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    SCI Superstar: Erik Kondo

    A kick butt and take names para with a 3rd degree black belt in Jujitsu, meet the awesome Erik Kondo on SPINALpedia, a toughie from Lexington, MA who's made self-defense moves for wheelchair-users, as well as helping newly injured people, his life's passion.

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    Self-defense, wheelchair style

    Have you seen the episode of Celebrity Death match with the tough (and heavily tattooed) quad rugby player, Mark Zupan? He pretty much kicked Chris Pontius’ butt, and it was awesome. It’s about time the world saw that wheelchair-users can have mad self defense skills. There are a ton of us out there, and you’ll find us at every level of ability (I still have a ways to go). We can have great upper-body strength, so hey, shouldn’t be all that surprising right? And the following two videos you’re about to see are the BEST of the best when it comes to wheelchair self-defense. This first video comes from the…