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Samurai Granny Wipes Floor With Italian Soldiers' Butts

By Alex in Sports, Weapons & War on Jun 25, 2008 at 6:38 pm


Seventy-seven-years-old grandma Keiko Wakabayshi isn’t nicknamed the "Samurai Granny" for no good reason – she’s recently been hired to train Italian soldiers 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.

She wipes the floor with soldiers of the Folgore brigade at their barracks in Livorno on a daily basis.

Link (Photo: Barcroft Media) – Thanks Geekazoid!


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  1. Marilynn
    Jun 25th, 2008 at 7:21 pm

    Wow that's really cool. I guess this is what Granny power is.

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    Jun 25th, 2008 at 8:00 pm

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  3. roger
    Jun 25th, 2008 at 9:33 pm

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  4. Evilbeagle
    Jun 26th, 2008 at 4:27 am

    I hate people who think that advertising in a comment section will gain them anything but contempt.

    Anyway, Granny ROCKS.

  5. Larfin Jackarse
    Jun 26th, 2008 at 7:11 am

    Couldn't those soldiers 'pound for pound' just 'rush' her and regardless of her 'sweet moves' overwhelm her?

    Perhaps the saps they hire ain't real sapphires at fighting?

  6. DOJ
    Jul 8th, 2008 at 5:45 am

    Larfin, the mentality of "just rushing her" is probably why she can beat them (that and they probably aren't allowed to use striking techniques on her).

  7. Tanzanite
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 7:39 am

    Ecellent! Makes me want to go out and take lessons immediately!
    tanzanite

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