THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 14 Friday, September 7, 1919 Blind Students Are Learning Judo to Aid Self-Confidence From Israel Digest JERUSALEM — Blind students in Jerusalem are learning how to cope with their disability through judo. "Judo is an ideal sport for the blind. It inspires physi- cal, and psychological self- confidence, and most impor- tant, it teaches a person how to fall correctly," says Yosef Lev, director of sports at the Jewish Institute for the Blind 'and a black belt in judo himself. One of the blind man's fears whether he realizes it or not — is the fear of fal- ling or stumbling over an SHOCKED AT THE PRICES For Your Child's Disco and Ballroom Lessons? Contact STAGE DOOR DANCE STUDIO 559-1462 unexpected obstacle," says Lev. "A fall occurs in- stantly, and an untrained person is unable to make the immediate decision as to how he should fall safely." Lev notes that a person trained in judo, however, can react instantane- ously in such a situation. Through an almost natural instinct, he will maintain bodily control while lessening tension and thus cushion his fall. In addition to protecting a person from injury, Lev also insists that judo develops bodily control and coordina- tion. "When taught cor- rectly, judo is both an excel- lent physical as well as edu- cational discipline," he notes. Lev has worked tirelessly to develop judo as a vital tool to be used in the total education of the blind in Is- rael and throughout the world. It is through his in- itiative that Jerusalem's Jewish Institute for the Blind now has an active judo program for students aged 6-18. Evening lessons in the sports center also enable visually impaired men and (Copyright 1979, JTA, inc.) A woman scientist at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem is reported to be working on the problem of solar energy. 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SUITE 100 C.n: 1;t0C., SOUTH Of 13 MILE ROAD • &45.92C4 women to participate in the fun and action of this sport. Lev • has successfully taught judo to disabled vet- rans at the Beit Halohem Sports Rehabilitation Cen- ter in Afeka, and he estab- lished an, international set of rules in the interest of having judo developed as an international sport for the blind. a the Orchard Mall in West Bloomfield Orchard Lake Road just 1/2 block North of Maple Road Both Stores Open: Mon., Tues., Wed., Sat. 10 to 6 p.m. Thurs., Fri. 10 to 9 pm: Sunday 12-5 us. In fact, according to oci.. lady scientist in.Jerusalem, the energy is already there waiting for us, but it is dif- fused in the sunlight. What we have to do is to concen- trate it and she proposes to concentrate herself the next three years on ways to con- centrate the too diffused sunlight. We have faith in her. Anyone who spends three years concentrat- ing on any subject is sure to produce results. Con- centration is a kind of supreme energy in itself and like the sun is avail- able to all of us free. It was said of Einstein that he had only two ideas in his life but he concen- trated on them and revolu- tionized much of our scien- tific thinking. , What is thinking itself but concentrated attention. Our language deceives us. We speak of bright people and dull people, but the bright one is simply one who concentrates more. There is no difference in their think- ing apparatus. One simply gives attention to a subject, which means he concen- trates — and the other doesn't. We admire people who have learned several lan- guages, but every child learns a language without going to, college or taking a course — without any' teacher. It simply concen- trates on what it hears around it. It is not conscious that it is concentrating, but it is. It is paying attention, focussing its mind and that is concentration. The mind is a kind of technological gadget itself and when used, produces results, like any machine. The state of Israel is an instance of the power of concentration. A state is a form of concentration. The Jews disperse(' among the nations are fa more numerous than in Israel, but in Israel they constitute a majority and with the power of state- hood have means of fo- cussing attention. The state of Israel is far more powerful as a bulwark for Jews than the. arger dispersed Jewish popu- lation outside. The three million Jews of Israel have been able by this power of concentration to withstand a half dozen enemy nations.