Would it be assault or battery if someone block a slap or punch?

[Anonymous]

This is what my sister did once several years ago. She can handle her own but she broke up immediately. To her, it doesn't matter if you can defend yourself and finish them off (she could do but won't overdo it; she's a martial artist aware that her body can be a deadly weapon)... violence is a deal-breaker to her.

Though this always has me wondering. If someone's attempt to hit you was neutralized (you're a martial artist after all) and it never made contact as a result, is that assault or battery? If my sister would've pressed charges, what would it be?

[delilahlovesyou]

I learned in my business law class that assault is the threat of violence. This means that someone threatened that they would touch/hurt you, but they did not actually touch you.


Battery, on the other hand, is when there was actual physical contact involved.

[Asker]

So it would've been assault and probably attempt battery I guess since the threat was already being carried out but the person happened to be a martial artist and neutralizes it on time.

[Agape93]

If it was blocked, it made contact and is legally battery and the aggressor can be charged

[Kaneki05]

Attempted battery. Assaults the threat but Battery is the act, in this case they acted whether it failed or not is battery.

[MementoMori777]

i think its attempted assault