Elenuial (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} _elenuial) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} martial_artists,@ 2008-09-07 15:38:00 |
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Blind judo requirements and qualification
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone knows rules and qualification standards for blind judo. A friend saw a match on YT, and suggested that I should start using my disability to my advantage (I'm legally blind, with a bit under 20/600 on my good eye, but for correction I use graded contacts so I can still practice judo), but I know nothing of it and I don't even know if I qualify for it (as my defect, unreversible as it is, can be temporarily solved with contacts and glasses). I haven't asked my sensei, because he's away in Beijing (coincidentally coaching another blind judoka), and nobody I've asked knows.
I live in Mexico but I know the standards for qualification are universal, so I supposed asking here was a good start.
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone knows rules and qualification standards for blind judo. A friend saw a match on YT, and suggested that I should start using my disability to my advantage (I'm legally blind, with a bit under 20/600 on my good eye, but for correction I use graded contacts so I can still practice judo), but I know nothing of it and I don't even know if I qualify for it (as my defect, unreversible as it is, can be temporarily solved with contacts and glasses). I haven't asked my sensei, because he's away in Beijing (coincidentally coaching another blind judoka), and nobody I've asked knows.
I live in Mexico but I know the standards for qualification are universal, so I supposed asking here was a good start.
