In a fight one of the most common attacks is punch. So how you defend yourself against punch and what you do after that, it depends on which martial art you are training. If someone throws a punch, you can do outside parry to defend that or you can do palm slap parry. And you can counter-attack.
In this video, you see how to grab the opponent neck after defending straight punches. As soon as the opponent punches, you do palm slap parry and grab his neck under the arm.
There is something that you should pay attention here. When you use this technique, you have to close the gap. If you just grab him without closing the gap, he can get rid of that easily. When you move forward, close the gap, and grab him tight, it would be difficult for him to do anything to get rid of it.
Now you are in control. You can attack him more or throw him on the ground. Whatever you do, you have to do it fast. If there are guys there, meaning, in case of dealing with a group fight, you can grab him, that's a trap and you can use him as a shield so that it makes some barrier for other attackers to attack you.
You can do different things in this situation. You can do outside parry and move to the side, then kick. You can kick to his thigh. Or, you can kick to his knee. If you want to do punch as a counter-attack, you can also do that.
How you react and what you do, that's up to you. Maybe you do not want to get in a fight. You can just defend his punches, push him and move from there in another way. In every movement for defending punches, your footwork is important. If you just stand there and do block, you might get hit. So, block the opponent's punches and move fast.
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