Yoshimitsu Yamada is 76. What’s your excuse?Yoshimitsu Yamada has been showing students at the New York Aikikai on West 18th Street in Chelsea how to deflect, throw and pin opponents for 50 years. At 76, he can still toss a full-size man onto his head or incapacitate a charging assailant with any number of joint-twisting techniques.

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