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Visit our official network at www.gymchat.com/bjf - Blind Judo Foundation website: www.blindjudofoundation.org
Visit our official network at www.gymchat.com/bjf - Blind Judo Foundation website: www.blindjudofoundation.org
Judo Is Not Unique to Only Sighted Persons
Posted 01-18-2011 at 05:33 PM by Ron_Peck
Judo is not unique to only sighted athletes. Today Judo is making a difference in the life’s of those individuals that are visually impaired or even fully blind. The great equalizer about Judo is its ability to create confidence among its participants that many other non physical activities can not attest to.
There is something about competition in a martial art like Judo that instills the confidence that transcends any physical disability that one might have being blind or physically impaired. Why? Many times we place sighted athletes against blind athletes which creates an “equalizer” in building confidence.
Many visually impaired individuals considering Judo might feel they can’t compete equally. Most know or have not seen competitive Judo and probably wonder how to comprehend the sport and compete successfully against a sighted person.
That feeling and consideration does not last long with meeting Paralympic Medal winners who are blind or visually impaired and the excitement they convey. Also when training under the former US Olympic and US Paralympic Judo Coach, any feelings of inferiority are quickly dispelled.
Everyone is equal and given the same respect and training when on Coach Cahill’s mats at Cahill’s Judo Academy www.dawave.com is home to Cahill's Judo Academy & The World of Martial Arts Supplies in San Bruno, CA or anywhere the “Coach” as he likes to be called is training beginners or seasoned athletes.
Judo is for the young at heart. It is best to be introduced to the sport at an early age. However, the sport is not limited to pre-teen and teenagers but is open to all ages. If one plans to compete in the Olympics or Paralympics (not to be confused with Special Olympics) most athletes are late teens or in their twenties.
Yet we had competitors going to Beijing in 2008 that are at the top of their sport and in their early thirties. Attitude is a key ingredient when training in any sport.
Consider being introduced to the sport of Judo and learning first hand the benefits to be gained in producing a more full and successful life through Judo.
There is something about competition in a martial art like Judo that instills the confidence that transcends any physical disability that one might have being blind or physically impaired. Why? Many times we place sighted athletes against blind athletes which creates an “equalizer” in building confidence.
Many visually impaired individuals considering Judo might feel they can’t compete equally. Most know or have not seen competitive Judo and probably wonder how to comprehend the sport and compete successfully against a sighted person.
That feeling and consideration does not last long with meeting Paralympic Medal winners who are blind or visually impaired and the excitement they convey. Also when training under the former US Olympic and US Paralympic Judo Coach, any feelings of inferiority are quickly dispelled.
Everyone is equal and given the same respect and training when on Coach Cahill’s mats at Cahill’s Judo Academy www.dawave.com is home to Cahill's Judo Academy & The World of Martial Arts Supplies in San Bruno, CA or anywhere the “Coach” as he likes to be called is training beginners or seasoned athletes.
Judo is for the young at heart. It is best to be introduced to the sport at an early age. However, the sport is not limited to pre-teen and teenagers but is open to all ages. If one plans to compete in the Olympics or Paralympics (not to be confused with Special Olympics) most athletes are late teens or in their twenties.
Yet we had competitors going to Beijing in 2008 that are at the top of their sport and in their early thirties. Attitude is a key ingredient when training in any sport.
Consider being introduced to the sport of Judo and learning first hand the benefits to be gained in producing a more full and successful life through Judo.
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