Because of a congenital birth defect, she was born without arms. She also came into the world without kneecaps and with her feet rotated in, toward each other. Radziewicz was born with thrombocytopenia-absent radius, or TAR, syndrome.
She endured multiple surgeries as a young girl, all aimed at helping her walk. Until she was in junior high, Radziewicz had to wear metal braces that stopped at the top of her thigh, similar to the ones the character Forrest Gump wore in the movie.
Today, Radziewicz, 32, is not only walking, she is kicking. And next month she will test for her black belt in taekwondo.
Full story with video here. Although it did strange things to my browser on first loading.
2 comments:
am i a bad person if i think it looks funny when she fights
no, it does look odd. I imagine a real world assailant would have to be a big d*ck to mug somebody disabled anyway, so they'd get what they deserved. She's a badass though, those boards are not easy to kick through, especially when you don't have the weight and swing of arms to counterbalance you.
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