Malory started both her filmmaking and Aikido careers at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. She started Aikido with the late Paul Sylvain Sensei in 1988, and trained with Bruce Bookman Sensei from 1990 until 1996. In 1997 she helped to found Puget Sound Aikikai, a not-for-profit USAF affiliated dojo in Seattle, which she helped to run for the next six years. She is a USAF certified Fukoshidoin and received her 4th Dan from Yamada Shihan in 2003.

As a filmamker, Malory has specialized in making educational and environmental documentaries through her company, Small Planet Productions. She also runs the award-winning "Reel Grrls" program in Seattle which trains teenage girls in media literacy and video production techniques.

She has combined her filmmaking skill with her background in Aikido to produce ten professional quality videos for the Aikido community, including:

• New York Aikikai's 30th Anniversary featuring Doshu M. Ueshiba and Shihans Tamura, Yamada, Tohei, Chiba, Kanai, Sugano, Kawahara, Kurita, and Shibata.
• Ukemi: The Art of Falling with Bruce Bookman
• Teaching Aikido to Children with Bruce Bookman
• Aikido for Children with Bruce Bookman

as well as the following videos, produced for Aikido Today Magazine:

• Aikido Expo: Seattle 1993 featuring 15 Seattle-area Aikido instructors
• The Principles of Aikido featuring Mitsugi Saotome
• Cherry Blossom Festival 1994 featuring Senseis Saotome, Kuroi, Ikeda & Doran
• The Sword of Aikido featuring Mitsugi Saotome [cinematography]

Malory may be contacted by email at malory@womeninaikido.com.