[nabs-l] Athletics in College

[helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com]

Hi Lizzy, this is Helga. I just wanted to tell you that I'm doing Karate, 
but I don't do it at school, I do it outside of school! I started doing it 
last augus, and I really like it a lot, I'm actually a yellow belt now. Just 
to let you know, I'm actually the first blind student in my class! I 
actually attend a Saturday class which is a class where students that have 
some kind of dissability works one to one. In fact, one of my friend invited 
me and she told the Sensei that I was blind, and he started working with me 
one to one, and now he makes me work with some of the students that are in 
his regular classes that volunteer to help in that day, but he also works 
with me when they are not available. And once in a while I come to one of 
his classes that are held on the week. I never did Karate before, and I 
really enjoy it a lot! I recommend you take Karate! I think the first thing 
you should do is talk to your instructor first, and tell him or her that you 
are visually impaired, and then telll him that you are willing to learn the 
moves if he teach you one to one first for a two months or so, and then he 
or she can assign you a student that can help you and both of you can 
practice together and then he or she can come to check on you both! For the 
first time learning the moves could be difficult, but not impossible! If you 
have any questions, you can write me offlist or you can write me on list ok? 
Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks and God bless! :)

-----Original Message----- 
From: lizzy
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 9:44 AM
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nabs-l] Athletics in College

Hi All,
I'm thinking about taking some form of a martial art (more
specifically Judo, Karate or Tae Kwon Do) in the fall semester.
They are all club sports, so no one has to have prior experience
to join.  I'm wondering if I should speak to the instructor
before coming to a class? Should I try to learn some of the
movements one-on-one before class and then practice them while
there? Or should I just show up and go with the flow? Are martial
arts typically very visual? If anyone has experience with or
knows someone who has done these martial arts before could you
give me some pointers.  I honestly have never seen any of the
moves so I don't really know what to expect.  I've done other
sports before but nothing like this so as always, any advice or
information you can give me would be fantastic!
Thanks,
Lizzy

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