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Just Say No to Curbs
From using the Trackchair to traverse those pesky curbs to Erik Kondo's brilliant "pull-up" move using parking meters, watch three wheelers on SPINALpedia share there way impressive curb climbing tricks! What tricks do you use?
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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…
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Podcast #76 – Self-defense, Online predators After Paralysis with Erik Kondo
In episode #76 of No Free Rides, Tiffiny is joined by Erik Kondo, a paraplegic and self-defense and online safety expert. They discuss how to stay safe in the physical world, as well as protecting yourself online, namely from wheelchair fetishists.