I have heard and read that ninja’s do a blindfolded fighting practious. Also I was thinking what system or CMA did the ninja school come from? because it seems inturnal from what i hear. their practice is very slow to produce skills. not sure that puts it in the inturnal class but just a thought.
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There’s a few training practices I know which it would be helpfull to do with a blindfold, such as mobile rooting/yielding to a pushing force, but it seems awfully dramatic to use a blindfold when you can just keep your eyes pointed somewhere else. Some people do fighting drills where the bodies remain in contact while blindfolded (including many BJJ people); which can help in relying upon body sensitivity, and also on keeping your vision from distracting you which sometimes it can.
My uncle’s sensei used to have him fight with a blindfold on. He usually got his ass kicked. But, sometimes he would do some ass kickin’ of his own. If you know someone who knows how to train with the blindfold correctly it can give you some amazing benefits.
The only reason a warrior is alive is to fight, and the only reason a warrior fights is to win. Otherwise, why be a warrior? It is easier to count beads. -Miyamoto Musashi
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Yes, but don’t forget that the average ass is a pretty big target. (On some people it’s a humungous target, and “the larger the target, the slower it moves” - ancient Chinese saying). If you’re blindfolded and keep kicking in the general direction of your opponent’s ass, according to the laws of probability, some of your kicks are going to actually land on his ass.