MA and Visual Impairment

Darth F.Takeda

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I was born with 2 crossed eyes, one was fixed in surgery the other was not. One eye is 20/20 the other can see images without clarity, but I dop see movement.
As a kid ball sports were a b**** but fighting was another matter as I had that forced on me and I gravitated towards MA instead of sports (exception being Wrestling)

Over the years i have developed better depth perception but it almost like a 6th sense to me, I do alot of eye drills.

But it is one of the reasons I gravitated towrds in fighting, joint locking, chokes, unbalancing, throwing and grappling over outside rangge, and long kick range. I do hold my own in punching range with a former boxer so it aint all bad. I still always seek to get ahold of my opponents as tactile senses give you instant download into where everything on his body is, how he is moving and tactile senses give you faster reaction time then sight or sound.

Work with what you got, you'll make it work for you.

Good luck and Shugyo!
 

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