martial arts anyone?

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Post 1 by odicy (Zone BBS Addict) on Sunday, 02-Feb-2014 21:49:04

Hey guys! I was wondering if any of yall have learned any type of martial arts and how it was as a blind/vi person. I'm really wanting to get into either judo or jiu-jitzu but I really don't know how it'd work because as I understand it, it's watching the instructor how to do it and then copying it...I'm just wondering how yall got around this or maybe I'm thinking of it completely wrongly. I just really want to do this and don't want to go into it and completely fail because it's just not possible
thanks!!!!

Post 2 by LittleSneezer (The Zone-BBS is my prison, but I like it here.) on Monday, 03-Feb-2014 23:00:30

I practice chi gong and am learning tai chi. The instructor, or someone from the class who knows the form really well, shows me the moves hand-over-hand and corrects me when I make mistakes.

Post 3 by DrummerD (Veteran Zoner) on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 15:30:55

My belgian friend used to do Judo when he lived there. His dad was european jampian for years, and so he took him to a few classes when he was young, and took to it like a duck to water. While there is a blind/VI version of judo should you want to compete, my friend says you really don't have to learn it, since the regular version is so tactile anyway.

Post 4 by LeoGuardian (You mean there is something outside of this room with my computer in it?) on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2014 16:06:49

I saw this guy do Tai Kwan Leap as a 12-year-ld kid or so, and thought damn I gotta learn that! The vid has plenty of narration so you know what he's doing.

Post 5 by Runner229 (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2014 15:36:29

Yeah, they should be able to teach you hand-over-hand. I've also been interested in learning Juto but I haven't found lessons that would work for my budget.

Post 6 by jen91_09 (777) on Friday, 28-Feb-2014 10:45:57

I have also been interested in judo, but can't find a place to learn around me.