Damascus-Sana
Aikido fighting sport with a defensive character found its way into the hearts and minds of a number of people with Down syndrome recently by forming the first team for this category in Damascus to begin their sports career and prove that they are no less than their healthy peers.
Love Syndrome in Aikido, as it likes to be described by those in charge of this sport in Syria, its training started two months ago in Al-Fayhaa Sports City in Damascus through a team of 10 people by teaching them the principles and fundamentals of the game and over time the response began to appear through mastering the important movements in the game, according to a secretary The Supreme Committee of Aikido in Syria, Dr. Nasir Rustom.
Rustum added: It is possible in the subsequent period of training to give the player the opportunity to apply for one of the game belts in accordance with his training level, indicating that the energy with which the owners of this category are trained is great and the determination they carry in training is high, which helps the coach a lot during Executing the required movements knowing that they have mastered the basic movements.
Rustum pointed out that the current team is a good step towards attracting more people with Down syndrome to practice aikido, noting that this experiment is the first of its kind for this sport so far, and we have a plan that will be implemented later to prepare trainers specialized in this field in various governorates.
It is noteworthy that the game entered Syria since 2010 and the Syrian School of Aikido was established four years ago, through which the training cadres were graduated academically according to the Japanese School.
Muhammad al-Rahil
