/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Don't know if anyone who worked on the translation lurks here but blocking in this case refers to parry.
It should be obvious by the let's go Justin line, but SF3's parry mechanic is called blocking in the Japanese version. Even though it's literally called blocking, translating it as parry would be much less confusing since blocking and guarding usually refer to the same thing in fighting game terms.
Not that this matters though. The term is only used on these two screens and will probably never come up again.