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Old 03-06-2011, 05:00 PM   #8
RoisinPitman
Dojo: Phoenix (Jersey) School for Therapeutic Arts
Location: Jersey
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 18
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Re: Disabled students

With the permission of my student Tyrone Nicholson I post a picture taken by the local press a couple of years ago when the television did a piece on disability martial arts.
Tyrone has been with me for three and half years now and has hardly missed a session. He also often attends the iai-do and t'ai chi classes to watch and is an active member of our Management Committee (social secretary).
I have seen him blossom as a person and a student and he lives for aikido. He had seriously bad motor skills when he came to us and a lack of confidence. Now he is the most popular member of the school and his co-ordination and body movements have responded beyond all recognition. He was named 'most improved aikido student' at our annual dinner before Christmas and is a fine example of courage and determination in extremely difficult circumstances, I could not be a prouder teacher.
I thank you all for your contribution to this thread at this time.
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