One reason people don't think double blocks (or even single) will work is they have this idea that a "real punch" will be fired out quickly and then snapped right back so fast that their arm won't be there long enough for the block to happen. However, this type of quick boxing style snap-in snap-out punching is very unnatural and only done by trained fighters who have to learn it, consciously train it, and even then they rarely do it when they fight. You can even look at world champion fighters and they rarely snap their punches right back when they fight, especially once they get tired. Most of the time both amateur and champion fighters throw a punch and let their fist fall as they retract it, this is because our body wants to use it a swimming like motion when we punch or hit. In a real world situation someone will probably face an untrained individual who will punch naturally in a large swinging motion and lean into the punch in an effort to knock them out (punching full force is a common mistake untrained fighters make). When someone takes a big swing and leans into it in an attempt to knock you out, after the punch all of their body weight will be over their forward leg and their will be no quick retraction of that arm, they'll either straighten up to regain their balance, grab you to maintain their balance, or, if they can, throw their body in the other direction in an attempt to hit you with their other hand. Either way, when someone throws a real knock out punch at your face that arm does tend to linger long enough to do something to it. In my experience someone who thinks their attacker's arm wouldn't be there long enough to do something to is under the impression that they'll be attacked by a trained boxer instead of the far more likely angry hoodlum who wants to knock them out.
These are all great points, Matthew. There is also the element of a soft vs. hard blocking method. I will be making a video on this pretty soon. Thanks for watching.
One reason people don't think double blocks (or even single) will work is they have this idea that a "real punch" will be fired out quickly and then snapped right back so fast that their arm won't be there long enough for the block to happen. However, this type of quick boxing style snap-in snap-out punching is very unnatural and only done by trained fighters who have to learn it, consciously train it, and even then they rarely do it when they fight. You can even look at world champion fighters and they rarely snap their punches right back when they fight, especially once they get tired. Most of the time both amateur and champion fighters throw a punch and let their fist fall as they retract it, this is because our body wants to use it a swimming like motion when we punch or hit. In a real world situation someone will probably face an untrained individual who will punch naturally in a large swinging motion and lean into the punch in an effort to knock them out (punching full force is a common mistake untrained fighters make). When someone takes a big swing and leans into it in an attempt to knock you out, after the punch all of their body weight will be over their forward leg and their will be no quick retraction of that arm, they'll either straighten up to regain their balance, grab you to maintain their balance, or, if they can, throw their body in the other direction in an attempt to hit you with their other hand. Either way, when someone throws a real knock out punch at your face that arm does tend to linger long enough to do something to it. In my experience someone who thinks their attacker's arm wouldn't be there long enough to do something to is under the impression that they'll be attacked by a trained boxer instead of the far more likely angry hoodlum who wants to knock them out.
These are all great points, Matthew. There is also the element of a soft vs. hard blocking method. I will be making a video on this pretty soon. Thanks
for watching.