She is the highest ranking woman in Judo history, the only woman to be promoted by Kodokan to 9th dan, and the last living student of Judo’s founder, Jigoro Kano.
An article on Nerve. Another at the SFGate.
A longer clip
Her motto: Be strong, be gentle, be beautiful. She is.
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