We know Asian women are able to keep their looks as they age, but their strength as well?

Keiko Wakabayshi, also known as the “Samurai Granny” was hired by the Italian army to teach new soldiers hand to hand combat techniques. But if you think that she is only teaching the methods rather than putting them into practice, think again.

The 77 year old grandmother wipes the floor with her recruits, beating them up on a daily basis with the hopes that they will one day be able to learn the techniques themselves.

Since sparring is the best way to learn how to put martial arts into practice, Keiko is “forced” to take down her students one by one until they have learned to counter her attacks and master her techniques.

Not many soldiers believed that any Japanese women were going to be able to beat up the entire Italian army, let alone one a grandmother in her late 70’s, but their doubt was quickly turned into humiliation as their faces were thrown against the floor.

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- Travis Stroup is a guest poster and author of a guide to meeting Asian women.

By Travis Stroup on 09-07-2008