by Rory Miller
Fighting or even sparring, I often deliberately look away. The threat is still in my peripheral vision, it reads as if I am unconcerned and it drastically improves my reaction time. Good benefits.
Infighting you can do with your eyes closed. In seminars, I usually get the students to try blindfolded infighting. The amount of information you can pick up by touch strikes most as amazing. Not only can you target precisely (with only a little practice most can accurately kick a knee just by the contact of a hand on the shoulder) but since almost any movement is preceded by a slight shift in weight, you can feel what the threat is about to do... sort of a combative precognition.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Rory Miller is the author of the acclaimed “Meditations on Violence” (YMAA 2008) and the forthcoming “Facing Violence” (YMAA 2011). He has worked as a correctional professional (officer, sergeant, tactical team leader, trainer, mental health specialist) and an advisor in Iraq. Thirty years of martial arts training and nearly twenty years dealing with violent criminals have given him a unique perspective on issues of violence and conflict. This is his first e-book for Smashwords.
Rory maintains a website at ChironTraining.com
And does his thinking out loud on his blog.
