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04-11-2010, 17:50
Eric Ingram becomes first quadraplegic to earn blue belt in jiu-jitsu from the Gracie family
“I tried karate for a year but there’s too much stand-up technique and it just turned into me watching everyone else do it,” said Eric Ingram, 20, a physics major at Old Dominion University. “With Gracie Combatives it’s mainly groundwork and the other techniques we [Ingram and his brother Troy,. a certified Gracie instructor] were able to adapt to meet my needs.”
lees hier (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/11/eric-ingram-paraplegic-jiu-jitsu-gracie.html) het hele artikel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSMdjG7IXE8&feature=player_embedded
“I tried karate for a year but there’s too much stand-up technique and it just turned into me watching everyone else do it,” said Eric Ingram, 20, a physics major at Old Dominion University. “With Gracie Combatives it’s mainly groundwork and the other techniques we [Ingram and his brother Troy,. a certified Gracie instructor] were able to adapt to meet my needs.”
lees hier (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/11/eric-ingram-paraplegic-jiu-jitsu-gracie.html) het hele artikel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSMdjG7IXE8&feature=player_embedded