As kenpo people we know about Mr. Parker’s term “object obscurity”. This refers to the times we put a weapon on our opponent’s face to either get them to close their eyes or to cover the eyes. The beginner technique, Raining Claw, is one of the first examples of this. The claw “rains” down on the bridge of the nose and the fingers follow and the hand stays in place just long enough to slip the following shot in. Mr. Parker said the interval between strikes was close enough to “prevent the light from getting in.”
There are two things at work here. One is the hand(s) being in front of the eyes. Unless he or she has x-ray vision, they can’t see, i.e. they’re functionally blind. The other is the instinctual defensive reaction of closing one’s eyes when something gets close to them. There’s an ancillary effect as well. Impact typically makes us close our eyes. It takes lots of training to make ourselves not flinch in anticipation or reaction to loud noises, impact (sometimes impending) and pain. Strikes to the eyes and nose often result in a pain that causes watering of the eyes, which also contributes to limitations in sight. I’d hazard to say that we have all three going in such a technique as Raining Claw. And many of you are thinking about others that do the same thing in a variety of ways.
Enjoy.
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