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Defending Against Punches with a Punch

One of the foundational principles of Krav Maga is that attack should follow defense at the earliest opportunity. One way to do this is to combine an attack with a defensive movement, such as using the same punch to both attack your assailant and at the same time defend against their punch. This particular technique works well against a circular punch when you are already in the fight. If you are “sucker punched” and taken by surprise, your natural reflexes will take over and you will perform a 360 defense; i.e., you will end up flinching, and bring your arm up to block.

You should only ever attempt to defend a punch with a punch when you are sure that your attacker doesn’t have a knife, broken bottle, or other such implement in their hand. The trick to being successful with this is to ignore the punch that is being thrown by your aggressor, as the movement will draw both your attention and your strike away from its intended target and toward your assailant’s attack. Instead, all of your focus should be on executing your own punch, and letting the movement of your arm perform a blocking action.