Paralympic judo competition is governed by the IJF rules with some modifications specified by the International Blind Sports Association (IBSA).See [1] (http://edweb6.educ.msu.edu/kin866/spjudo.htm)Rule differences for blind (http://www.judoinfo.com/virules.htm) include the judges shouting out when contestants get too near edge of the mat, contests always start with the 2 competitors in a loose grip on each others Judo suits (grip called ""Kumikata"").
History
It was first included in the Paralympics at Seoul, Korea--October 15-25, 1988[2] (http://www.judoinfo.com/92paraly.htm) More than 60 visually impaired judo players, including some from Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Spain and Sweden will compete in the Athens 2004 games, making it the biggest yet staged.Women compete for the first time, started out as men only.
External links
Judo for blind including details of paralympics (http://edweb6.educ.msu.edu/kin866/spjudo.htm)
The exclusion was introduced after the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, the first games with events exclusively for people with learning difficulties, after it was found that the majority of the Spanish basketball team were not disabled.
The International Paralympic Committee stated that the exclusion would continue until there are sufficient tests for the disabilities and a way to measure the effect they have on a sport.
The traditional cultural display was removed from the ceremony as a mark of respect for the deaths of 37 teenagers and 4 teachers from Farkadona, travelling to Athens, whose bus collided with a lorry near the town of Kamena Vourla.
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