A "5th dan" black belt in tae kwon do, Joanou spent months during her teens competing in the martial art in South Korea, before moving to the tri-city area in 1981 and focusing on fitness instruction.
"I was very competitive, and I didn't lose any fights," Joanou, 56, recalls with a laugh.
Now, her fight has turned inward.
Five years ago, doctors diagnosed the Prescott Valley woman with chronic kidney failure. She dealt for years with the debilitating effects, before learning just recently that the deterioration was accelerating.
It was time, the doctors said, to begin dialysis, and ultimately, to consider a kidney transplant.
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