Don’t be fooled by her Granny Nova look. On the tatami, his laughing blue eyes become steel. Alice Gombault, 94 spring, 6th dan red and white belt in Taï-Jitsu Do and holder of the federal instructor diploma, is the highest ranking at USM Viroflay (Yvelines). Her journey in this Japanese martial art – which she practices twice a week despite a hip prosthesis, another on one knee and a heart “that beats a little too fast” – certainly owes a lot to her independent character. and well soaked.
The nonagenarian is one of those seniors in great shape that we perhaps come across a little more in the western part of the Paris region. And for good reason, it is in Yvelines, Hauts-de-Seine and the western districts of Paris that life expectancy is the highest, particularly among women (around 86 years, compared to a little over 84 years on average in Île-de-France according to the Paris region Institute).
