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Tweet98-year-old woman becomes first woman ever to earn Judo's highest-degree black belt
Is earning a black belt on your life list? Then this elderly woman in San Francisco just might be your ultimate hero.
Just two years before her 100th birthday, Sensei Keiko Fukuda has become the first woman to achieve a tenth-degree black belt—the highest rank in the martial art and combat sport Judo. Fukuda is now one of only four living people who've earned the tenth-degree (or dan) black belt. To put the accomplishment into better perspective, throughout history, only sixteen people have ever achieved this honor.
Fukuda began practicing Judo in 1935 and is the sole surviving student of its founder, Kano Jiguro. At her teacher's urging, she learned English to help spread Judo internationally.
During a time when getting married, building a family, and becoming a housewife was the norm, Fukudo bucked tradition, opting out of marriage to pursue the martial art.
"All I did was Judo...this was my marriage," Fukudo reflected tearfully to the San Francisco Chronicle. "This is when my life destiny was set. I just never imagined how long this road would be."
She described the Jiguro’s school, known as the Kodokan, as "old-fashioned and sexist about belts and ranks." In fact, an edict that prevented women from achieving any higher than a fifth-degree black belt kept Fukuda at that level for thirty years. She was finally elevated to sixth dan in 1972 when a woman's division was created.
Fukodo said she approached Judo and her life with the intent to "be gentle, kind and beautiful, yet firm and strong, both mentally and physically." Fukuda says this kind of beauty is decidedly not external. "A compassionate soul is inner beauty," she explained to the paper. "I believe this is true beauty...All my life this has been my dream."
Dream realized, the 98-year-old Sensei Keiko Fukuda continues to teach Judo three times a week at a woman's dojo.
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TweetAGain like I said at SM- my hat is off to this woman for any 90 year old woman to practice an activity where you get thrown down over and over man thats increadible, but what the hell is this,"combat sport" crap LMFAO- NO SUCH THING!! its either a sport or its combat and all modern martial arts/gendai budo are not for combat the suffix ,"do" is what that means. People write these articles and dont even know the subject they write about. The 'DAN" system of ranking was invented by the maker of Judo - whose intent and read it in every book he ever wrote, wanted to take the principles of jujutsu but removed all the dangerous parts of it and create a way of exercise and recreation for children that could be practiced in elementary school. JUDO is a sport, not combat, not self defense not anything even close
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TweetDedication at it's finest
Tweetwhy yes my friend there is, a combat sport is combat in which there are rules governing the actions of the fighters and it is a contest in which there is a winner and a looser that may be judged if the time limit is exceeded. the end result is not to kill or maim the opponent but to either sub, KO, TKO or win in a decision.
other wise it would be 2 man enter one man leave.
i have great respect for both the pure and the hybrid martial arts.
congrats to granny, i doubt she can do much at her age but its still an honor for her. i wonder if i will still be doing it at 90+
it would be hard to find training partners if you poked out their eyes and broke their knee caps
TweetIts amazing she chose this judo over marriage wow the dedication she must of had
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TweetJIPPED SORRY I LIKE YA AND YOU SEEM TO BE AN ALLRIGHT GUY, BUT THIS IS A TENDER TOPIC FOR ME, IVE NEVER MARRIED STAYED FROM DATING AS I HAVE DEVOTED MY PAST 40 YEARS TO COMBAT TRIAINING
NO BRO- ITS EITHER A SPORT OR ITS COMBAT, BUT THERE IS A COMBATATIVE SPORT- NO SUCH THING AS A COMBAT SPORT, JUST AS THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SPORT JUJUTSU- THATS JUDO, JUST AS BRAZILAIN JUJUTSU IS MISNAMED DUE TO THE IGNORANCE OF THE GRACIE FAMILY- THESE ARE FACTS NO MY OPINION - FACTS THAT I HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO IN MY 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE STUDY OF MANY MANY MARTIAL ARTS, SCIENCE ETC ETC ETC- IF THERE ARE RULES THEN ITS A SPORT WHETHER ITS A COMBATTATIVE SPORT OR NOT- IN MANY SCHOOLS AND CIRCLES- I AM CONSIDERED AN AUTHORITY ON THIS-
THIS IS A SPORT-which there are rules governing the actions of the fighters and it is a contest in which there is a winner and a looser that may be judged if the time limit is exceeded. the end result is not to kill or maim the opponent but to either sub, KO, TKO or win in a decision.- NOT COMBAT
BUJUTSU/JUJUTSU IS BASED ON WAR - WAR IS COMBAT THEREFORE IT IS TO KILL AND CIPPLE- YOU NEED TO DO YOUR RESEARCH AND YOU GOT 30-40 YEARS OF CATCHING UP TO ME- IF I WASNT SO DEEP ACROSS THE COMMUNITY- ID ADVERTISE MORE OF MY CREDENTIALS AND EXPERIENCE. JUST READING YOUR LOGIC , IM PRETTY SURE THAT YOU HAVE NONE IN THIS AREA. NO OFFENSE BUT YOU AND I COULD NEVER CHAT ON THE SAME LEVEL REGARDING THIS- MOST 20 YEAR MARTIAL ARTISTS CANT CHAT ON THE SAME LEVEL. THERE AINT ENOUGH SPACE ON THIS FORUM , NOT THAT MANY WOULD BE INTERESTED TO EXPLAIN, BUT HONESTLY I FIND THIS CHAT THE MOST ANNOYING THAT I CAN EVER HAVE BECAUSE YOU REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MARTIAL ART OR SCIENCE IS, WHAT BUDO OR BUJUTSU REALLY MEANS OR HOW THAT MMA OR BOXING OR JUDO OR MUY THAI OR KENDO OR KICKBOXING ARE ALL JUST SPORTS, COMBATATIVESPORTS AND THE TRAINING IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE TRAINING FOR WAR, WHICH WHILE WE ARE ON THAT I TOURED DESERT STORM AS WELL. I STILL TEACH SOLDIERS PART TIME ON HOW TO CUT AND SLASH PEOPLE WITH KNIVES, BECAUSE WE GOT SO MANY MANY IGNORANT PEOPLE IN THIS WORDL THAT THINK GRACIE JUJUTSU OR GOURNDFIGHTING ACTUALLY WORKS IN REAL LIFE SURVIVAL. combat vs sport again
YEAH THATS WHY JUDO AND KARATE WERE INVENTED- BECAUSE ITS HARD TO PRACTICE WITHOUT KILLING.
WHEN I WAS A CHILD I DID JUDO AND KARATE AND BOXING ALL SPORTS
BUJUTSU OR JUJUTSU OR SOME OF THE METHODS OF COMBAT SILAT AND KALI ARE METHODS USED BY SOLDIERS- NEVER INHISTORY WERE THEY INVENTED FOR CONTESTS-- THEY WERE INVENTED FOR WAR- ARTFORM IS NOT COMBAT, MARTIAL ARTS ARE NOT FIGHTING OR COMBAT
THEY WERE INVENTED DURING PEACE TIMES ALONG WITH THE SUPERFICIAL BLACK BELT DAN SYSTEM OF RANKING - WHICH I LAUGH AT AND YES I HAVE 13 OF THOSE TOO, THE TRADITIONAL METHODS IN JAPAN USE THE MENKYO SYSTEM AND MOST FILIPINO AND INDONESIAN METHODS OF COMBAT HAVE NO RANKING SYSTEM BECAUSE IT WAS FOR WAR - THEY WERE FOR ENTERING BATTLE AND KILLING AS MANY PEOPLE AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN- HONESTYLY IM BAFFLED WHY YOU EVEN TRY TO EXPLAIN TO ME BECAUSE I READ AND IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. IF I OFFEND ANYONE SORRY- I HAVE SPENT MY LIFE DEVOTED TO THIS, IM CONSIDERED AN EXPERT IN 18 DIFFERENT METHODS, I SERVED IN ACTIVE COMBAT- I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PHONY BULLSHIT THAT IS TAUGHT IN PUBLIC AND WHAT REALLY WAS USED IN BATTLE BACK WHEN THERE WERE NO GUNS.
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i have great respect for both the pure and the hybrid martial arts.
WITH RESPECT DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT? THERE IS NO PURE MARTIAL ART AND IF IT WAS FOR WAR THEY DIDNT REFER TO IT AS AN ARTFORM.
REAL COMBAT DONT USE BELTS FOR RANK- THATS DEVELOPED SO PEOPLE COULD PLAY GAMES IN A CONTEST. and make money= bullshit
MARTIAL ARTS EMPHASIZE AESTHETICS IE: USING RIGHT AND LEFT, FORM, LOOKING PRETTY- NOT WHAT IS MOST EFFICIENT IN COMBAT
vs.
COMBAT = THE FIELD OF BATTLE, MULTIPLE ATTACKERS RUSHING EACH OTHER WITH THE INTENT TO KILL.
NO FORMS- DRILLS- TO UNDERSTAND ANGLES- ATTACKING JOINTS- TO BREAK THEM , TO CUT THE TENDONS, TO SLICE ARTERIES- CUTTING PRACTICE. TWO MAN COORDINATION DRILLS.
COMBAT YOU TRAIN YOUR STONG SIDE- THERE WAS NEVER IN HISTORY A LEFT HANDED SWORDSMAN , IN REAL KALI AND ESCRIMA - IF YOU WERE A RIGHTY YOU ONLY PRACTICED WITH YOUR RIGHT BECAUSE IN REALITY YOU WILL ALWAYS SUBCONCIOUSLY USE YOUR STRONG SIDE- IF YOU ARE ATTACKED FROM THE LEFT YOU WILL JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT MOVEMENT .
THERE ARE NO PRE-ARRANEGD MOVES (FORMS) IN COMBAT TRAINING YOU LEARN CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES THAT WORK FROM ANY ANGLE- YOU PRACTICE COORDINATION WITH A PARTNER AND LEARN HOW TO CUT WITH A DUMMY TO CUT THROUGH .
I COULD GO ON- COMBAT IS NOT THE SAME AS A COMBATATIVE SPORT NO ****ING WAY
Last edited by ketsugo; 08-10-2011 at 01:25 PM.
TweetOK now that my rant is done- Sorry Jipped, sorry anyone else- Grandma- my hat is off because anyone your age that can do any sport never mind JUdo is an incredible specimen.........
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LOL no worries. you definitely know more about traditional M.A. and thats awesome. I am happy where i am and what i do my friend.
TweetWhat about self control and respect ? poor guy mentions one lil thing and you just go throwing big rocks at'em and rip him a new a$$hole. I know more things in some subjects than others but I dont go jumping across the table and grabbing a guy buy the throat to get my point across. I understand where you are comming from,..I feel ya trust me. but damn, everytime this subject comes up you just start bashing people and calling them stupid...and I say this with respect and a smile.
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TweetMe and jipped are cool we just love to debate and he is a great match for me- a warrior always wants a great opponent