[Sportsandrec] judo experiences

[Ashley Bramlett]

Jody,
Glad you love judo.
In your judo clubs are you usually the only blind participant?  Have all 
your instructors been willing to show you things and be accomodating?

Sounds like learning to fall is taken in steps as it is in aikido.  To fall 
backward, we started with sitting as well.
I've not been real athletic but could use something for recreation purposes.
Do you need to be real flexible to begin?
Do you begin class with stretching and maybe some other warm up activity? 
We did that in aikido.

Does BJJ stand for Brizilian ju juitsu?

Take care.
Ashley

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jody W. Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
To: "'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List'" 
<sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] judo experiences


>I started judo classes 40 years ago.  I met my husband in judo, yes we fell
> for each other.
>
> I would learn techniques by acting as uke and my partner would demonstrate
> the techniques on me.  Then I was able to copy what they had done.
>
> I absolutely love judo, it literally changed my life from a shy kid who 
> was
> excused from gym class in public school to an active adult. My husband and 
> I
> are both third degree black belts in judo.  We had an active club years 
> ago.
>
>
> I have also practiced jui-jitsu, aiki-jitsu, aikido, tai chi and Krav Maga
> and now BJJ.  I enjoy hands on sports.  I also love western style 
> horseback
> riding,  riding a  tandam bike, swimming, hiking and when I lived up north 
> I
> did cross country skiing and mountain climbing,
>
> Learning to fall is not difficult.  We would teach falling by starting in 
> a
> sitting position, then go up to a squat, bent legs and standing.  In 
> aikido
> the falls are more crumbling then falling, but once you know how to fall 
> it
> comes in really handy like the time I fell backwards down a flight of 
> stairs
> and landed on my back and I didn't get hurt, or the time I walked off a
> loading dock thinking it was a four inch curb and I was not hurt.
>
> If you go to the United States Judo Association online at:
> http://www.usja-judo.org you can search for a club near you or you can 
> call
> them to locate a club.  There are still clubs that don't charge for 
> lessons
> but operate as clubs.  this was the way judo was taught for years unlike 
> the
> money making karate schools.
>
> I am very happy you are considering judo, I think you will enjoy it a lot.
>
> JODY
>
>
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