Blocking
Act of stopping or deflecting an opponent's attack in martial arts
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- Type
- Blocks and parries
- Martial arts
- Kickboxing, Boxing
- Classified as
- combat technique, defense
- Part of
- martial arts
In martial arts, blocking is the act of stopping or deflecting an opponent's attack using any part of the body. A block usually consists of placing a limb across the line of the attack. A successful block prevents injurious contact.
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Facts from Wikidata Q195872 (CC0); text quoted from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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