Forum:KB:General Kota losing connection with force.

How can someone lose connection to the force by being blinded?Im refering to General Kota losing his sight from battle with Galek.Wouldnt that mean he only had metachorines in his eyeballs,lol?Or was he just not mentally readied by Mace Windo.I mean even Luke was able to reach out with his feelings instead of his eyes while training with a blaster shield down with Obi-Wan.