Press
Keiko Fukuda and Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful
5/16/12 - Commonwealth Club of California (podcast) - Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful
3/27/12 - Noe Valley Voice - Local Life Force Found in New Film
3/9/12 - ABC 7 News San Francisco - 98-year-old San Francisco judo master star of new documentary film
3/9/12 - blogtalkradio (podcast) - Wanda’s Picks Podcast
3/7/12 - California Watch - Premiere: Mrs. Judo: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful
2/11/12 - Rafu Shimpo - S.F. International Asian American Film Festival Turns 30
10/1/2011 - AARP Magazine - Black Belt Judo Pioneer: 98-year-old woman achieves highest martial arts honor
09/26/2011 - 47news.jp - 97歳で柔道を教える サンフランシスコ在住の福田敬子3 件さん
09/16/2011 - espnW - 98-year-old woman reaches highest echelon of judo
08/28/2011 - Today.com - Accomplishing amazing athletic feats - in their 80s and 90s
08/22/2011 - Sports Illustrated - Go Figure - 98, Age of Keiko Fukuda Shihan, the sole surviving student of judo founder Jigoro Kano and the first woman of 15 people to attain the sport’s highest rank, 10th-degree black belt.
08/19/2011 - Frankfurter Neue Press - Höchste Auszeichnung für 98-jährige Judokämpferin
08/19/2011 - NZZ Online Zurich - Die Übermutter der Powerfrauen: Höchste Auszeichnung für 98-jährige Judokämpferin
08/16/2011 - TimeOut Tokyo - Keiko Fukuda: Judo 10th dan at 98 years old: Original judo queen’s life is the subject of new documentary
08/15/2011 - Huffington Post - Keiko Fukuda Becomes 98-Year-Old Black Belt (VIDEO)
08/14/2011 - Time.com - 98 Year-old Woman Earns Highest Degree in Judo
08/13/2011 - The Rafu Shimpo - Fukuda Promoted to 10th Dan — First Woman to Achieve Judo’s Top Rank
08/13/2011 - Daily Mail - Don’t mess with Keiko! 98-year-old Judo master becomes first woman to earn highest-level black belt
08/13/2011 - laRepluclicca.it TV - Judo, super-cintura nera a 98 anni: Keiko ottiene ”il decimo dan”
08/13/2011 - Shine from Yahoo - 98-year-old woman becomes first woman ever to earn Judo’s highest-degree black belt
08/12/2011 - BBC Radio Global News - Judo Pensioner (18 mins. into podcast)
08/12/2011 - CBC Radio, As it Happens - She’s still getting her kicks — and giving them. A ninety-eight year-old San Francisco judo master becomes the first woman to earn a tenth-degree black belt.
08/11/2011 - ABC News - Keiko Fukuda, 98, Becomes First Woman to Earn Highest Level Black Belt
08/10/2011 - The Daily Telegraph Australia - 98 year old woman Sensei Keiko Fukuda gets judo black belt
08/09/2011 - NPR - Nonagenarian Earns Judo’s 10th Degree Black Belt
08/06/2011 - San Francisco Chronicle - Judo master makes 10th degree black belt
07/25/2011 - San Francisco Chronicle - Keiko Fukuda - Judo master - doc in 2012
04/26/2011 - Rafu Shimpo - A Banner Year for a Judo Pioneer
04/05/2011 - Nichi Bei News - STRONG, GENTLE AND BEAUTIFUL: Judo master Keiko Fukuda’s legacy
01/06/2011 - Rafu Shimpo - Strong, Gentle, Beautiful
