Brief outline of the history of pecial Needs judo in Sweden:
1970 Start of judo for Visual disabled at Tomteboda
1976 Start of new clubs
Committee starts in SHIF
Graduation-rules
1982 First Competition on a camp
1983 Demonstrations. Start of ’Team-competitions’
G-judo for ’mentaly’ disabled
1988 Paralympic Games in Seoul – Kenneth Hemmingsson, Blind, 3’d place –86 kg,
First handicaped to get 1 Dan
1992 First National Competition
Making of a Video, Books for education
1993 Start of courses in G-judo
1996 Visits to Ben vd Eng in Holland and Marita Kokkonen in Finland
1997 New visit to Ben vd Eng, National Championship, Holland and Finland visits Stockholm
1st handicaped to graduate to Black belt, Lars Hintze, Judoka of the year 1997.
1998 Start of our international camps and competitions
Swedish Handicap Judo Open
Åbo – Turku, Mikkeli
Wessanen Olympiade
2002 Patrik Andersson, First handicaped to graduate to 1 Dan with a modified program.
Göran Fogelström was the second judoka to graduate to black belt.
Judoka of the year 2002