Covers

Head Covers

Side Cover

Generally used to defend against hooking punches or high round kicks. Raise your hand so that the heel of your palm or curled knuckles is braced against the back side of your head with your wrist at about the top of your ear. *technique example

Front Cover
Place the palm of your blocking hand on your forehead just above the hairline. This places the forearm vertically in front of the face to creat an arm shield. This variation is used against straight punches.  *Example

Double Front Cover (Double Pillar)

Place the palms of both hands on your forehead so that both forearms are vertiaclly in front of the face.  Often used when there is uncertaintly as to what is being thrown at you or to enter into a clinch. *Example

Elbow In Cover

Covers used to block uppercuts to the head

Tutorial

Helmet (Full Side Cover)

*Link

Here Andrei Arlovski covers against the jab, cross

Body Covers

Body Side Cover

Covers used to block against hooks to the body.
Tutorial

Dutch Block (Double Arm Block)

Used to protect against powerful round kicks to the body or head.

*Link

Body Side Cover and Shelf Catch