Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Italian Soldiers Beaten Up Daily by 77 YO Woman

After flooring an opponent she tells them: "Don't think it's unbelievable. The physique doesn't matter." Telegraph


Martial arts expert Keiko Wakabayshi, nicknamed the "Samurai Granny", has been hired by the country's military to train recruits in hand-to-hand combat.

Miss Wakabayshi, who stands exactly 5ft tall, looks tiny compared to her charges who are mostly over 6ft.

But the pensioner is a trained master in an array of martial arts disciplines including jujitsu, jojitso, kenjitso, judo, kendo and karate.
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She wipes the floor with soldiers of the Folgore brigade at their barracks in Livorno on a daily basis.

Miss Wakabayshi was born in Japan but now lives in Northern Italy.

She tells her students to look at her and believe that nothing is impossible.

After flooring an opponent she tells them: "Don't think it's unbelievable. The physique doesn't matter."

1 comment:

#1 infidel said...

I have my son in Karate, he's a green belt ,11 years old 5'2 125lbs,not a small kid , He can almost take me down ,I'm 6'3 225 lbs ,he can kick me in the head! his Sensei, she is a bad ass like this woman,she uses me as an example of how a small person can take out a bigger opponent ,I let her cause she is very good looking , I mean to help my son and the other kids!