It’s never too late to start a martial art. You’re not too old, too young, too out of shape, too fat – you just need to bite the bullet and do it.
94 Year Old Judo Sensei Credits Judo With His Vitality
This is how an 80 year old Turkish woman took up Judo.
Ayten Alataş had been taking her granddaughter to judo practice for four years when she thought to herself, “Could I do it too?” She began joining the trainings, suited up in a traditional judogi outfit.
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Dailysabah reports:
“I was always asking my granddaughter, because I haven’t seen it, judo seems like fighting. I said ‘I’ll go and see.’ I went and saw. It was not a fight. I really liked it.”
Alataş said the sport has been very good for her health and helped her overcome a hernia problem.
“I am 80 years old. I am an example to young people,” she said, expressing thanks to Turkey’s Ministry of Youth and Sports for letting her participate
