Kung Fu: Outside Block

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Dan Schmidt, from the Chinese Martial Arts Center. Today, we're going to be showing you how to perform an outside block against the high punch. So if somebody punches at your face, you can use the front arm, almost like a bat. You swing the arm out, and twist. This creates an opening, so from here, I can punch here. I can punch the face, whatever technique I want to use, so again, so he punches. Just use your arm. Twist, and twist out, or if he punches with that hand from there, just twist out with this side. See, it creates an opening. Practicing this block alone, start fist the hip. You want to twist the arm down. See, across the body, and use your hips as the arm turns up, and you twist out, and with this side, down. Twist, and then out. If you notice from the side, my arm is not like this. You want to keep it slightly bent, but almost straight. Down and out. Down and out, so if he punches, and I do it wrong, and I block like this. This is a little too close for comfort. If he has a very powerful punch, this will drive straight through, or force my own arm against me, so you want to keep the arm almost straight, so he punches here. Now, his arm is far from me, but still I have openings. I'm close to him, so I can move in, so either hand, so he punches again. This way, same thing. That's how you perform an outside block, against the high punch."