[Sportsandrec] Self-Defense

[Heidi]

Another option is JUDO! 
Judo is great for close quarters self defense, and the reality of being attacked as a visually impaired person is that you are probably not going to get hit, but rather grabbed. 
If you are interested, shoot me an email. 

Heidi Moore 
judoheidi at comcast.net 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Ford" <mjf68ster at gmail.com> 
To: "Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List" <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:55:04 AM 
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Self-Defense 

Good Point, Jody. That is why practice is important. The instructor of the 
course who uses the book emphasizes the need to practice these techniques 
with someone, such as a martial arts instructor. It also mentions this point 
later on in the book. 

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Jody W. Ianuzzi <jody at thewhitehats.com>wrote: 

> I read the book SAFE WITHOUT SIGHT and I did enjoy the first half on 
> 'street 
> smarts' but I did not like the second half of the book on defense. 
> 
> As a martial artist for 39 years I can say the defense section was too 
> simplistic and not realistic. I am afraid that people could actually get 
> themselves in trouble thinking they had learned defense. 
> 
> JODY 
> 
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