Martial arts “blocks” aren’t blocking. The Karate Kid lied to you

I get SOoOooooo many weird comments about “blocking” in martial arts. Let’s talk about what is and isn’t blocking. Why you should block punches and kicks. How to block punching and kicking. And why you often don’t need to block anything.

Ever seen The Karate Kid: part I where Mr. Miyagi uses the power of wax on wax off to teach Daniel Larissa how to karate block punches and kicks (that stop 6 inches away from his face)? Well, real fighting is way different than that. There’s no reason whatsoever to block a punch that wouldn’t have touched you anyway. But wait, there’s more! “Blocking” is what you end up doing when you’ve already lost most of the relevant battles to succeeding at the prime directive of fighting: effective striking, effective grappling, and effective aggressiveness. You have better options.

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