Defending against Strikes

[STR33T GUY]

Blocking, parrying, catches, evasive movement and clinching are just some of the ways to defend against strikes.

 

What method/s do you use to defend against strikes?

 

How successful has this method been for you on the street?

 

 

 

I primarily rely upon evasive movement (both foot and head movement) and passive blocking (using a peek-a-boo guard). This has worked very well for me on the street.

 

Since I’ve had mixed success with parrying on the street, I’ve dropped parrying in favor of active blocking, which I’ve had a better success rate with.

 

For the most part, I use clinching offensively rather than in a defensive manner, and I haven’t used any of the other defensive methods on the street.

[kimura_guy]

If I have to, Id prefer evasive manuvers before Id try to activly block. Like you said, you can get in close and get a clinch, most strikes from the clinch are going to be ineffective. I dont know how well it works on the streets sincef I havent been in a street fight in over 20 years (since I was in elementary school). Just my 2 cents.

 

KG

[Shane]

No matter how good you are at blocking you cant block everything so evasive movement is my preferred method moving in and closing the gap taking away some of the attackers striking abilities.

 

Parrying can be very effective when using them along with evasive movement, use the movement as your primary method of avoiding the strike and then the parry as a secondary of course this method would waiste a lot of energy if you were to use it in lets say a sparring match, but on the street you want that fight to be 10-30 seconds long if that 30 is pushing it, so avoid the strikes move in and finish.

 

You know a lot of this is going to depend on how you train also, some chinese styles have execellent methods of blocking combined with a good combo of footwork, so these guys might have a way easier time applying parries etc. than the guy who does not train that method. Comon sense I know but I just wanted to make that point.

[STR33T GUY]

Re: parrying vs. blocking

 

It’s been my experience that parrying requires better timing than blocks do; therefore blocks are a higher percentage technique. Of course the blocks that I use are very basic, nothing fancy at all.

 

Has anyone else found this to be so?

[wingedsoldier]

i prefer to dodge, parry and catch. as soon as you weave, parry his blow, than catch. From there, you can break whatever joint is in the way, put him in a lock, etc.

[STR33T GUY]

i prefer to dodge, parry and catch. as soon as you weave, parry his blow, than catch. From there, you can break whatever joint is in the way, put him in a lock, etc.

 

Hi wingedsoldier

 

Have you done this on the street?

 

I asked on another thread if anyone had used a lock to dislocate a joint, perhaps you missed it.

[Kaminari]

I mostly block, but sometimes do catching/joint lock kinds of things. Parrying is very useful, as Shane described, and I'll use it often, but not as much as blocking.

[glockmeister]

HMMM

 

for me, both blocks and evasive movements have worked well in the real world. One thing I noticed about alot of "street fighters" is alot of them like to throw"haymakers". More than once I have simply ducked punches and a few times Simply block and counter strike. It's not hard to so when someone throws a wide right hand.

 

So I guess for me both ducking, weaving and blocking has worked from time to time. I have a kickbpoxing as well as a boxing background so I have learned to use both. Both can be efficient. The important thing is not to stand totally still and make yourself a perfect target, the more you move, the harder it is for your opponent to score and direct, solid hit against you.

[Master Jules]

Parrying is blocking.....just done in a softer manner.....this is the "Ju" part of Goju ryu......being softer with your blocks turns them into parries for one thing, and being soft allows you to blend with incoming techniques, stick to them, and go for locks and throws......I dont feel like moving all over the place....I just stand there and let the opponent come to me.....9 times outta 10, when they make an offensive move, they leave something open, so Ill go for that.....its easier to be a defensive fighter, and that also puts you in a better position legally speaking.......but hey....thats just me.....I usually dont find that anything pisses me off enough to go on the offensive.......

[STR33T GUY]

Hello Master Jules

 

A couple of points;

 

1) I believe that you have been there and done it.

 

2) That your personal style is very different than mine. I ‘m not saying that one style is better than the other, just different, our respective styles work for each of us.

 

I enjoy reading your posts because it gives me a different perspective, yet one that comes from experience.

 

Cheers