After devoting much of her life to judo, 98-year-old Keiko Fukuda has earned a black belt -- the martial arts highest honour.
According to The San Francisco Chronicle, Sensei Keiko Fukuda was the first woman, and one of only four people to be awarded a tenth-degree black belt.
As a young girl living in Japan, Fukuda studied calligraphy, flower arrangement and tea ceremony. But after enduring discrimination, she plunged into judo and never looked back.
In the documentary Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful, Keiko describes, through jubilant tears, judo as her "marriage". "This is when my life destiny was set."
She isn't the only granny tackling her bucket list by stealth. Keiko's accomplishment follows news of an 82-year-old skydiving grandma and a 99-year-old Nintendo playing nanny.
At the risk of sounding maudlin, you're never too old to chase a dream, Yummies.
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