Beyond The Label - Ep:19 - Devin Fernandez - Blindness Didn't Stop A Sensei From Passing On His Art
Description
"Teaching with "Third Eye Insight" & Changing Lives"
Charlie and JD sit down with Devin Fernandez, founder and program director of Third Eye Insight, a martials academy for the blind and visually impaired on Long Island. Devin has been a practitioner of the Martial Arts specifically Ninpo Ninjutsu for many years, long before he himself was stricken with Retinitis Pigmentosa in 2000. Retinitis Pigmentosa a degenerative eye disease that results in blindness, but that hasn't stopped him from training and passing along his knowledge to others.
In this episode, Devin shares his personal story and provide our audience with a better understanding of Retinitis Pigmentosa, provides encouragement and training tips for other adaptive martial artist and their instructors.
A video version of this episode and others is also available on Youtube.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0CYqImXT5Ewha-4qD-X6pKjDhaJjD4P
Note: Music elements in this podcast were open source and downloaded from freemusicarchive.org
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