MOUNT ZION, Ill. (WAND) - Becoming the best has always been top of mind for 16-year-old Sun-Yoon Karas. At just nine years old, she stepped foot onto the mat for the first time, training in Jiu-Jitsu.

At the beginning of class, Chijioke “Chi” Williams invites her trans self-defense students to “shake it out” and simply get moving. “There’s so many people with complicated relationships with their ...