98 year old kicks ass!

[Kura]

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" Sensei Keiko Fukuda, the last surviving student of Judo founder Kanō Jigorō, has officially been promoted to the rank of 10th dan — the highest black-belt degree in her sport — becoming the first woman to reach the rank, and only the sixteenth person to achieve it since the martial art was founded in 1882."

 

[jwk94]

isn't judo primarily throws? how does she do it?

 

[Bigdog]

isn't judo primarily throws? how does she do it?

Simply put , with less Western influence, people can actually do cool things because they are not barred by stereotypes relegated to age groups. Examples?
Spartans, Eastern Europeans, Shaolin monks , the Zulu and that woman.

Seriously, you don't see anyone in America or any Western nation her age do that.

 

[KouAidou]

Simply put , with less Western influence, people can actually do cool things because they are not barred by stereotypes relegated to age groups. Examples?
Spartans, Eastern Europeans, Shaolin monks , the Zulu and that woman.

Seriously, you don't see anyone in America or any Western nation her age do that.

Uh, she lives in San Francisco, actually. Has done for 50 years.

 

[JFC]

isn't judo primarily throws? how does she do it?

Skills.

She has them.

 

[Synch]

any videos of her actually doing it ?.. honestly though lets face it anyone that she throws is because they let her if someone were to actually fight back ...

 

[jwk94]

Simply put , with less Western influence, people can actually do cool things because they are not barred by stereotypes relegated to age groups. Examples?
Spartans, Eastern Europeans, Shaolin monks , the Zulu and that woman.

Seriously, you don't see anyone in America or any Western nation her age do that.

did you just say that stereotypes prevent us from doing such things?

 

[Bolt]

isn't judo primarily throws? how does she do it?

any videos of her actually doing it ?.. honestly though lets face it anyone that she throws is because they let her if someone were to actually fight back ...

Skill in judo and comparable arts derives from airtight skill and the ability to effectively utilize offbalancing and center of gravity techniques, not strength or force. I've seen petite women take down and decisively control much larger opponents in randori.

Judo is far from being a comprehensive fighting art, though, so of course she probably wouldn't stand much of a chance in an actual violent altercation. But that's sort of missing the point. We're talking about martial arts, not combat, and for a person not just of this age but of a disadvantaged size and stature to reach the zenith of qualification in such a distinguished traditional art is quite an achievement.