Blind folded Chi Sao

[ovine king]

Exactly, which is why I prefer to do chi-sau without blindfold because then i can learn to ignore the things that might distract me from feeling, instead of not having the distractions there during the rolling.

On the other hand, we do an exercise where a blindfolded guy stands in guard andsomeone attacks into his guard and the blind-folded guy just responds depending on what he feels. I feel that this works touch/response better than doing blind-fodled chi sau because it translates directly in sparring practice/drills.

[Traditional-Fist]

I like to start a discusion about blind folded chi sao.How many train it and what are the pros and cons? Do you feel it is a better method the common way?

I train it and it is useful. It will eventually help develope or improve your sixth sense. On the other hand you can't just stick to just one type of Chi Sao, you need to combine it to normal Chi Sao practise to get the full benefits.

[stonecrusher69]

traditional Fist....oh yeah I agree blind folded Chi Sao should not replace regular Chi Sao practice.How much time to to spend on blind folded Chi sao?

[Traditional-Fist]

traditional Fist....oh yeah I agree blind folded Chi Sao should not replace regular Chi Sao practice.How much time to to spend on blind folded Chi sao?

I would say I spend less than 20% of my chi sao practise using a blind fold.

[ovine king]

Is that 1/5 of chi sau or 1/5 of all training?

I would say that blind-folded practice, chi sau or otherwise, is only done maybe once a week depending on what I'm doing right/wrong that week. Even then, it's not done as an exercise of itself but as a means to show what's going on.

[Menjo]

is this a standard part of every dojo that teaches this stlye?

[ovine king]

What style? The blind-folded practice?

Not sure if every school does it but I'm pretty sure every wing chun school is aware of it. It's not just wing chun that does it either. The Silat/Kali/Escrima (sorry for the simplified grouping of these) styles do blindfolded practice as well.

[Traditional-Fist]

Is that 1/5 of chi sau or 1/5 of all training?

I would say that blind-folded practice, chi sau or otherwise, is only done maybe once a week depending on what I'm doing right/wrong that week. Even then, it's not done as an exercise of itself but as a means to show what's going on.

Less than 1/5 of chi sao training.

[stonecrusher69]

Ovine King I'm suprised you do so little Chi Sao. Once a week is not enough.How can you improve with so little practice? I'm sure you train very hard in other aspects but you should beef up your chi sao practice.

[ovine king]

You misunderstand, I said that less than once a week is devoted to blind-folded practice of any sort.

Chi Sau features in every training session with the sole exception of when we decide to pick on something to do i.e chin-na, "conditioning", dummy/weapons.

I am lucky in that two of cousins also train in wing chun of slightly different lines and also has a family background in other chinese martial arts.