How To Do A Karate Upper Block Video

An upper block is a defensive staple of karate. Learn karate moves and skills in this martial arts video.

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Use against taller opponent
Twist body at waist
Rise up
Twist wrist at last moment

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Ricardo Bellot is a Martial Arts Instructor at Premier Martial Arts in the Midtown area of New York City. He has been training in Martial Arts for 19 years.

RICARDO BELLOT: Hi, my name is Ricardo Bellot. I am an instructor here at Premiere Martial Arts here in New York City Midtown. In this clip, we are going to discuss how you do a karate upper block, okay. Now, this block is used for an overhead attack or much taller opponent or of equal height. Now if I am faced off with an opponent and he comes with a high attack, I am going to twist my body waist, this is where the power of the block comes from, I am going to twist my body waist and I am going to rise up and twist my wrist at the last moment of impact, up and snap. Now, same thing applies when he goes here I am up and exposing him for a counter attack, okay. Again, up, again and again. Now this is also going to use for--if you had--if he was very flexible, if he was doing kicks, do you guy seen [SOUNDS LIKE] axing this would be practical, he comes up and he comes down. Any attack coming from high, down, this applies. Twist and twist, just like so. One more time again, hit. And that is how you do a karate upper block.

How to Do a Karate Upper Block Video

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