Keiko Fukuda, a Trailblazer in Judo, Dies at 99Keiko Fukuda, who learned judo from its inventor and went on to become the sport’s highest-ranked woman, died on Feb. 9 at her home in San Francisco. She was 99. Her death was confirmed by Shelley Fernandez, who lived with her and helped run Soko Joshi Judo Club, a center of martials, or dojo, in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco, where Fukuda taught for more than 40 years.
Hapkido: self defense for all shapes and sizesHapkido: self defense for all shapes and sizes By: Betty Rose Cortes At the Kwoon Moo Hapkido Federation School of Martial Arts, Grandmaster Kim practices and teaches children and adults the most traditional form of Korean martial arts, Hapkido, which when executed properly, can take an opponent out in just one move.
A Fighting ChanceBefore 15-year-old Gabrielle Allen of Gloversville started training at Pazzaglia’s American Kenpo Karate in Johnstown a few years ago, she was having issues with a bully at Gloversville High School. Bullying was one of the main reasons that Allen and her step-siblings, Jasmine Rousseau, 14, and Lilly Rousseau, 8, signed up for karate lessons at Pazzaglia’s, according to Allen’s stepmother and the Rousseaus’ mother, Traci Rousseau.
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