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Types of Blocks

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  • Forearm Blocks. Forearm blocks impact with either the top, bottom, inside or outside of the forearm.
  • Wrist Blocks. Wrist blocks impact with either the top, bottom, inside or outside of the wrist.
  • Palm Blocks. Palm (open hand) blocks impact with the palm. Palm blocks make it easy to grab after a block.
  • Bounce Blocks. Bounce, or beat, blocks are just a way to use blocks in a manner that aids counterattacks. They are merely hard blocks that bounce off the attacking arm or leg and move into immediate striking techniques. Practically all blocks may be used in a bounce manner. For example, when using a middle outer forearm block (knuckles upward, arm moving outward) to block a fore fist punch coming straight at the face:
    • Immediately after the block makes contact with the attacker's arm, bounce off the arm with a straight fore fist punch to the attacker's unprotected face.
    • If you had to block the punch, it meant the attacker was in punching range, and, since the attacker's arm is extended, he or she has no defense against the counter punch.
    • A bounce block makes the block, and following attack, a single movement. A bounce block may continue to block even as it is attacking. For example, using the above example, as the blocking arm bounces moves into the counter punch, it continues to block the attacker's arm to the outside to prevent the attacker from hooking it at the end of its motion in a last effort attempt to strike the head.

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