home, she has the support of her husband, Cory, and her son, Maxx. Cory is a blue belt and Maxx holds a junior black rank.
Wendy joins a short list of female black belts. We just don't have enough women becoming instructors in our art and it's tougher for them than it is for many of the guys.
She took a little over seven years to train to the level. Her thesis theme was techniques to be used with keys in hand and/or attacked next to or in a car. "Such things a nice girl should know!"
Congratulations to Wendy!