/ John Glenn - Searcy, AR Susan Godfrey - Tampa, fL Michael Goings - Hardy. AR Dnid Good - Hollister. MO Tracy Gooslree . Birmingham, AL Melodye Gossell - Law ton , OK Timothy Graham - Plano, TX Lisa Granberg - Tacoma, WA Lynda Gray - Channelview, TX Jane Green - Magazine, AR Joy Gregg - Columbiana, OH Andrea Grimes - Broken Arrow, OK Ronald Grinnell - Oxford, AR Michael Gurganus - Cordova, AL Brenda Haas - Roanoke, IL Dolla Hall - West Memphis, AR Lisa Hamillon - Scotia, NY John "amm - S1. Jacob, IL Thomas Hamm - 51. Jacob, IL Ramona Handy - Mena , AR Anthony Hankins - Oil Trough, AR Betty Griffith . a 4- 11 " senior nursing major at Harding, looks harmless. But she isn't defenseless; she has black belts in both karate and judo. " I began studying karate in Hawaii at the age of eight, " Griffit h said. "My father really encouraged me in it. My whole famil y is martial arts oriented. My older brother has hi s black belt in karate, and he' s working on hi s red belt - the master's degree. My sisters have brown belts in judo, and my younger brother has studied karate for two years. It 's really a family thing. " "I practice Jujitsu, which is the simplest form of judo ," Griffith said. "It is mainly an art which Sheila Harper - Memphis, TN Jerry Harris - Lawrenceville, GA Philip Harris -Southaven, MS Scoll Harris - N. Las Vegas, NV Kenton Hart - Springfield, AR Leslie Hart - Bramalea, Cananda Terri Hatch - Farmington, NM Lyle Hatfield - Huntington, WV Joseph Hawkins - East Alton, IL Sonja HaMi;s - Bolivar, MO Stephan Haynes - Little Hocking, OH Phillip Hays - Searcy, AR Teresa Heaton - Kokomo, IN Randel Hefley - Everton, AR Sarah Hefley - Little Rock , AR Dee Anne Helms - Benton, KY Mark Helms - Waco, TX Jennifer Henderson - Piggott, AR Julia Henderson - Mountain Home, AR Priscilla Henderson - San Fernando, Trinidad John Hendricks - Shreveport, LA 194 Sophomores She dares to discipline uses body mechanics and leverage. I like it better than karate; my size gives me an advantage in it." Griffith was awarded her second black belt in karate and her black belt in judo when she was in junior co llege. Although she no longer takes lessons, she continues to practice her exercises and fall s for judo and her kicks and jabs for karate. She has never had to use her skills for her own defense, but she did help her brother out of a scuffle once. Griffith uses her talents in other circumstances. "I have found the use of body mechanics and leverage very helpful in li fting patient s," she explained. Because she has confidence in her ability to defend herself, Griffith has few of the fears that many women face. But she feel s very firml y that the martial arts are not fun and games. It should be used only for self-defense - it' s not something to play around with. It 's a discipline, and you have to learn not to show it off. Although Griffith has found interest in karate and judo to be more widespread in California, her horne state, it is growing in popularity. There is a schoo l in Searcy which offers martial arts courses to aspiring young -student s. She has not been connected with the school here , but she "would recommend it (martial arts defense) to anyone of any age. Once you have it, no one can take it away from you." - Sheila Choate BETTY GRIFFITH needs no trapeze <fto fly through the air with the greatest of ease. ..
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