98-year old woman earns 10th degree black belt.

[RandySF]

After 98 years, the phone call finally came.

Last week, Sensei Keiko Fukuda of San Francisco became the first woman to be promoted to judo's highest level: 10th degree black belt.

Only three people in the world, all men living in Japan, have ever reached that mark.

The martial arts promotion by USA Judo brought 98-year-old Fukuda to tears at the women's dojo where she still teaches in Noe Valley. (Fukuda was the subject of a Chronicle Datebook profile on July 25.)



http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/05/DD181KHUV0.DTL#ixzz1UJJ76FlU

[Orrex]

1. I dare someone to take away her social security.

[burrowowl]

2. K&R

[Zookeeper]

3. That's fabulous! Thanks for posting. n/t

[Kurmudgeon]

4. Much respect, that is not done easily...

[Kablooie]

5. Boy, that took her a long time, didn't it?

[indurancevile]

6. wow. "Fukuda is the only living student of judo's founder Jigoro Kano who opened his first judo

school in 1882".

[Mimosa]

7. WOW! That's an upper. *smile* n/t

[Obamanaut]

8. There are several positive responses at these earlier threads ->

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1679211

Judo master makes 10th degree black belt

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1680595&mesg_id=1680595

Judo master makes 10th degree Black Belt

Unrec. If a topic is on the greatest page twice, is there *really* a need for a third thread?