Barbara L White on the Left and Cheryl Nelson on the right
Bio by Alia White Cass: “This is my mother. Though she is gone and I did not have the opportunity to know her during her years of teaching karate, I was fortunate enough to know her for the last 10 years of her life. During my recent years at the karate studio there are a few who remember her – her strong personality, her remarkable way of teaching and communicating with students, the preciseness and beauty of her forms and the fact that she wouldn’t back down from anyone. At 5’2 and light as a feather, she was a successful Kenpoist in a very male dominated art, the respect she received from her fellow Martial artists was not to be mistaken for anything other than earned merit. I wish she where here today, she is missed and loved by all who knew her.”