Blocks

HIGH SECTION BLOCK

• First begin with your blocking hand at your opposite hip.
• Crossing your arms across your body, bring your blocking hand up and slightly forward, twisting your wrist at the final moment.
• The Opposite hand pulls back to hip.
• This is to block against a downward strike

LOW SECTION BLOCK

• First begin with your blocking hand raised to your opposite ear.
• Swing your arm directly across body and stop just above your knee, twisting your wrist at the final moment.
• The Opposite hand pulls back to hip.
• This is to block against a kick   

PALM HEEL BLOCK

• First begin with your blocking hand at your hip.
• Move your arm directly across your body and stop at the centre of your chest, blocking with your lower palm area.
• The Opposite hand pulls back to your hip.
• This is to block against a close range strike

INNER MIDDLE SECTION BLOCK

• First begin with your blocking hand raised to your ear.
• Swing your arm directly across your body and stop at the centre of your chest, twisting your wrist at the final moment.
• The Opposite hand pulls back to hip.
• This is to block against a straight punch

OUTER MIDDLE SECTION BLOCK

• First begin with blocking hand raised to your opposite ear.
• Swing your arm directly across your body and stop at your opposite shoulder, twisting your wrist at the final moment.
• The Opposite hand pulls back to hip.
• This is to block against a circular punch

X- BLOCK

• First begin with blocking hands on your hips.
• Move your arms directly across body above your head in a cutting action to make the X-shape blocking with outside hard parts of your wrist.
• This block can be performed for high section or low section.
• This is to block against a downward strike high section or a kick to low section

DOUBLE KNIFE HAND BLOCK

• This block is an augmented double block.
• First begin with your blocking hands stretched out behind your body.
• Move your arms directly forwards across your body. 
• Your blocking hand stops by the outside of your shoulder blocking with the outside part of your forearm and your supporting hand by your chest.
• This is to block against a straight or circular punch