Aikido For Women: The Underlying Principles and Why Women Have the Advantage by Barbara Frentsos Butler Unbelievable! A petite, eighty plus-year-old woman is able to control and throw large men. Aikido for Women spills the secret any woman, regardless of age and size, will find useful to protect and defend herself against various types of attacks. About the Author Barbara Frentsos Butler graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a bachelor's degree in fine arts and with departmental honors in art and journalism. She earned her master's degree in education from Bowling Green State University. She pursued her career as an educator, a writer, and a dance teacher while raising a family. She retired from teaching and pursued her career in performing arts. After her husband died, she then decided to take lessons in Aikido. She earned her first black belt at the age of seventy-five.