People with Disability

[Sam Davis]

TTT for Jessie. He is super dedicated and won't give up. I'm proud to have him as a training partner.

[ScottRay]

I love how thorough Jesse is. Each one of us got our own reply. Very cool. Setting the standard for politeness. Very cool

[lannie]

In 2009 I suffered a stroke my left side was partially paralyzed , was also affected my vision which I saw with my left double too. so I was really super scared to train let alone grappling . eventually ended up with a psychologist that I followed . cognitive therapy It helped me in such a way by actually thinking " what's the worst thing that could happen " okay a loss what else . anyway to continue with training and competitions , you wil learn to create your own way to hear or to see , that 's your instinct .
They never knew the cause of my stroke until 2011 when i got back from grappling i was always black and blue so to the hospital turned out I had leukemia ..... amazingly is in remission and occasionally I need chemotherapy . but i can handle that.
And now I eat sleep and watch jiu jitsu , but I do not practice it .... I 'm afraid , I'm fucking affraid i go to practice and sit on the bench and observe. Again I have therapy and I hope i'll be setting my first step on te mat .
I know that you will find way to hande this !

Hey guys, My name is Jesse. I wanted to ask if there are other people that are apart of the 10th Planet has a disability. I was born with no hearing in my left ear and partial hearing in my right due to my umbilical cord being wrapped around my throat. But they did not find out until I was 5 years old. The reason why I am posting this is to find out if there other people with disability that is part of 10th Planet and what challenges you had to overcome or currently face. This is for anybody that has any type of disability. If you happen to have none but yet have a hard challenge to overcome. You can post that here and see what other people say that might help you finally overcome it. If you are not comfortable with posting your disability but want to post your experience. You can leave your disability out of the post. The challenges I have at the moment is when I am at the competition and if Brandon is there or somebody with a lot of experience is coaching. I have to take out my hearing aid so that it don't get damage and keeps getting slammed into the side of my head. So I lose the advantage of hearing Brandon or a coach. It is kinda hard to concentrate on my opponent and having to look at them to see their advice on what to do. After the round is over, is when if there is anything I did not understand is when they show what they wanted me to do or give advice for the next time something like that happens. The only thing I have to my advantage is to train as much as possible and keep rolling with the guys or ladies sometimes. Now for the non-disability challenge is the "fear". The fear of making the first move because I am afraid of maybe being caught into something I might not get out of is back again. It went away after Lonnie's Competition psychology course as part of the 3 Day seminar about 3 months back and I don't know if it is because the 1 year death of my grandmother that I had to take care of due to dementia and weak legs who I also was in the room when she gave her last two breath on Christmas Eve which was little over two weeks ago might have reset my emotions back to that time or something. But I am going to have to work through this fear once again. I can't wait to hear other people reply's to this thread and see what people has to say.

[Jesse L. Baker]

TTT for Jessie. He is super dedicated and won't give up. I'm proud to have him as a training partner.

I am proud to have you as a training partner even though you keep taking my back and submit me with a rear naked choke. Can't wait for the day to return the favor with the same moves or submit with something. Whichever comes first. I say that with love and I can't wait for the day that I escape your holds.

[Jesse L. Baker]

I love how thorough Jesse is. Each one of us got our own reply. Very cool. Setting the standard for politeness. Very cool

Thanks. the way I feel is that if I see something and I automatically think of the reply. Then I will do it so they know what I think about their post.

[Jesse L. Baker]

In 2009 I suffered a stroke my left side was partially paralyzed , was also affected my vision which I saw with my left double too. so I was really super scared to train let alone grappling . eventually ended up with a psychologist that I followed . cognitive therapy It helped me in such a way by actually thinking " what's the worst thing that could happen " okay a loss what else . anyway to continue with training and competitions , you wil learn to create your own way to hear or to see , that 's your instinct .
They never knew the cause of my stroke until 2011 when i got back from grappling i was always black and blue so to the hospital turned out I had leukemia ..... amazingly is in remission and occasionally I need chemotherapy . but i can handle that.
And now I eat sleep and watch jiu jitsu , but I do not practice it .... I 'm afraid , I'm fucking affraid i go to practice and sit on the bench and observe. Again I have therapy and I hope i'll be setting my first step on te mat .
I know that you will find way to hande this !

Wow, I can understand the fear coming from due to what you went through. At least you did not give up jiu jitsu all together. That tells me you love it to the point that you won't leave it. I am glad they found out about your leukemia and that you are in remission. I hope that when you eventually get back to the mat that you take it slow. Since you had a stroke, that means your body is not going to respond as it normally would do. So that means your body as to accommodate so don't you dare get discouraged and keep on going. And to let you know, your fear just made my fear look small compared to yours. In fact it is so small that you need an electron microscope.

[scottross]

I have narcolepsy myself. I don't think it has hindered my training at all, although I think jiu-jitsu definitely helps my narcolepsy. It is the best investment in my health - physically, psychologically, and spiritually - that I have ever made.

I once rolled with Nick Newell, the one-armed MMA fighter with a 10-0 record. While trying to pass my guard Nick used his nub, which was extremely hard, and he apologized because he felt it was advantage. I told him not to worry about it because I intended to use both of my arms, which I felt was a bigger advantage. He eventually heel-hooked me. Fortunately, it only sprained my ankle. Nick felt horrible but I told him that I deserved it because I underestimated him because of his disability - I didn't think he could finish it with one arm and a nub so I let it go too far.

[Kurzy]

[Chris Garry]

Fuck all these labels. I'm told I should seek help for mine. I'm a man, were men we deal with this shit ourselves. Screw the dis you got ability right or wrong 10P4L

[Kyle Spalla]

We have a new student with Cerebral Palsey. Aaron Higginbotham. His dream is to compete. His first tournament is Feb 15

I fucking love this organization.