Late response to straight punch + Knife threat defense

Tonight we worked on late response to straight punch to the face. The defense is based on natural reaction; a projectile or a punch is thrown at your face, your reaction is to immediately lift your hands up and bend you upper body and head backward to protect yourself. Based on this reaction, we divert the punch with an inside hand defense and while bending backward we kick the groin with our front leg. 

The defense against a front knife threat uses a similar technic. With our left hand we strike the hand holding the knife in an inward/upward motion and simultaneously a kick is delivered to the groin of the attacker. This defense can be followed by an immediate escape or by more counter attacks. 

Playing the role of the attacker can be tough sometime !!!