Latter-day Saint Martial Arts Annual Report 2014 | Page 9

Meet Laura Farley
LDSMAA member since October 2014
I have only been doing karate since April 2014. I was five months
pregnant with our first baby when I started, so I didn’t seriously get into it
until November 2014, two months after he was born. I study Hakutsuru
Kenpo with Dave Fivecoat as my Sensei.
Right now my favorite part of learning martial arts are the Katas. I am still
trying to get comfortable with the idea of sparring, but haven’t gotten there
yet!
So far, I have learned patience and persistence. Martial arts is turning out to be harder than I
thought! But I have also learned that karate emphasizes respect. Even though most of the students
in my class are much better than I am, they are so willing to he