Second, blind training helps students gain a keener sense of body positioning, for both themselves and their opponents. Third, it helps practitioners perfect their balance. And fourth, it allows students to utilize senses other than sight for self-defense. Blind training is generally introduced after a student has mastered the basic techniques of kicking, punching and blocking, as well as the more advanced concepts of forms and sparring. Hence, one might say that blind training is one of the more advanced forms of martial arts practice.
Blind training begins quite simply.
The student is blindfolded and placed in a familiar room. The angles of the room are presented to him as northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest. Thus, ten basic directions are established for the student prior to commencing training. Once the student is aware of these directions, he is told to point in the direction commanded by the instructor. Once the instructor is convinced the student knows the directions and can follow simple commands without difficulty, they proceed to the next step.