Sunday, April 23, 2006

Taking control

Sarah took 10 days off work. She didn't want her employees or customers to see her in that shape: bruised, broken and bitten.

She is slowly adjusting to her new life, one without a controlling man who was with her most minutes of each day for five years.

She's taking control of her life and refusing to be a victim again. She's learning how to defend herself.

Mitchell's Martial Arts in Salisbury is holding a three-hour class today for women like Sarah.

"They all come here for some reason," said owner Melody Mitchell. "Either something happened to them or someone they know."

Women, she said, don't chose martial arts for exercise. They come for totally different reasons.

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