First time posting to this particular forum. Even though I don't consider myself a great teacher I am all our town has in judo at the moment.lol. I recently have been given the pleasure to train a 16 yr old with a Mild mental handicap ( I loathe the term retardation, sorry). While he seems able to learn the techniques, I cannot seem to get him motivated at all. It is almost like he has bought into the idea that he is slow and just has accepted that is the way he has to live his life now. What I was wondering is if any of you have had this problem and how you handled it???
Domo
William "Kamikazesan" Kincaid
Aikido/Judo/Jyodo