Originally Posted by
RenDaHai
Putting your hands up and tucking in your chin cuts off a large amount of your peripheral vision. Its fine when squaring off against one, but stuff doesn't go down like that in my experience. In antique Wushu, when weapons are involved, cutting out your peripheral vision is suicidal. The head can dodge very fast, but the body cannot. Of course a high guard must be used when it is time, but I don't think its a good idea to stand there like that. If your focused on the guy in front of you it is the one to the side who hits you.