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Members, friends, associates and interested parties of the Blind Judo Foundation working with blind and visually impaired athletes who would like to post articles, references, publications, Newsletters, awards, outstanding athletes, Journals or other publications related to the martial arts or the sport of Judo, please feel free to submit your material and information to: Ron C. Peck, Co-Founder of The Blind Judo Foundation at roncpeck@earthlink.net for consideration & permission to post your content.

Article Links - click on the links below to pop-up the news article

Article and video of Jordan Mouton winning in Northglenn, CO which qualified her
to compete in Beijing

Supporting Courageous Athletes, An Interview with Ron C. Peck

SF Lighthouse for the Bind and Visually Impaired Youth Services

Athlete Profile: Greg DeWall, Paralympic Judo

JUDO: Christella Garcia Places Fifth in her Blind World Championship Debut

JUDO: Christella Garcia Places Fifth in her Blind World Championship Debut

Paralympic Judo Gold Medalist Slated to Perform at This Year's Disney's Martial Arts Festival!

Blind confidence
Paralympic champ's visit gives a lift to new Blind Judo Foundation

Interview with Lori Pierce

Profiles of Success

The price of a dream

Mom will go to Athens after all

Paralympic Games Judo Recap: U.S. Team Wins Three Medals

The National Sports Education Camps Project: Introducing Sports Skills to Students with Visual Impairments through Short-term Specialized Instruction

Ponchillia lauded for work with children

Facts About Visual Impairments

About Blind Children

Articles provided by Paul Ponchillia, PhD
Professor, Western Michigan University
Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies

Coaching Athletes with Visual Impairements

AccesSports: A Model for Adapting Mainstream Sports Activities for Individuals with Visual Impairments

An Aerobic Exercise Class for College Students with Visual Impairments (Author: Linda Powell / Susan Ponchillia, Ed.D)

Athletes with Visual Impairments: Attributes and Sports Participation

An End-of-Lane Signalling Device for Swimmers Who Are Visually Impaired

Paul is a friend and supporter of what The Blind Judo Foundation is about and promoting Judo among the blind and visually impaired community.

PAUL PONCHILLIA, Ph. D.
Enshrined September 28, 2000

Before the hunting accident that took his sight at age 30, Paul Ponchillia was a high school and college athlete. After he discovered the vigorous competitive sport of goalball, he was more determined than ever to stay involved in sports despite his blindness. He is or has been a competitive goalball player, track and field athlete, and a cross-country skier. He took first in the totally blind category in the 1986 Michigan Ski for Light ski race and had numerous first, second and third place finishes in state, national and international tournaments. The vice president of the U.S. Association of Blind Athletes was a USABA nationals star in track and field (discus and shotput) and in the 50-meter event. As a Western Michigan University professor, Ponchillia developed a course called Teaching Sports and Physical Education Activities to Visually Impaired Individuals. He has also developed instructional videos aimed at teaching parents, teachers and coaches how to teach blind students goalball and its strategies, and hundreds of children benefit from a program he initiated in 1988, the annual Sports Education Camp for Visually Impaired Youth.

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