Catch The Strike

I was watching some sparring videos yesterday and one of the instructors said something that has since stuck.  He used the term "catch" when referring to blocking a strike.  It immediately took me back to my baseball days. "Catching the ball with the bat" was a strategy that helped me add bunting to my skillset.  It was a way to get my mind, eyes and hands to work together in the right way.

It was interesting to hear this in relation to sparring and is something I'm going to follow a little bit to where it might take me.