Blijd
Blijd
In the rehabilitation center the real rehabilitation now started, the big battle. This was after he had surprised his doctors in hospital by starting to walk there already. Here, in Beatrixoord, he started learning everything again, with the help of physiotherapists, logopaedists, ergotherapists, and rehabilitation specialists. He had to teach himself and be taught everything again: talking, moving, writing. In Beatrixoord he could also enjoy some rest. The many people eager to visit him were admitted only very sparingly. Dutch TV watchers were able to follow his rehabilitation process via channel SBS-6's program 'Fatal Moment'.
In October, during a weekend leave he had his first tentative demo at a venue in Ahlen,
Germany, home of
In December, three days after his official leave from Beatrixoord, he had his second demo in Emmen.
After this, he could gradually take over the lessons at the sport school again - at least,
he intended to. Very soon, he was working full time at
On the April 20th the time was there: Within a year of the accident after which doctors had been fearing for his life, he was active in an international budo gala. It was on the 10th Budo-Meeting in Z�rich that he, escorted by his budo friends Henk Meijer, Jean Frenette and Li Yanlong, was performing his famous SLOW MOTION again - an almost impossible feat after such severe brain damage.
In July he was active at the Night Of Budo in Berlin. This time he showed the amazed
spectators that he still has his breath taking
So thanks to his great fighting spirit, his never-ending perseverance and his extremely
good form (both physical as mental), as a result of a life dedicated to wushu,