WELCOME TO THE PROFILES OF MARTIAL ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES BLOG

I hope that this blog with inspire other people with disabilities to enter into the martial arts. In addition, I encourage instructors and school owners to use this blog as resource for their existing students with disabilities, or to bring in new students.

This blog is by no means complete. I would appreciate hearing about new nominations, organizations, articles, links, etc to be added. Please send me an email to info@not-me.org regarding what you would like see added to this blog.

All the martial artist are listed alphabetically.

Sincerely,

Erik Kondo

JESSICA COX


HOMETOWN: Tucson, AZ
TYPE OF DISABILITY: Born without arms.
AGE: 25
OCCUPATION: Professional Motivational Speaker
PERSONAL:
MAIN STYLE OF MARTIAL ART: Tae Kwon Do
SCHOOL AFFILIATION:
CURRENT RANK: Black Belt
TIME INVOLVED IN THE MARTIAL ARTS WITH A DISABILITY: 15 yrs
OTHER ACTIVITES:


Jessica is recognized internationally as an inspirational keynote speaker. Born without arms, Jessica now flies airplanes, drives cars, and otherwise lives a normal life using her feet as others use their hands. She holds the title of the first person without arms in the American Tae Kwon-Do Association to get a black belt and the first woman pilot in aviation history to fly with her feet. Convinced that the way we think has a greater impact on our lives than our physical constraints, she chose to pursue a degree in psychology while in college at the University of Arizona.

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