Don't trust your eyes.

Riddle me this....

So I made the rather surprising discovery during a sparring session last night that I apparently spar better blindfolded than I do when I can see.

This, I have to admit, is something I'm at a complete loss to explain.

Actually, I can't even fully explain what possessed me to try it in the first place. I was sparring with an opponent of roughly-equal skill and getting my ass rather thoroughly pounded. So I decided that I'd see what happened when I closed my eyes. I mean, I figured it was pretty much impossible for me to get my ass kicked any worse, right?

Well, surprisingly enough, when sparring against a sighted opponent, I performed vastly better when I'd blinded myself. As my partner put it: it was as if I'd left the room and had been replaced by an identical twin who actually knew what he was doing.

Yeah, I'm at a complete loss to explain this one.

--Drew