Phoenix Knight (Juri) vs Octopus0nf1re (Blanka) HUD OFF
Channel: Johnny Blaze
Date: 2015-05-05

Edit 7-28-2015: For those who are still confused on what the title of the video means, during the actual match I had my Displays turned off. I could not see my health bar, PP/BP or my super meter.  This was suggested by someone who was suggested by another player, Kaizen. 

The point of doing this was to  take the swell of panic away during a match and to heighten the focus of footsies, instead of finding the most obvious ways hitting the guy until his health is gone. 

You'll start to notice most people panic under pressure when their vitality is close to getting KO combo'd or chipped out.  In the matches in the video, whenever I'm on the verge of losing a match I still remain calm; I have no idea when I would get knocked out so putting myself in a state of urgency was pointless. I can't execute the moves I need to when I take myself out of the game.  

Having the HUD off also helped gauge the opponent's panic threshold as well - I could sense if someone had low health just based on their movements and button presses. I started to get a sense of my health also, just by seeing the way the opponent reacted to me. My super meter management was much better, yet when I had the opportunity to use it I was unaware it was filled! lol

All in all I feel it's a very good way to push aside the negative reinforcement people place on themselves when seeing 20-30 percent of their vitality drained by the  opponent. It could help the mind prioritize it's own state of awareness in tough situations, minimizing bad/reckless options based on negative emotions. 

I would recommend trying this for at least 10 matches. You'll feel naked at first but you might find glaringly bad habits disappearing soon enough ;)