Fukuda Sensei Remembered

It is with great sadness that we inform you that Keiko Fukuda Sensei passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 9, 2013. She was 99 years old, two months shy of her 100th birthday. An inspirational figure, Fukuda Sensei inspired others to live their own dreams. She was a great gift to the world and we will all miss her.A memorial service for Keiko Fukuda Sensei is scheduled for Friday, March 22nd at 11:00 am, at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Keiko Fukuda & Shelley Fernandez Girls & Womens' Judo Foundation Inc., and/or Keiko Fukuda Joshi Judo, Inc., 475 Hoffman Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94114.Sensei is honored and remembered in The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, PRI's The World, Yahoo! News, and The Rafu Shimpo.