Phoenix Rising

RA Life Defense at the School of Urban Self Defense

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Concept by Anna Katrina.

Implemented as a mural team with Kenny McBride.

We first met Professor Zahalea @ra_life_defense while painting the George Floyd mural at Verde Salon, when she asked us about painting a plywood mural on her business, the Urban School of Self Defense.
Tragically, this family owned business succumbed to the flames of the riots that fateful Sunday night on May 31st, 2020. Yet from the ashes, Zahalea has risen like a Phoenix. She has since started a new dojo, and continues to rise stronger than ever. 
“And just as the Phoenix rose from the ashes, she too will rise. Returning from the flames, clothed in nothing but her strength, more beautiful than ever before.” — Shannen Heartzs