Superb insight and inspirational story. I love the example of "Chi Sau" for legs, I would never thought of that. Deepest respect and thank you for sharing with us all.
As a visually impaired martial artist I have found that martial arts gave me a sense of confidence in all situations, not just physical confrontations.
Very inspirational!!! And this is why I love to teach martial arts. If a man who cannot see can work hard and not give up on what he loves and earn 5 blackbelts than no matter your case you can do absolutely anything you put your mind to.
This is really interesting to me. My vision got a lot worse, as i aged. It has been a struggle to stay involved in martial arts, because of it. In my case, it was partly caused by the way i was training. I was at a gym that did alot of heavy sparring. Take care of your eyes!!!!
When I was a kid my dad broke his back. I don’t mean just a break, I mean he was in a wheelchair for a short period and they thought he wouldn’t walk again. My dad overcame it and worked himself to it. He works a 9/5 job and still plays drums professionally to this day, and that was a big lesson for me. Same with his best friend whom had lost his leg drinking and driving in the 80’s. These were great examples for a child to see, and it’s made me what I am today. It’s why I can push myself further and harder than most of my peers
I’m visually impaired and do Brazilian Jiu jitsu as well. Currently . I’m a yellow and white belt at the age of 14. I’ve been blind my whole life but as I got older my vision got better. I can see things that are at 15 feet, anymore than that and I can only see figurines. Also I’ve been doing jiu jitsu for nine years and was inspired because of my dad. My dad’s side has been doing it for years and was past down to me and my siblings.
As far as disabilities go, I struggle with back and hip pain as well as severe Tourettes Syndrome, the Tourettes tends to make my hands and feet sensitive to touching things, so I can't learn weapon arts and because of my back and hip I can't really strike much anymore. I also can't grapple the same way I used to, so now I do a lot less striking, I use my legs to grapple instead of say throwing someone the way you would in Judo. I also use chokes, holds, joint locks, limb breaks, takedowns, etc. and I tend to strike mostly with my elbows, open hands, and knees. I also take defensive movements from both my grappling and striking experience so even though I don't strike that much, I still make good use of the defensive parts of my extensive striking training. It's hard to find someone who I can train with though, and I tried to start my own school but it didn't work out so I just teach friends who want to learn for free when I hang out with them. I feel grappling the way I do is conducive to working around my back and hip problems, but it definitely doesn't look like anything most grapplers would do and while my ground fighting skills are weak offensively because I have to avoid getting slammed on the ground as best I can, I can still perform ground escapes and what some would call, "Ground survival." I don't proclaim to be any kind of master or tough guy, but so far I am able to defend myself despite my setbacks and have taught others to do the same despite theirs. My training in martial arts have been in Judo, Wing Chun, Taekwondo, Yang Taijiquan, and Combat Hapkido, but the way I actually fight and practice my own methods look pretty much nothing like my training background oddly enough lol
Karate has a lot of "touch" in it. Mr. Dan arts like Goju rely on "connection" and "touch". A person with eye sight issues or blindness can learn karate with proficiency.
As a visually impaired person, I can confidently say: 1. People with disabilites are not your inspiration. 2. The proper way to give sighted guide to someone is 1. Ask first. 2. If they say yes, then give them your elbow. As he pointed out in the video don't grab people's shirt it is disrespectful and rude. 3. We are not Daredevil! We don't have superpowers. He is a superhero, not your average visually impaired/ blind person.
With all due respect, inspiration can be where you find it. When I see someone with a major challenge finding a way to still do what they love, and do it well, it's a reminder that I have no excuse to not follow suit. I have a tremendous amount of respect for people who can still accomplish major goals while facing uphill challenges.
@ArtofOneDojo No, that is fine. To clarify what I am referring to is to use the academic term "Inspiration Porn" , it is a bit hard to describe but, an example is the election of a disabled prom king/queen depicted as an admirible act. It is shown in lots of media, supposed to inspire the able-bodied viewer, in usually a relatively shallow and unuanced manner.
The only depresing thing about my visual imparment is that I'm tarrafide of living a nursing home style igsistance, being stuck in a apartment and not being able to go anywhere at all, unless if thats a short walk to the grossery store or to work. Living your whole life in that crapy too small apartment. All I can say is its very depressing. Everyone just totally leaves you behind, and acts like you dont exist any more. People everywhere talk lightly about this, but they have no freaken idea what that life style is like, or how hard it is. My only thing carrying me foreward is the ward of God.
Awesome video Dan Sensei 🙏👍😁🥋 In the early 80’s in N.Y.C., I was trained by a Special Olympics Silver medalist winner, Judo Sensei Ray Dunmeyer. He had macular degeneration. Soon as he touched anyone on the tatamis, you would never know he couldn’t see. He forever has my gratitude, my respect, and I love that guy. A truly great person. Osu! 🙏🥋
Very good interview. With out my glasses I am blind 20/200 and 20/250 in the other eye. Very bad astigmatism when I was young and always afraid I would go blind. I taught myself to get around blindfolded. Vision was terrible Dad taught me to box without the glasses. Assholes always go for the glasses to fight you blind- is what he told me. I used that jab a lot like Joshua mentioned because I couldn't judge distance for shit it was a blur. I learned to have a good defense and never drop my hands. Learned to make body shots a torso isn't too hard to find and then attack the top when the hands dropped. If the jab hit a hard head the right hand was sent immediately because there's an opening. I really liked boxing. Today would be easy everyone snorts when they punch I would know when the punch is coming. It's a terrible telegraph.
@@ArtofOneDojo oh wow a response back. Glad I could add a little something to the discussion. I also found when I did judo great vision didn't help. You have to feel the opponent because you can't react fast enough with your eyes anyway. By the time you register what's happening it's too late.
I thought I recognized him! I came from the Guardian Kempo school as well. He started training at the school after I moved to far away to commute. I've seen him in a few videos from the school. We have never met But I would love to talk to him.👍
Great conversation! Thanks for having me on!
It was an absolute pleasure Sir!
As a blind practicioner of martial arts, i like this. Often, people look at me and ask how is that possible. Years of practice
I have a medical condition finding someone willing to teach me was the hardest
Very Very inspirational story, we all can never give up thanks 4 posting ppl never ever give up enuff said.
Superb insight and inspirational story. I love the example of "Chi Sau" for legs, I would never thought of that. Deepest respect and thank you for sharing with us all.
As a visually impaired martial artist I have found that martial arts gave me a sense of confidence in all situations, not just physical confrontations.
Very inspirational!!! And this is why I love to teach martial arts. If a man who cannot see can work hard and not give up on what he loves and earn 5 blackbelts than no matter your case you can do absolutely anything you put your mind to.
This was great!!!! Much love and respect to you both!!!
Thank you Sir!
You did it again, Dan. Deeply inspiring. I salute you and your amazing guest. Osu!
This is really interesting to me. My vision got a lot worse, as i aged. It has been a struggle to stay involved in martial arts, because of it. In my case, it was partly caused by the way i was training. I was at a gym that did alot of heavy sparring. Take care of your eyes!!!!
This was awesome. Josh is way stronger than I would be if I lost my sight. This was great!
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More videos like this! I will love anything about unusual or unexpected practitioners.
This is awesome to see. Glad to learn more about these types of martial artist.
As a comic book fan, he’s a real life Daredevil
R E S P E C T 🙏🏼
When I was a kid my dad broke his back. I don’t mean just a break, I mean he was in a wheelchair for a short period and they thought he wouldn’t walk again. My dad overcame it and worked himself to it. He works a 9/5 job and still plays drums professionally to this day, and that was a big lesson for me. Same with his best friend whom had lost his leg drinking and driving in the 80’s. These were great examples for a child to see, and it’s made me what I am today. It’s why I can push myself further and harder than most of my peers
I’m visually impaired and do Brazilian Jiu jitsu as well. Currently . I’m a yellow and white belt at the age of 14. I’ve been blind my whole life but as I got older my vision got better. I can see things that are at 15 feet, anymore than that and I can only see figurines. Also I’ve been doing jiu jitsu for nine years and was inspired because of my dad. My dad’s side has been doing it for years and was past down to me and my siblings.
As far as disabilities go, I struggle with back and hip pain as well as severe Tourettes Syndrome, the Tourettes tends to make my hands and feet sensitive to touching things, so I can't learn weapon arts and because of my back and hip I can't really strike much anymore. I also can't grapple the same way I used to, so now I do a lot less striking, I use my legs to grapple instead of say throwing someone the way you would in Judo.
I also use chokes, holds, joint locks, limb breaks, takedowns, etc. and I tend to strike mostly with my elbows, open hands, and knees. I also take defensive movements from both my grappling and striking experience so even though I don't strike that much, I still make good use of the defensive parts of my extensive striking training. It's hard to find someone who I can train with though, and I tried to start my own school but it didn't work out so I just teach friends who want to learn for free when I hang out with them.
I feel grappling the way I do is conducive to working around my back and hip problems, but it definitely doesn't look like anything most grapplers would do and while my ground fighting skills are weak offensively because I have to avoid getting slammed on the ground as best I can, I can still perform ground escapes and what some would call, "Ground survival." I don't proclaim to be any kind of master or tough guy, but so far I am able to defend myself despite my setbacks and have taught others to do the same despite theirs.
My training in martial arts have been in Judo, Wing Chun, Taekwondo, Yang Taijiquan, and Combat Hapkido, but the way I actually fight and practice my own methods look pretty much nothing like my training background oddly enough lol
Karate has a lot of "touch" in it. Mr. Dan arts like Goju rely on "connection" and "touch". A person with eye sight issues or blindness can learn karate with proficiency.
As a visually impaired person, I can confidently say:
1. People with disabilites are not your inspiration.
2. The proper way to give sighted guide to someone is 1. Ask first. 2. If they say yes, then give them your elbow. As he pointed out in the video don't grab people's shirt it is disrespectful and rude.
3. We are not Daredevil! We don't have superpowers. He is a superhero, not your average visually impaired/ blind person.
With all due respect, inspiration can be where you find it. When I see someone with a major challenge finding a way to still do what they love, and do it well, it's a reminder that I have no excuse to not follow suit. I have a tremendous amount of respect for people who can still accomplish major goals while facing uphill challenges.
@ArtofOneDojo No, that is fine. To clarify what I am referring to is to use the academic term "Inspiration Porn" , it is a bit hard to describe but, an example is the election of a disabled prom king/queen depicted as an admirible act. It is shown in lots of media, supposed to inspire the able-bodied viewer, in usually a relatively shallow and unuanced manner.
@@nathanielwilcox4947 Ah, yes I get what you're saying and I have to agree. That can be very condescending.
The only depresing thing about my visual imparment is that I'm tarrafide of living a nursing home style igsistance, being stuck in a apartment and not being able to go anywhere at all, unless if thats a short walk to the grossery store or to work. Living your whole life in that crapy too small apartment. All I can say is its very depressing. Everyone just totally leaves you behind, and acts like you dont exist any more. People everywhere talk lightly about this, but they have no freaken idea what that life style is like, or how hard it is. My only thing carrying me foreward is the ward of God.
I am also blind can yoi teach matial art
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Awesome video Dan Sensei
🙏👍😁🥋
In the early 80’s in N.Y.C., I was trained by a Special Olympics Silver medalist winner, Judo Sensei Ray Dunmeyer. He had macular degeneration. Soon as he touched anyone on the tatamis, you would never know he couldn’t see. He forever has my gratitude, my respect, and I love that guy. A truly great person. Osu! 🙏🥋
Great interview! I learned a lot listening to Joshua's story. Quite inspirational.
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What an inspiring conversation. Thank you very much for sharing.
Very good interview. With out my glasses I am blind 20/200 and 20/250 in the other eye. Very bad astigmatism when I was young and always afraid I would go blind. I taught myself to get around blindfolded. Vision was terrible Dad taught me to box without the glasses. Assholes always go for the glasses to fight you blind- is what he told me. I used that jab a lot like Joshua mentioned because I couldn't judge distance for shit it was a blur. I learned to have a good defense and never drop my hands. Learned to make body shots a torso isn't too hard to find and then attack the top when the hands dropped. If the jab hit a hard head the right hand was sent immediately because there's an opening. I really liked boxing. Today would be easy everyone snorts when they punch I would know when the punch is coming. It's a terrible telegraph.
This is an awesome perspective and addition to the discussion. Thank you so much for sharing this!
@@ArtofOneDojo oh wow a response back. Glad I could add a little something to the discussion. I also found when I did judo great vision didn't help. You have to feel the opponent because you can't react fast enough with your eyes anyway. By the time you register what's happening it's too late.
@@kris4786 I have to agree with you. Judo is much more dependent on the other senses.
I thought I recognized him! I came from the Guardian Kempo school as well. He started training at the school after I moved to far away to commute.
I've seen him in a few videos from the school. We have never met But I would love to talk to him.👍
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