Blocking exercises?

[Throwdown0850]

can you guys tell me some the blocking exercises you do? I am getting pretty fast at it, but I seem to block with my wrist, and my instructor says that can be a bad habit.. so i blocking with nothing but forearms.. they are sore!

[NewEnglands_KyoSa]

what kind of exercises, reactionary, or conditioning, i can't tell by your question what kind you're looking for?

[Throwdown0850]

reactionary and conditioning exercises..

[NewEnglands_KyoSa]

well im sure in kenpo you have the 8 point blocking system, a very basic drill is to do it with a partner up and down a floor(retreating of course) that is like a very baseline drill to start with. and for anything conditioning i use door frames, it works for any technique you could imagine and they're very strong, it just makes a great deal of noise, that's all. also for conditioning, a wing chun dummy is very useful and anything arm to arm(if your partner's willing) will work as well. one more thing you can do is work with your partner in a one steps like fashion and on your kihap have him come forward with any technique he wants, and just work on this until you are prepared for everything(it'll take a while) go slow at first, and pick it up to full speed as your reaction times improve. hope this helped, good luck.

[Throwdown0850]

Thanks..

[NewEnglands_KyoSa]

no worries

[towknee]

Last year I was working w/a buddy on blocking drills. We would assume a "horse stance" face-to-face. Measure the distance with extended arm so we could kind of avoid clocking each other. Then one of us would throw 10 punches to a target area. (10 each hand for total of 20).

Targets are head, stomach, groin. The receiver would block.

The point is not to hit your partner, the point is to provide an attack that your partner can practice blocking.

And a good partner will block hard. You both gain.

Overall intention was to improve muscle memory, eliminate "thinking" in the basic moves and to condition arms and wrists. This was excellent practice.

Then we would do the drills up and down the floor. Adding movement can lessen the discomfort.

Luck.

[yingampyang]

Well i have done many blocking techniques from many different styles and some of the best come from shotokan and other types of karate. Yes ur instructor is right , the wrist is no good. You need to learn how to use your hands better and also your forarms , if it hurt , well what can i say too bad that martial arts for you. Learn how to ignor the pain.

[Throwdown0850]

Well i have done many blocking techniques from many different styles and some of the best come from shotokan and other types of karate. Yes ur instructor is right , the wrist is no good. You need to learn how to use your hands better and also your forarms , if it hurt , well what can i say too bad that martial arts for you. Learn how to ignor the pain.

I have handled worse.. but you kinda didnt tell me any exercises... you only told me that you have done many blocking techniques from many styles.. my original question was for you to share them??

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Blocking for conditioning

You and a partner mirror each others blocks against each other

your right inside forearm block to his right inside forearm block.

chose 3 or 4 block that target hitting both sides of your forearms against your partners. That way both sides get conditioned. You can also practice this against a tree, but a partner is better especially for matching each others speed and rhythmn.

For reaction speed, just get a partner and have him throw techniques at you like a 1 sided sparring match. If you want you can limit the attacker to 2 or 3 moves. Or he can use a stick and try to tap your open areas and you have to block.