Melanie Murphy – named Instructor of the Year four times by the National Karate Association – is one of only two women in the country to hold a fourth-degree black belt from the NKA. She created StreetWize™ in 1983, a practical self-defense course for women, based on both spiritual and physical principles of self-protection. She is the founder and head teacher of Way of the Crane Dojo in Boulder, Colorado. For further information on her programs, please write to her at:

Way of the Crane
1840 55th St.
Boulder, CO 80301