The phrase "art of blocking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing techniques, strategies, or skills related to preventing or stopping something, often in sports or communication.
Example: "Mastering the art of blocking is essential for a successful defense in football."
Alternatives: "skill of blocking" or "technique of blocking".
(The Democrats also practiced the art of blocking nominees during the Bush Administration).
One night, a slow-motion replay of a short throw known as a screen pass inspired him to wax pedagogical on the art of blocking.
The seemingly simple art of blocking doesn't normally come in for critical praise, but there is one moment — when Ms. Sunde allows the past to cross in front of the present — that carries layers of meaning.
But in many other developing countries, shutting mobile systems would be economically disastrous and politically costly, because so many small businesses depend on them.In some places, like Belarus, the authorities have refined the art of blocking mobile coverage in specific places such as protest venues.
Although Pius Okafor never played basketball, he eagerly offers advice on the art of shot blocking.
They're explained as a result of his retreat into art as a means of blocking out his harsh childhood on the Boston wharves.
A further tweak to the gun law in 2008 means that inherited guns have to be fitted with a state-of-the-art blocking mechanism, making them unusable.
The Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing, which opened in Jaipur in 2005 and touts itself as the only museum in India dedicated to the art of hand-block printing, gives a rare peek at the work of Indian block print artisans like Mr. Ullakhan.
Other visitors prefer taking photographs of art-plus-people, blocking traffic in the galleries as they step forward and back trying to compose either "selfies" or tourist-style snaps in which entire families pose in front of old master paintings.
Its produce section looked like a work of art: monochromatic blocks of apples and onions and carrots and beets that had all clearly been stacked by hand into perfect bands of color, like a big, organic, locally sourced Rothko painting.
Furious that the Tate was considering buying Whaam!, Read and another trustee, the sculptor Barbara Hepworth – both of whom had once been in the vanguard of modern art – tried to block its acquisition.
