Quote Originally Posted by RenDaHai View Post

I cannot see the action but it is likely the video is over justifying the hands, showing them actually blocking. Most of the time you would not block anything but move the hands in this way as 'Huang Shou' deception. Or alternatively you would block the kick but raise the hand to the face simply to maintain the guard, then kick. It does seem strange to actually block two things then do this.
If the demonstrator had simply thrown the sidekick as a counter to the punch, the move would work beautifully and practically. The other motions were unnecessary. The blocking the punch and kick, moving forward, only put him at more risk and left him at a range where clinch would be natural and sidekick would not.