When the Taipei Karate Association held self-defense classes for women, karate was quite popular in Taipei. Li and Yao received their initial training then, and thousands of people nightly practiced kicks and parries.
前幾年北市空手道協會連年舉辦婦女防身術訓練班時，台北市的風氣曾盛極一時，每晚有幾千人練習，姚麗、朱美月、李幼萍、張文采都是十一年前參加第一屆訓練班的學員；近年訓練班停止舉辦，人口降到四、五百人。