[Sportsandrec] clueless coaches

[Lori]

Mike,

I'm very sorry you didn't have the sports activities as a blind child. I 
know for me it was often a way to break the ice as if kids and adults saw me 
doing sports then they were more likely to include me in other things.

We did not have any organized blindness groups and at times we traveled a 
distance to find things. Adversity was definitely present, but it was worth 
it.

I'm glad you have not allowed the early obstacles to keep you down.

L...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike" <underthetoaster at gmail.com>
To: "Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List" 
<sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] clueless coaches


> Hi Jody, it is too bad. We just must never had come into contact with it.
> But I did discover Judo when I was in Cincinnati in 2005 and it was great. 
> If I knew all the sports things that I know now my childhood would have 
> been a lot different.
> One reason I love the NFB is there involvement with blind youth and 
> hopefully mitigating the ignorance barriers that kept people like me out 
> of things in the past.
> BTW my tokuiwaza was tsurikomigoshi if I'm remembering it right. I haven't 
> done judo now for a couple of years.
> Mike S
> On 8/11/2012 7:41 AM, jody at thewhitehats.com wrote:
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> It is too bad your mom never took you to a judo dojo because you could 
>> have
>> done judo.
>>
>> I figure that I just don't tell them in advance I am blind.  I show up 
>> and
>> just do it and I assume I will be accepted.  I found a wonderful Tai Chi
>> instructor this way but after six months they moved so I had to find 
>> another
>> instructor.  The new one was so full of herself she really didn't have 
>> time
>> for anyone else.  I think if she had been my first expereicne I would 
>> have
>> been discouraged but having had such a good teacher just showed me how 
>> bad
>> the second one was.
>>
>> Judo is a fantastic activity.  In all the years we went to different 
>> events
>> I was never excluded or shown favoritism or any of my students.
>>
>> JODY
>>
>>
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