- were young, you may like to use hard block to hurt your opponent's kicking leg or punching arm.
- get older, you may like to use soft deflect to redirect your opponent's punch away from yourself.
- get much older, you may like to squeeze yourself through your opponent's punching gap and get your opponent at the same time.
You should let your opponent to worry about "blocking". The moment that your opponent punches at you, you should think about not to give him any chance to punch you again.
In the
- throwing art, you should pay more attention on how to throw your opponent and let him to worry about "break fall".
- striking art, you should pay more attention on how to punch your opponent and let him to worry about "blocking".