[nabs-l] Athletics in College

[Kirt]

Lizzie,
I did judo for a couple years and am actually thinking about starting up again, as I live fairly close to a dojo now. My sensei was pretty good about demonstrating new throws and ground tech Meeks on me and letting me try them out on him until I'm more or less got them down. I also got some of the other more advanced students show me things when I needed help… And it worked pretty well.

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> On Mar 28, 2014, at 10:08 AM, <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
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> 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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