Dyslexia in martial arts

I am a dyslexia skills tutor (amongst over things). I recently came across this quick test from the British Dyslexia Association. For some time I have thought that there are a disproportionately high percentage of dyslexics in martial arts. I thought it would be interesting to see if my idea was right.


Adult Dyslexia Checklist.

Ansewer each question bellow yess or no. Give a tick for each yes. Don't miss any questions out. If in doubt give the answer that you feel is true most often.

1. Do you find difficulty telling left from right?
2. Is map reading or finding your way to a strange place confusing?
3. Do you dislike reading aloud?
4. Do you take longer than you should to read a page of a book?
5. Do you find it difficult to remember the sense of what you have read?
6. Do you dislike reading long books?
7. Is your spelling poor?
8. Is your writing difficult to read?
9. Do you get confused if you have to speak in public?
10. Do you find it difficult to take messages on the telephone and pass them on correctly?
11. When you say a long word, do you sometimes find it difficult to get all the sounds in the right order?
12. Do you find it difficult to do sums in your head without using your fingers or paper?
13. When using the telephone, do you tend to get the numbers mixed up when you dial?
14. Do you find it difficult to say the months of the year forwards in a fluent manner?
15. Do you find it difficult to say the months of the year backwards?
16. Do you mix up dates and times and miss appointments?
17. When writing cheques do you frequently find yourself making mistakes?
18. Do you find forms difficult and confusing?
19. Do you mix up bus numbers like 95 and 59?
20. Did you find it hard to learn your multiplication tables at school?

More than 9 ticks is a strong sign of dyslexia.

If the test indicates that you might be dyslexic it is worth getting a proper assessment done and following it up with workplace skills training (In the uk your employer is [sort of] obliged to provided training by the disabilities act.) But even if you have to pay for it yourself it can make a dramatic improvement to your working life.

many years ago when l was teaching in a club l had one l ended up marking a big l and r on his shoes . he could learn a form over and over and forget the next day. he eventually committed suicide by drinking anti freeze. it was a shame as he was a extremely nice guy . good for you back then no one gave a damn they were considered retarded.

My son is dyslexic both visually and aurally....He was very good in forms, took home many trophies; however, when first learning a form would always confuse right and left. He also has ADD. I think it's more likely, especially after getting to know some posters on various lists, that ADD/ADHD runs rampant in martial artists.

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thats great ,but back in my day no one understood it so most went by the wayside or drugs. its good that theres more understanding now.

My brother-in-law is dyslexic, and has a Ph.D. in an area of chemistry where about half of the experts are dyslexia. Apparently it gives you an advantage in understanding formulas that have more than three dimensions. (Too bad our schooling weeds this skill out of math & sciences.)

I also understand that dyslexics often have superior abilities with regards to three-dimension reflexes, which explains why fast team sports tend to have a higher percentage of dyslexics than the population average. I remember reading that by some estimates, up to a third of professional hockey players are dyslexic.

My friend's son is 13 & has ADD. He's a very talented dancer. Put him on stage, and he's perfectly aware of what the rest of the company is doing, how the audience is reacting, and where he needs to be & what he needs to do. By himself, he has difficulties remembering some technique, but in a group he's way ahead of the curve for his age. Put him in a classroom where one person is leading & everyone else is sitting down doing the same thing, and he's in trouble.

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one of my twins is dyslexic and has ADD
but he can kick anyone's ass

I scored a 101 outta 110 on a ADD test as well...

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all hail Martyr Fakka

ADD here.

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I dont think I answered yes to 9 but was already diagnosted as having ADD (thought I was hyperactive in Kindigarden which i wasn't), and found out I have Dyslexia (after I had compensated for it) and Dysgraphia while I was in college the first time around. Finally quite going when my GPA dropped to 1.88. Now Im back in college taking 3 classes while im in the Army and have a 3.0+ GPA...And have 2 A (chem and Chem Lab) that I wont get a final grade for until august because theyt are 16 week classes. Im mostly taking 8 week courses.

Did you have to get a waiver for Dyslexia?

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I didnt tell them....Scored a 72 on the ASVAB so the recruiters just handed me the MOS book and told me it would be easier just to tell me the jobs I couldn't do them what I could. Honestly when I heard 72 I dindt think it was that good but according to the recruiters average across the service is 46. Though they dont tell you that every service scores different so.

Oh, gotcha.

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ADD is not a disorder...it's just us hunters trying to fit in a farmer's world.

Irvine, Calif., Jan. 8, 2002 -- A variant form of a gene associated with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) indicates that the disorder is a recent affliction and may once have helped humans thrive and survive, according to a UCI College of Medicine study.
The human gene study, which appears in the Jan. 8 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, suggests that behavior now considered inappropriate in a classroom may be related to behavior that once helped humans overcome their environment...
"Our data show that the creation of the 7R allele was an unusual, spontaneous mutation, which became an advantage for humans," Moyzis said. "Because it was an advantage, the gene became increasingly prevalent. This is very different from other genes that predispose to genetic disorders, where the mutations are detrimental. We believe this helps explain why a disorder with such a strong genetic association is so common today."

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“	Originally Posted By: TaichiMantis ADD is not a disorder...it's just us hunters trying to fit in a farmer's world.	”

reps...

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i got 10

"5. Do you find it difficult to remember the sense of what you have read?"

i have absolutley no idea what that means



i was taking a driving lesson once and the instructor says : "take the next left"

so i turned right across two lanes of oncomming traffic

narrowly avoiding a bus

the guy went mental

although my stronger side is my right side

i am fairly ambidexterous

and often start drills etc. on the left hand side

much to the puzzlement of my partners and myself

when trying to workout why the drill isnt going well

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I try to drill with both sides but have no problem going in on my weak side (left)