The phrase "avoid blows" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to self-defense, combat sports, or metaphorically to suggest evading criticism or negative situations.
Example: "In a boxing match, the key to victory is to avoid blows while delivering your own punches."
Alternatives: "dodge strikes" or "evade hits".
The best U.F.C. fighters seem to avoid blows altogether by gifted use of Brazilian jujitsu.
Over an evolutionary history of having to avoid blows from grizzly paws and deadly nips from a pack of wolves, the wolverine has had to be wary, and it seems they extend this wariness to places where humans build things or spend their time.
He got hit so hard he was advised to avoid blows to the head for at least 60 days.
In the early stages Four Lions invokes the spirit of Ealing Comedy, as the gang, transporting explosives to their safe house, try to avoid blowing themselves to atoms.
Hundreds of W.P.A. workers were dispatched to Hartford to build sandbag walls along the Connecticut River in the city's South End, enabling the city to avoid blowing up a dike elsewhere to help divert the river.
In his Sept. 4 column, we are to deliberate on all the polite ways to encourage our neighborhood crystal-meth dealer to tone down any overt "nuisance" behavior so that we might avoid blowing the whistle and exposing him to inflexible and ineffectual criminal codes!
After the surgery, patients are instructed to avoid blowing their nose for 2 weeks and sneeze with the mouth open.
Will they spend enough time on a few sentences in Section 2718 to avoid blowing up the private insurance market?
Facebook is also going to avoid blowing up the spot of small or private events that might not be able to handle a massive influx of guests.
By setting an Auto ISO range, videographers can retain dark shadow areas and avoid blowing out highlight areas in a scene while still retaining the benefit of automatic ISO adjustments.
In years past, some investing pros recommended lottery winners spread the payment out over several years to avoid blowing through the prize too quickly.
